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Omani princess' fake tweet aims to create discord with Gulf nations: Govt
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Omani princess Sayyida Mona bint Fahd al Said, who had a Twitter account impersonating her, has issued a clarification regarding the purported tweet on the expulsion of Indian workers from Oman, government sources said on Thursday.
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UNICEF issues guidelines for journalists working amid COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued guidelines for the media persons, who are working amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Viswanathan Anand addresses online session for SAI officials
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Former world number one and multiple-time world champion chess player Viswanathan Anand on Wednesday addressed the newly-appointed Assistant Directors of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in a special online session from Germany.
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COVID-19: Irish PM Leo Varadkar sends special message to his ancestral vil
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], April 21 (ANI): In a special video message, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has urged the people of India to remain optimistic in the fight against coronavirus and assured solidarity during the difficult times, not only affecting the health but also the economy and liv
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UN calls for solidarity among communities as Sri Lanka marks a year of Eas
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 21 (ANI): Remembering the 259 lives lost and those injured in the Easter Sunday attacks a year ago, the office of United Nations in the country on Tuesday called for solidarity between communities to safeguard the health and rights of every citizen as terrorism has
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US can efficiently use $500 million it allocates to WHO, says Trump
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): The United States could find ways to efficiently use the USD 500 million, it usually allocates to the World Health Organisation (WHO), said President Donald Trump while taking a dig at the United Nations health body.
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'High mark of friendship': Kazakh President thanks India for medical suppl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], April 19 (ANI): Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending medical supplies to Kazakhstan to help the country fight coronavirus, President Qasym-Jomart Toqayev has said New Delhi's gesture to help Nur-Sultan is a "high mark of friendship and solidarity" betwee
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Tale of two communist nations in COVID-19 battle: China faces scrutiny, Vi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], April 18 (ANI): Even as the communist China has faced accusations of downplaying the discovery and severity of coronavirus which originated in its city of Wuhan, its neighbour Vietnam, also a communist-run country- is winning accolades for its handling of the crisis and is
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UN warns COVID-19 could trigger worst downturn since Great Depression
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 18 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic could trigger the worst downturn in the global economy since the Great Depression, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday (local time).
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MEA announces COVID-19 training programme for SAARC countries
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): India has launched a capacity building programme for the health officials of SAARC countries, which comes after New Delhi's initiatives like USD 10 million SAARC COVID-19 fund, Rapid Response Teams of Doctors to assist the nations in combating the corona
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World Rugby announces USD 100 million relief fund to assist COVID-19 affec
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], April 17 (ANI): World Rugby has announced that it will make USD 100 million available to assist countries in the tough times of the coronavirus pandemic for the resumption of the game.
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'WHO must be supported', says UN chief after Trump halts organisation's fu
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 15 (ANI): United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) must be supported, hours after US President Donald Trump's announcement of halting his country's funding to the organisation.
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