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Spice industry in J-K generates business and employment
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 13 (ANI): Amid the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic, a spice industry in Jammu and Kashmir is providing employment opportunities for the people of the Union Territory.
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Spain registers record 179,125 new COVID-19 cases over past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], January 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain has confirmed 179,125 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours, marking thus the largest daily increase since the start of the pandemic, the national Ministry of Health said.
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COVID-19: Record 40,000 tests conducted in Kashmir in a single day
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 13 (ANI): The Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) on Wednesday conducted more than 40,000 COVID-19 tests across Kashmir hospitals which is the highest single-day figure during the two years of the pandemic in the region.
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People queue up at vaccination centres as Nepal govt makes vaccination car
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 12 (ANI): As Nepal government has made COVID vaccination mandatory to access public services from January 17, people queued up at hospitals and other centres for hours to get vaccinated.
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Omicron 'dangerous' virus for unvaccinated people, warns WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 12 (ANI): The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a "dangerous virus" particularly for those who are unvaccinated, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
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Odisha issues guidelines for local festivals amid rising COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 12 (ANI): Odisha Government on Wednesday issued guidelines for local festivals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation.
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Pakistan to face debt crisis, failure of cyber security: World Economic Fo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 12 (ANI): The 'Global Risks Report 2022' has listed five risks facing Pakistan with top risk of the debt crisis, followed by extreme weather events, failure to stabilise price trajectories, failure of cyber security measures and human-made environmental damage,
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Aid to Afghanistan, Syria, vaccine equity top agenda in 2021: UNSC
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 12 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday (local time) said that vaccine equity and aid to Afghanistan and Syria were high on the 2021 agenda of the UNSC, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis.
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Philippines logs 32,246 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines] January 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines reported 32,246 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the second-highest single-day tally since the pandemic began in January 2020, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,058,634.
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China's zero-COVID policy backfires; stokes public frustration, anger
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 12 (ANI): Ever since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2019, China has been implementing a "zero-COVID" policy, which has resulted in growing public frustration and anger.
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Lohri 2022: Tips to plan the festivities amid COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Lohri, which is just around the corner, is one of the most popular festivals of the Punjab region that marks the end of winter and the time to harvest the rabi crops.
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AFC Women's Asian Cup: No interaction of teams apart from stadium; even ch
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Maharashtra is getting ready to host the upcoming AFC Women's Cup and the organizers are not taking any chances with the COVID-19 safety protocols, with all possible steps being taken to ensure minimal interaction of the teams with the outside world. Read More
