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Fear of second wave of Covid-19 looms over southern US states
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 22 (ANI): The states lying-in the south of the United States, like Alabama and Texas, which are rapidly reopening their economies, are in danger of a second wave of COVID-19 in the next four weeks, according to The Washington Post.
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Global emissions cut during COVID lockdown may not last long, warn scienti
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 20 (ANI): The momentous decline in global greenhouse gas emissions, fuelled by the wave of shutdowns and shuttered economies caused by the coronavirus pandemic, is unlikely to last long, said a group of scientists, who fear that the drivers of global warming could qu
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Despite pressure to reopen offices, US big techies in no rush to bring wor
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Despite pressure from the government to begin to reopen society to revive a moribund economy, tech giants in the United States -- Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Twitter -- seem to be in no hurry to bring their employees back to offices, rather tell
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COVID-19 and the true cost of wildlife exploitation
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Wildlife trade has become big business and the subsequent exploitation of wild animals puts our health, economies and biodiversity at risk, says World Animal Protection as they launch a campaign today targeting G20 leaders to support a permanent wildl
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Construction sector can help lead economic recovery: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): The construction sector may hold the key to kick-starting economies ravaged by the fallout from COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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Corona cases flare-up as countries ease social distancing guidelines
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): Coronavirus infections are rising in the United States and other countries as governments across borders have started easing social distancing guidelines and restrictions that have kept millions isolated and decimated economies.
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Stock indices up 1.5 pc on global cues, Tata Motors top gainer
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 11 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices traded higher during early hours on Monday in line with positive global cues as investors hoped for more economies reopening and easing of lockdowns.
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Chinese protesters arrested after clash with police in Nepal, 6 cops injur
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 8 (ANI): As China-originated coronavirus continues to wreak havoc around the world, killing people, crippling economies and putting countries under lockdown, a group of 45 Chinese protestors were arrested after clashing with police in Nepal.
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Trump backs governors seeking to reopen economies despite failing to abide
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 6 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has been backing those states across the country that are moving swiftly to reopen their economies despite failing to achieve benchmarks laid out by the White House.
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MPs, journos questioning China over COVID-19 mishandling claim to be victi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 3 (ANI): Parliamentarians and journalists who have been questioning Beijing and its Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) mishandling of the coronavirus that has infected millions of lives across the globe and brought economies to a standstill, have claimed to be victims of a susp
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Piyush Goyal calls upon Indian missions abroad to make India an investment
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday called upon the Indian missions abroad to play an important role in identifying more business opportunities for domestic companies and making India a preferred and reliable destination for inves
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G-20 advanced economies to contract by 5.8 pc with COVID-19 restrictions:
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 30 (ANI): Moody's Investors Service has lowered its 2020-21 real GDP forecasts for all G-20 economies on the ground that economic costs of coronavirus crisis amid the near shutdown of the global economy are accumulating rapidly.
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