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Pak to seek USD 3.7 bn in loans to offset virus impact
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 26 (ANI): Pakistan has decided to seek USD 3.7 billion additional financing from three multilateral creditors including another loan of USD 1.4 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cope with the challenges faced due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Govt must ensure crop procurement : BS Hooda
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the government should assure farmers that their crops will be procured. He said that the government will bear the loss incurred to the farmers.
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Aditya Roy Kapur comes with 'Plan B' in self-isolation
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): As Bollywood celebrities practice self-isolation in view of the 21-day-long government-imposed lockdown, actor Aditya Roy Kapur has made his 'Plan B' into action, that is, cleaning his garden.
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COVID-19: Shikhar Dhawan appeals citizens to stay at home and support gove
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Indian opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan on Thursday appealed citizens to stay at home and support the government lockdown to prevent coronavirus spread.
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Police make people hop with bags as punishment for violating lockdown, SSP
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Budaun (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): In a case of police high handedness and apparent cruelty, people possibly going to their native places were made to hop along a road with their bags strapped on their backs as a punishment for violating the lockdown.
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Shabana Azmi recites 'And the people stayed home' amid nationwide lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): In an attempt to spill positivity around the 21-day-long nationwide lockdown imposed by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus, actor Shabana Azmi on Thursday recited the poem -- 'And the people stayed home' by Kitty O'Meara.
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"We have bigger concerns," Farah Khan slams celebs for posting workout vid
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Film director Farah Khan on Thursday shared a video message on social media expressing her anger on "privileged" celebrities for posting workout videos during the coronavirus lockdown, saying there are much bigger concerns than looking after figures.
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60 FIRs registered, 595 arrested for violating lockdown in Uttarakhand
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): As many as 60 FIRs were registered and 595 people were arrested in Uttarakhand on Thursday for violating the lockdown that has been implemented in a bid to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, police said.
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Indian Performing Rights Society to fund economically weaker sections of m
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Lyricist and chairman of Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) Javed Akhtar on Thursday announced that the society will be funding for the welfare of people belonging to economically weaker sections in the music industry amid a nationwide lockdown.
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Amid covid lockdown, people face hurdle crossing Andhra-Telangana border
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Apart from announcing various precautionary measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Modi government has also announced a nation-wide lockdown to ensure the break the chain infection rapidly spreading across the country. But the directiv
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Coronavirus: FM Sitharaman announces Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package for
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a relief package for the poor and migrant workers amid a 21-day countrywide lockdown to mitigate the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Additional 5 kilograms of rice or wheat, 1 kg pulses to be provided to 80
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that 8.69 crore farmers will get immediate help during the lockdown period through direct cash transfers in the first week of April.
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