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Local self-govts continue to help mitigate Covid-19 spread in Kerala
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 19 (ANI): Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, local self-governments in Kerala have played a vital role in containing the spread of the infectious virus since it broke out last year.
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Farmers in Pak's Punjab slam new law on sugar factories, claim their right
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 19 (ANI): Farmers in Pakistan have slammed the passage of a new law controlling sugar factories, saying that their rights have been compromised in the amendment act in contrast to what they were provided in last year's ordinance.
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US investigates second suspected case of mystery 'syndrome' near White Hou
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 18 (ANI): The United States has ramped up its efforts to identify the cause of "anomalous health incidents" as two White House officials were struck by a mysterious illness late last year.
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Housing demands drop in China border city as trade stopped with N Korea am
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 17 (ANI): In 2018, housing prices in New District, in the city of Dandong on China's northeastern border with North Korea, were the fastest growing in the country, however, hopes for its future have dampened by the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
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Over 80 pc of Japanese oppose hosting Tokyo Olympics: Survey
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 17 (ANI): A new survey has shown that more than 80 per cent of Japanese people oppose hosting the Olympics this year, for which about 10 weeks are left. The Tokyo Games were postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Senior virologist Shahid Jameel quits as Chairman of Centre's Covid genome
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Senior virologist Shahid Jameel on Sunday resigned as the chairman of scientific advisory group of Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a forum set up by union government in December last year for laboratory and epidemiological surveillance of cir
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'Dear Kobe, thank you for all your hard work': Lakers icon Bryant inducted
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California [USA], May 16 (ANI): Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash in January last year, was inducted posthumously into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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Delhi Court denies bail to man accused of rape
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Saturday denied bail to a man accused of raping a woman after sedating her at a party in December last year.
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WHO confirms COVID-19 variant B.1.617 has three sub-lineages
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): COVID-19 variant B.1.617, which was first identified in India last year and has been classified as a variant of global concern, has three sub-lineages, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Wednesday.
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International Nurses Day 2021: Emilia Clarke lauds fundamental role nurses
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Washington [US], May 12 (ANI): Lauding the dedication shown by nurses over the last year amid pandemic and in ordinary times too, actor Emilia Clarke on Wednesday sent out a heartfelt message to the nurses and wished them a happy International Nurses Day.
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Covid-19 variant B.1.617 first found in India, detected in 44 countries, s
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday informed that the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October last year, had been detected in sequences uploaded "from 44 countries in all six WHO regions".
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WHO classifies B1617 COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, as varia
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): The coronavirus variant B1617 first identified in India last year has been classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Monday.
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