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Saudi Arabia to allow around 1,000 pilgrims in scaled-down hajj this year
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 21 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Monday announced only around 1,000 pilgrims of various nationalities already in the Kingdom will be allowed to perform a dramatically scaled-down hajj this year, as the country continues its battle against the surge in coronavirus infecti
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Bengal: Boy's body found from pond in Uttar Dinajpur day after girl's deat
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal) [India], July 21 (ANI): The body of a boy has been recovered from a pond in the same area where a girl died on Saturday of 'poisoning', in Chopra Police Station area of Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur, the West Bengal police said on Monday.
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NYC enters phase 4 reopening as officials fearing second COVID-19 wave
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], July 21 (ANI): New York City entered phase four of reopening on Monday (local time) without resuming additional indoor activities, as local officials remained concerned about a potential second wave of coronavirus infections brought here from new hotspots across the country,
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California wildfires prompt mandatory evacuations
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Los Angeles [USA], July 21 (ANI): Several wildfires burning in the western US state of California on Monday spread across vast acres of land, prompting local authorities to immediately issue mandatory evacuations.
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COVID-19: Union Health Secy, ICMR ask states, UTs to ramp up testing capac
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General, Dr Balram Bhargava, have written to all states and union territories (UTs) to ramp up COVID-19 testing capacity.
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Over 24 lakh people in 24 districts affected by Assam floods, says ASDMA
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 21 (ANI): The floods in Assam have affected 24 districts, causing damages to 1,09,600.53 hectares of crop area and affecting over 24 lakh people in the state.
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Odisha police to issue special appreciation letters to 95 personnel for jo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 21 (ANI): In order to encourage police personnel amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Odisha Director General of Police Abhay has announced to issue 'special appreciation letters' to police personnel, who have resumed duty following their recovery from the coronavir
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Adhir Chowdhury urges Mamata to cancel today's virtual meeting in view of
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 21 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to cancel a virtual meeting, which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday as it will further 'aggravate' the corona pandemic in the state.
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Rapper Kanye West fails to qualify for presidential ballot in South Caroli
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): American rapper Kanye West on Monday (local time) failed to submit any of the 10,000 signatures needed to appear in the presidential ballot from South Carolina, Sputnik reported citing local media.
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Elderly couple killed in Odisha, bodies burnt over witchcraft suspicion
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], July 21 (ANI): A miscreant killed an elderly couple and set their house on fire over suspicion of 'practising sorcery' at Suri Sahi tribal village under Kalinga Nagar police station limits of Jajpur.
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Florida teachers union sues governor over school reopening amid coronaviru
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): A teachers union in the southern state of Florida, which has recently become a global coronavirus epicentre in the United States, sued the state's governor on Monday, along with other education officials, in order to prevent schools from reopening in the
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Delhi: RK Singh inaugurates India's first public Electric Vehicle charging
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh, inaugurated India's first public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging plaza at Chelmsford Club in the national capital on Monday.
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