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COVID-19 cases surge past 14,000, cure percentage at 13.85% in India
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): With 957 new COVID-19 cases being reported in the last 24 hours, India's total count of coronavirus cases surged to 14,792 on day 25 of the lockdown, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Coronavirus cases in Punjab stand at 219
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 18 (ANI): The total number of coronavirus positive cases in Punjab stands at 219, including 31 cured, said the state's Department of Information and Public Relations on Saturday.
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Telangana takes up road projects worth Rs 1,500 cr during lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 18 (ANI): The work on road projects worth Rs 1,500 crore is going on in Telangana on a priority basis during the lockdown period, says Arvind Kumar, Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development.
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Odisha govt to provide work to urban daily wage labourers, sanctions Rs 10
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 18 (ANI): The Odisha government on Saturday announced the 'Urban Wage Employment Initiative' and sanctioned Rs 100 crore to provide relief to daily wage labourers facing hardship amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
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Cab drivers face financial crisis amid lockdown, seek govt help
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 18 (ANI): Cab and auto-rickshaw drivers in Telangana, who are forced to give up their source of income and sit idle at home amid the coronavirus lockdown, have asked the central and state governments for financial assistance.
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Naidu objects to Andhra govt's move to hold local body polls
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 18 (ANI): TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday took "serious objection to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy holding parleys with officials to discuss the fresh schedule for local body elections showing sheer negligence towards stepping up
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Maharashtra exempts print media from lockdown, prohibits newspaper deliver
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 18 (ANI): Maharashtra government on Saturday announced that the print media would be exempted from the coronavirus lockdown from April 20 but said that door-to-door delivery of newspapers and magazines would be prohibited.
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Mosques in Pakistan to remain open during Ramzan amid raging coronavirus p
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Pakistan decided on Saturday that mosques in the country would remain open during the holy month of Ramzan with certain conditions even as the nationwide tally of coronavirus cases has crossed 7, 500.
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Shekhawat expresses reservations over UP sending buses to Kota, says it ca
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Union Minister and BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has expressed reservations over the decision of Uttar Pradesh government to send buses to bring back students from Kota in Rajasthan during the lockdown.
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UP announces Rs 1,000 aid per head for destitute people amid lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 18 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government has announced that Rs 1,000 each will be given to destitute people financial aid, including to those who were left out in both urban and rural areas amid lockdown, said an official on Saturday.
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Maharashtra police lodge 230 cases against fake news, hate speech regardin
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 18 (ANI): Maharashtra cyber police on Saturday said a total of 230 cases have been registered regarding fake news, rumours and hate speech on social media in the state during the lockdown.
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Airbus reduces production due to COVID-19, delivery of aircraft to Indian
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18, (ANI): Airbus -- one of the largest commercial aircraft manufacturing companies in the world -- has reduced its aircraft production rates by roughly one-third due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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