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Baloch leader claims Pak Army using COVID-19 to expand its occupation in B
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], Mar 27 (ANI): A Baloch leader has claimed that the Pakistani military establishment is using the surging cases of coronavirus infections to expand its occupation in Balochistan.
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France confirms it is pulling out troops from Iraq due to coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], Mar 26 (ANI): France is pulling out its troops from Iraq due to the coronavirus outbreak which has affected more than 25,000 people in the country and claimed over 1,000 lives.
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Armed forces to work beyond mandate to support nation in battling COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Coordinating efforts of the military in controlling COVID-19 spread, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat has said that at this juncture, the uniformed force needs to extend all type of assistance ranging from creating quarantine infrastructure to provid
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US defence coordinator's death marks first military-related COVID-19 fatal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 23 (ANI): A defence contractor has died after being infected by the novel coronavirus, marking it the first US military-related death due to the virus, the Pentagon said.
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Egyptian Major General dies of coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Mar 23 (ANI): Egypt's military on Sunday informed that a senior officer has died of coronavirus after he got infected while participating in 'sterilisation' drive, which the military has been carrying out across the country.
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UN chief urges warring parties in Libya to accept 5+5 draft ceasefire deal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 22 (Sputnik/ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon the rival Libyan administrations to lay down arms and accept the temporary draft ceasefire agreement negotiated by the Libyan Joint Military Commission (5+5) in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, a
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Italy calls in military to enforce lockdown as 627 people die in one day
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Mar 21 (ANI): Italy called in the military to enforce the lockdown on Friday as officials announced 627 new deaths in 24 hours, the largest single-day toll in any country since the coronavirus outbreak began.
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Army chief visits Jaisalmer military station, reviews quarantine facility
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Army Chief General MM Naravane visited Jaisalmer military station and reviewed the Indian Army wellness centre established at the military station to provide quarantine facility to COVID-19 patients during his two-day visit starting March 17.
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Combating COVID-19: Trump announces to deploy military hospital ships to N
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 18 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that the federal government will deploy a US Navy hospital ship to New York city to treat non-coronavirus patients as hospitals become slammed with victims suffering from the killer bug.
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Army officer, woman placed under self-quarantine at military institute
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): An Army officer and one woman have been put under self-quarantine at a military institute in Pune after certain symptoms of coronavirus were observed, Army sources told ANI.
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China adamant on not joining arms control negotiations; US cautiously opti
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Mar 16 (ANI): China has said it has no intention to participate in the trilateral arms control negotiations with the United States and Russia, stating its nuclear force is always kept at the minimum level "with an order of magnitude difference" from that of the other two countries
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234 Indians from coronavirus-hit Iran arrive in India
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI): As many as 234 Indians who were among the people stranded in Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak have arrived in India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in the wee hours of Sunday.
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