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Vizag gas leak incident: NDRF evacuates around 1500 people in Vishakhapatn
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Director-General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) SN Pradhan on Thursday said that the police and the local administration came into action after locals reported throat and skin irritation and some toxic smell following a gas leak in Visakhapatna
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Risk of return to COVID-19 lockdowns real unless states lift restrictions
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that risk of returning to lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic is real if countries do not lift restrictions carefully and gradually.
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Anti-doping hearings to be conducted online from May 8: NADA D-G
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) Director-General (D-G) Navin Agarwal on Wednesday said that the body would conduct its disciplinary hearings online from May 8.
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DG orders case to be registered against those spreading rumours about Utta
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 6 (ANI): Ashok Kumar, Director General of Crime and Law and Order, Uttarakhand has ordered for a case to be registered against those spreading rumours about the death of Uttarakhand CM on social media, as per information provided by Uttarakhand Police.
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IATA extends support to face-covering during flights, recommends against l
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 06 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) came out in support of face coverings for passengers and masks for the crew to "add extra layers of protection" while onboard aircraft. The association, however, said it does not recommend airliners to re
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Too early for comparisons between Hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir in COV
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): It is too early to say whether Hydroxychloroquine or Remdesivir works better against COVID-19, as it can be ascertained only after conducting trials, according to the Director-General (DG) of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Dr Shekhar C M
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CRPF headquarters closed till Tuesday after staff tests positive for COVID
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): After a staff of the Special Director General (SDG) tested COVID-19 positive, the CRPF DG has ordered the closure of the headquarters till Tuesday morning.
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India can easily do synthesis of antiviral drug - Remdesivir: Former ICMR
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): India can easily do the synthesis of antiviral drug - Remdesivir - if allowed by the US-based pharma major Gilead Sciences, said Dr Nirmal K Ganguly, former Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), on Saturday.
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8 Tablighi Jamaat attendees booked for attempt to murder after failing to
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 1 (ANI): Eight persons, who attended Delhi's Tablighi Jamaat event, have been booked under attempt to murder charges as they did not declare themselves either before the state administration or the police, Ashok Kumar, Director General (Law and Order) said
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Air passenger demand plunges as travel restrictions take hold: IATA
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 30 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for March showing that demand measured in total revenue passenger kilometres dived 52.9 per cent compared to the year-ago period.
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J-K DGP visits Baramulla to take stock of preparations and measures to cur
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), April 30 (ANI): Director General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh on Wednesday visited North Kashmir's Baramulla district to take stock of the preparations and the measures taken to contain the spread of the COVID-19.
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Combating COVID-19: WHO to hold emergency committee meeting on Thursday
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 29 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) will convene an emergency meeting on coronavirus on Thursday, said its Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday.
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