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People light candles, diyas to mark fight against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): People turned off the lights of their houses and lighted earthen lamps across the country on Sunday night, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's '9 pm, 9-min' appeal to defeat the coronavirus in the country.
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India rises in unison to light diyas to defeat COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): India on Sunday night rose in unison to light diyas to defeat the menace of COVID-19, which has claimed 83 lives so far.
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Instead of lighting diyas, govts should provide jobs to people sitting at
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 5 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo on Sunday said that instead of lighting diyas, governments should be working towards providing some kind of jobs to people who are out of work due to lockdown and have no source of income.
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India all set to light candles to beat COVID-19 darkness at '9 pm for 9 mi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): In view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call, India is all set to light candles and diyas at 9 pm for 9 minutes tonight to fight the "darkness of COVID-19," which has infected over 3,000 people across the country and has claimed 83 lives so far.
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Babita Phogat urges people to follow PM Modi's appeal to light diyas
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Indian wrestler Babita Phogat on Sunday urged the people to follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to light diyas and candles tonight at 9 pm for nine minutes to fight the darkness spread by the coronavirus crisis.
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Septuagenarian woman sells diyas in Delhi, earns some money after days
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): A septuagenarian woman on Sunday was seen selling earthen lamps (diyas) in central Delhi's Gol Market after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to all the citizens to light diya at 9pm for nine minutes to combat the "darkness of coronavirus".
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan urges people to light diyas at 9 pm on Sunday
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 5 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday appealed to people to switch off the lights in their homes and light a 'diya' to mitigate the darkness of coronavirus.
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India prepares to fight coronavirus 'darkness' by lighting diyas on Sunday
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): People were seen buying diyas and candles across the country to light them at 9 p.m. on Sunday to fight the "darkness of coronavirus" as requested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Combating COVID-19: Hima Das, Saina Nehwal urge people to light candles, d
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Indian sprinter Hima Das and badminton player Saina Nehwal on Sunday urged the people to follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to light 'diya' and candle tonight at 9 pm for nine minutes to fight the darkness spread by the coronavirus crisis.
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Sachin Tendulkar urges people to follow PM Modi's appeal to salute 'sanita
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday urged people to follow the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to light diyas and candles tonight at 9 pm for nine minutes to 'salute the commitment of lakhs of sanitation warriors'.
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Mirabai Chanu urges people to follow PM's appeal and light diyas, candles
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Sunday urged people to follow the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to light diyas and candles tonight at 9 pm for nine minutes to fight the darkness spread by the coronavirus crisis.
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Cricketer Sushma Verma urges people to follow PM's appeal and light diyas,
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Indian women cricket team's Sushma Verma on Sunday urged people to follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to light diyas and candles tonight at 9 pm for nine minutes to fight the darkness spread by the coronavirus crisis.
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