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Doctor's Day: 'Violence against us breaks our heart', medics on violent in
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Frontline health workers, who have been subjected to criticism and violence in several parts of the country during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic attribute it to the growing commercialisation of the practice among other factors.
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President gives assent to promulgation of Ordinance to amend the Epidemic
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind has approved to promulgate The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 which provides stricter punishments for attacks against health workers even as the country battles the coronavirus outbreak.
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K'taka passes Ordinance to punish those attacking COVID-19 frontline warri
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 23 (ANI): The Karnataka government on Wednesday promulgated 'The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance 2020' that provides the state with a power to seal borders, restrict essential services and punish those attacking public servants and damaging public p
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Combating Corona: Rajasthan bans spitting pan, tobacco in public places
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 10 (ANI): Spitting pan and chewed tobacco was banned in Rajasthan on Friday, in an attempt to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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Tablighi Jamaat returnees identified in Maharashtra, being traced: Govt so
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): All the Tablighi Jamaat members who returned to Maharashtra from Nizamuddin Markaz have been identified, the Maharashtra Home Ministry sources said.
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10 Indonesians who attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi booked by UP Po
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Ten Indonesian nationals, including 5 women, who attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin Delhi, have been booked under various section of the Indian Penal Code, sections of Epidemic Diseases Act and Foreigners Act, 1897, informed Ghaziabad Police on Sun
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Delhi L-G seeks action against landlords harassing doctors, nurses
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal on Wednesday expressed deep concern over some reports of misbehaviour with doctors, paramedical staff and healthcare personnel by their landlords.
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People fleeing quarantine facility will be booked under Epidemic Diseases
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Maharashtra Police will now take action against people fleeing from quarantine facility for COVID-19 under the Epidemic Diseases Act, said official sources on Thursday.
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COVID19: West Bengal CM invokes Epidemic Diseases Act
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): In the wake of coronavirus scare, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday invoked the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, in the state.
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