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US' coronavirus tally crosses 2.5 million mark, toll at 125,480
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 28 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has exceeded 2.5 million, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Centre.
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Global COVID-19 case count surpasses 9.6 mn
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 28 (Sputnik/ANI): The global COVID-19 case count has surpassed 9.6 million after more than 179,000 new positive tests were confirmed worldwide over the past 24 hours, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday.
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India's Covid-19 tally crosses half-million mark with highest single-day s
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): India on Saturday crossed the half-million mark with record highest spike of 18,552 cases of coronavirus reported across the country in the past 24 hours.
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World Bank steps up support for Namami Gange Programme
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The World Bank has approved funds worth USD 600 million for the development of infrastructure projects along the river Ganga under the National Ganga River Basin Project.
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As Hongkongers protest national security bill, pro-China govt launches $7
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 27 (ANI): With thousands of Hongkongers taking to the streets to protest against the national security legislation, the pro-China government ironically has launched advertisements calling for public support for the legislation.
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Carlyle to pick up 20 pc stake in Piramal pharma business for $490 million
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 27 (ANI): The Carlyle Group has agreed to pick up 20 per cent stake in Ajay Piramal's pharma business for 490 million dollars (about Rs 3,698 crore), making it one of the largest private equity deals in the Indian pharmaceutical sector.
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COVID-19 global count tops 9.4 million, death toll surpasses 480,000
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has risen by over 177,000 in the past 24 hours to 9.4 million and the death toll has topped 480,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday (local time).
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AI robot, Erica, to take lead in USD 70 million sci-fi movie
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 26 (ANI): As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic, the makers of upcoming sci-fi movie 'b' have partially sorted out the casting- by roping in a robot.
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Justin Bieber files $ 20 million lawsuit against two women who accused him
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 26 (ANI): Singer Justin Bieber has reportedly filed a USD Rs 10 million each defamation lawsuit against the two women who recently accused him of sexual assault on social media.
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Xi Jinping failed to promise real transparency for China's role in unleash
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Wednesday lashed out at China for making "empty promises" during last week's China-Africa summit and said that Chinese President Xi Jinping "failed to promise real transparency and accountability" for Beijing's role
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US doubles bounty on IS leader who succeeded Baghdadi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): The US Department of State's Rewards for Justice Program has increased the bounty - now up to USD10 million -- for information leading to the identification or location of ISIS's new leader Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahma al-Mawla. This represents a doub
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US report says China uses counter-terrorism as pretext to detain, carry ou
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): A US report issued by the Department of State has said that China uses counter-terrorism (CT) as a pretext to detain and carry out a repressive campaign against millions of Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups in internment camps in the Xi
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