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Employees of Assam cinema theatres urge for reopening cinemas
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 19 (ANI): Cinema hall employees from across Assam staged a sit-in protest in Guwahati on Sunday demanding the reopening of cinema halls in the state, which have remained shut since April owing to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pakistan: Punjab province fails to release COVID-19 funds to health depart
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore (Punjab)[Pakistan], September 19 (ANI): State-run hospitals in Pakistan's Punjab province are facing a financial crunch due to the shortage of funds in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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People flout COVID-19 norms at Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, people were seen flouting protocols like social distancing and wearing masks on Saturday at Gurudwara Sri Bangla Sahib in Delhi.
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COVID-19: Kerala to reopen schools from November 1
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 18 (ANI): Kerala will reopen schools from November 1, informed Kerala Chief Minister's office on Saturday.
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Mothers hesitant to have another baby due to COVID-19 pandemic: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI): New study reveals nearly half of New York City mothers who had been trying to have another baby before the coronavirus pandemic began stopped in the first few months of the outbreak.
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Refugees face dire consequences from COVID-19 underfunding, UNHCR warns
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): Underfunding has left a "yawning gap" in the UN Refugee Agency's ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday.
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Health Ministry, NITI Aayog launch COVID-19 vaccination learning exchange
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Union Health Ministry and NITI Aayog launched a USAID-supported 'City-to-City COVID-19 Vaccination Learning Exchange (CoVLEx) initiative to build a global COVID-19 vaccination knowledge management platform and initiate an exchange of ideas and learni
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IPL 2021: DC, CSK and RCB sit pretty on points table as MI and rest look t
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is all set to resume on Sunday with Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) locking horns against each other. Before the season got suspended earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was provin
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Dehradun district magistrate warns officials of action if their phones fou
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 18 (ANI): Dehradun District Magistrate has in an order warned all district-level officials of action under the Disaster Management Act if they keep their phones switched off, unless in case of personal emergency. This was done in the wake of landslid
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Afghan girls must not be excluded from schools: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the reopening of schools in Afghanistan from Saturday, but stressed that girls must not be kept away from the classroom.
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More sleep boosts teens' ability to cope with pandemic: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): While poor sleep was linked to higher levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, more teens actually obtained the recommended amount of sleep compared to pre-pandemic sleep patterns, according to a new study from McGill University.
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COVID-19: Pune shops to be shut on Sept 19 for Ganesh idols immersion
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 17 (ANI): In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Maharashtra government has decided to keep all the shops closed in Pune on September 19 on the occasion of Ganesh idols immersion, announced Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday.
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