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Delhi Police constable alleges SHO hit him after argument as he was not we
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): A Delhi Police constable has accused his senior officer of hitting him with a baton for not wearing a mask while on duty.
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Governor Cuomo mandates New Yorkers to wear masks in public
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 16 (ANI): New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he will sign an executive order making it mandatory for people to wear masks or face coverings in public whenever social distancing was not possible.
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Women in Punjab's Hoshiarpur prepare homemade masks for villagers to fight
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): A group of women in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab are making and distributing homemade masks to safeguard residents of their village, migrant workers and those supplying essential commodities from the threat of coronavirus.
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Hyderabad cyclist rides 20-30 km to spread awareness about COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 15 (ANI): To create awareness on COVID-19, a 47-year-old man in Hyderabad has been cycling for the past fortnight, covering 20-30 kilometres daily while visiting various parts of the city and sensitising people about the importance of social distancing an
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Wearing masks now compulsory in Vadodara, violators to pay fines
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], April 15 (ANI): Vadodara on Wednesday joined the list of cities which have made it compulsory for people to wear masks in public places amid the coronavirus crisis.
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South Korea holds legislative election amid virus outbreak
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 15 (ANI): Wearing masks and gloves, South Korean voters cast their ballots on Wednesday to elect 300 parliamentary lawmakers amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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From fighting terror using guns to battling COVID-19 by producing masks, C
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): Jawans of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) who have seen deadly encounters in Jammu and Kashmir and in Naxal infested areas of Chhattisgarh are now helping other jawans to fight an equally important and decisive battle, the one against COVID-19.
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ITI students offer to stitch masks free of cost in Punjab for administrati
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 15 (ANI): In order to contribute their bit in the war against coronavirus, students of ITIs have offered their services to stitch masks free of cost for civil and police administration and for panchayats.
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Donning 'gamcha' mask, PM gives safety message with new social media displ
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Mouth and nose covered with a traditional 'gamcha', hands folded in namaste - this is what Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new social media profile picture looks like. The photo, aimed at spreading awareness over curbing COVID-19 spread, is from Modi's ad
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Odisha's 'Silver Gandhi' distributes masks, hand sanitizers in slum areas
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 14 (ANI): With silver paint on his face and dressed in Mahatma Gandhi's attire, a resident of Bhubaneswar on Monday walked around in slum areas near AIIMS in Bhubaneswar and distributed masks and hand sanitizers among the people.
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KVIC exploring possibility to use PMEGP electronic units for manufacturing
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in a video conferencing with its State Directors on Monday asked them to explore the possibility of Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) manufacturing units working in electronics items to c
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IIT Guwahati researchers develop affordable antiviral spray-based coating
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 13 (ANI): In an attempt to safeguard healthcare workers and citizens from coronavirus, a team of researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed an affordable antimicrobial spray-based coating for PPE kits to kill and prevent the s
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