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Pakistan: Spike in COVID-19 cases raises questions about quarantine proced
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 18 (ANI): At least 134 people released from quarantine camps in Pakistan's Taftan border crossing with Iran have tested positive for novel coronavirus, raising questions about screening procedures and living conditions at these camps which presently house hundreds o
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China's 'disinformation campaign' designed to shift responsibility over co
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Mar 18 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday (local time) hit out at China for the "disinformation campaign", which he said is "designed to shift responsibility" over coronavirus.
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First Indian Army jawan tests positive for Covid-19
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): An Indian Army jawan from Ladakh, whose father had travelled to Iran for pilgrimage, has become the first positive case of Covid-19 in the 1.3 million-strong force.
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Iran reports 135 more COVID-19 deaths, toll reaches 988
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Tehran [Iran], Mar 17 (ANI): Iran has reported 135 more deaths due to the coronavirus, bringing the national death toll to 988 on Tuesday.
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Delhi HC allows urgent hearing on plea seeking evacuation of Indian studen
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New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed an urgent hearing on a petition seeking immediate evacuation of Indian students studying abroad and ensuring the safety of Indian students in Iran in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran's religious assembly leader dies from coronavirus
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Mar 16 (ANI): A 78-year-old member of Iran's clerical body that chooses the country's supreme leader has died from the infection caused by the new coronavirus, the state media said.
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53 Indians evacuated from Iran moved to Army Wellness Centre in Jaisalmer
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Fifty-three Indian nationals evacuated from the Iranian cities of Tehran and Shiraz were moved to the Army Wellness Centre in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer on Monday upon their arrival in the state.
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5.4 magnitude quake hits southern Iran
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Mar 16 (Sputnik/ANI): A magnitude 5.4 earthquake was registered on Sunday (local time) in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan, the Seismological Centre of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University said.
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Fourth batch of 53 Indians arrive in India from Iran, says Jaishankar
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New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on early Monday said that the fourth batch of 53 Indians has arrived in India from Tehran and Shiraz in Iran.
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Mahan Air offers to repatriate Indians stranded in Iran as humanitarian in
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Mar 15 (ANI): In the wake of coronavirus scare, Mahan Air has offered for safe repatriation of Indians stuck in Iran without any commercial interest as a humanitarian initiative, said Managing Director of the airlines in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
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First and second confirmatory tests for COVID-19 are free: Sanjeeva Kumar
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New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Sanjeeva Kumar, Special Secretary, Ministry of Health on Sunday said that both first and second confirmatory tests for COVID-19 are free for all citizens and the country has enough capacity as only 10 per cent of the capacity has been utilised per day so far.
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Hassan Rouhani appeals to other countries to ignore US sanctions amid cor
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Mar 15 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has appealed to heads of other countries facing the sanctions imposed by the United States, to stop observing the stringent measures and informed how efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic in his country have been severely hamp
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