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WB Minister Shashi Panja distributes food
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 6 (ANI): Minister Dr Shashi Panja on Monday distributed food items and ludo game kits among the people of her constituency in Shyampukur in Kolkata amid the nationwide lockdown.
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Decision to end lockdown will be taken at right time: Prakash Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said the decision to end the nationwide lockdown will be taken at the right time, which will be in the interests of the nation and its people.
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Sex workers in Mumbai's red light area struggle to survive amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): The nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus has made life difficult for sex workers in Kamathipura, a red-light area, in Mumbai.
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UGC writes to colleges, universities for setting up student helplines
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 6 (ANI): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to Vice-Chancellors and principals of all universities and colleges over setting up of helplines for mental health and psychosocial well being of the students amid the nationwide lockdown in the wake of COVID-
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Global COVID-19 pandemic pulls service sector in India back into contracti
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Having recorded the strongest rise in business activity for over seven years in February, the latest survey data brought this to an abrupt end as services output in India declined in March, according to IHS Markit India Services Purchasing Managers' Index (P
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Policemen in Surat wear coronavirus-theme dresses to create awareness
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], April 6 (ANI): Amid nationwide lockdown, police personnel in Mahuva taluka of Surat district donned coronavirus-themed dresses on Sunday while appealing people to stay at home and practice social distancing.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Indian Railways ensures supply of sugar, salt and edibl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Amid the nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19, the Indian Railways is making efforts to ensure that there is no shortage of sugar, salt and edible oil for consumption of the common man.
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Goa Youth hostel turns shelter for tourists, labourers stuck amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 5 (ANI): As hundreds of people got stuck in various cities due to the nationwide lockdown which was imposed on March 24, a youth hostel at Miramar in Goa is housing a group of people from diverse backgrounds - a Chinese national down for a sabbatical to a couple o
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Ganga flows cleaner in Haridwar, Varanasi as industrial discharge remains
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Uttarakhand/Uttar Pradesh [India], April 5 (ANI): The quality of water in River Ganga in Haridwar and Varanasi has improved significantly and marine life is now visible in the river as the nationwide lockdown has led to reduction in the dumping of industrial waste into it.
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Combating COVID-19: 12.5 lakh people in 27,661 relief camps across India
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): As many as 27,661 relief camps and shelters have been set up in all the States across India and 12.5 lakh people are taking shelter there amid the nationwide lockdown, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Punya Salila Srivastava said on Sunday
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Mahim Police arrest 8 for offering namaaz in group despite lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 5 (ANI): The Mahim Police have arrested eight people for assembling for namaaz on Friday despite the nationwide lockdown in force to curb the spread of coronavirus.
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Kerala govt arranges travel for family to Hyderabad for child's chemothera
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 5 (ANI): Amid the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja has arranged transport facility for a couple, whose two-year-old child is suffering from eye cancer to a hospital in Hyderabad for a chemotherapy session.
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