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Two more COVID-19 deaths in Chennai, Tamil Nadu toll reaches five
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 5 (ANI): With two more COVID-19 patients dying in Chennai, the death toll caused by the infection in the state has reached five on Sunday, state health officials said.
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Elderly citizens getting pension at doorsteps in J-K, Ladakh amid COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir/Ladakh [India], April 4 (ANI): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday informed that Post Office employees in Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are ensuring that elderly citizens get pensions at their doorsteps amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
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5-year-old COVID-19 positive child tests negative: BMC officials
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 3 (ANI): A 5-day-old child from Chembur, who was tested positive for COVID-19, has now been detected negative for the coronavirus, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials on Friday.
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Don't cross 'Lakshman Rekha' of social distancing: PM Modi urges countryme
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged countrymen to strictly abide by the social distancing norm in order to keep coronavirus infection at bay and help prevent its spread.
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Countrymen showed unprecedented discipline and sense of service during loc
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked the countrymen for showing "unprecedented discipline" and "sense of service" by following the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Sonia Gandhi says lockdown unplanned, urges Centre to prepare Common Minim
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged the Centre to prepare and publish a Common Minimum Relief Programme, stating that it will alleviate several concerns of people triggered due to the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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Rajya Sabha polls deferred due to COVID-19 threat
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (EC) on Tuesday deferred the Rajya Sabha polls that were scheduled to be held on March 26 in view of coronavirus pandemic and lockdown in 32 states.
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COVID-19: Naveen Patnaik urges PM Modi to postpone NPR, Census-related wor
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone National Population Register and Census-related activities in wake of the COVID-19 scare.
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Sunlight kills coronavirus, says Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey has claimed that sunlight kills coronavirus and if a COVID-19 positive person sits for just 10-15 minutes in the sun, he or she will be cured.
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COVID-19: A church in Kerala's Kottayam live streams Sunday Mass
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Many churches in Kerala are taking the online option to livestream the Sunday Mass to enable the faithful to avoid public mingling in the light of an advisory put out by the state government against holding public events to prevent the spread of COVID
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