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Bihar's Madhubani deals with COVID-19 amid almost non-existent healthcare
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Madhubani (Bihar) [India], May 24 (ANI): The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the stressed and almost non-functional healthcare system in rural Bihar with unsanitary conditions, lack of medical equipment and missing medical staff becoming the norm at many hospitals.
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Indore: BJP demands sedition case against Kamal Nath for controversial rem
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Indore demanded that the city police register a sedition case against former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress leader Kamal Nath over his controversial remarks about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID impact: Singapore Airlines report record full year loss of USD 3.21
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Singapore, May 24 (ANI): In a year when the airline and travel industry were pulverised by the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore Airlines (SIA), co-owner of India's Vistara airlines with Tata Sons, reported a record full-year net loss of SGD 4.27 billion (USD 3.21 billion).
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Covid-19: Telangana Congress launches free of cost ambulance service
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 24 (ANI): The Telangana Congress on Sunday launched a free ambulance service from Gandhi Bhawan in Hyderabad for the benefit of the poor and needy during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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FIR lodged against Kamal Nath for remarks on COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): An FIR was registered against Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Sunday for allegedly creating panic by his remarks about the coronavirus pandemic.
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Protests continue in Nepal over house dissolution, over two dozen writ pet
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lalitpur [Nepal], May 24 (ANI): The opposition alliance in Nepal continued to protest against re-dissolution of parliament despite the pandemic-induced prohibitory orders and surging COVID-19 cases.
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UP nursery introduces mango varieties named after COVID frontline workers
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Malihabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaleem's Nursery in Lucknow's Malihabad has introduced new mango varieties named after several frontline workers including doctors and policemen, who lost their lives to the virus. The Nursery
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Goa Dy CM launches 'Oxygen on Wheels' service for COVID-19 patients
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing oxygen crisis in Goa due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar has made arrangements for a van with five oxygen concentrators powered by two generators and emergency medicines.
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Karnataka's health infrastructure ramped up significantly during COVID, sa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 23 (ANI): The Medical Education Minister of Karnataka, Dr K Sudhakar on Sunday said that the health infrastructure of the state had improved significantly during the COVID pandemic.
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Board exams: NSUI president slams Centre for risking students lives amid C
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Following the high-level meeting chaired by Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Sunday to solicit suggestions regarding class 12th class board exams amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Congress student wing National Students' Union of India (NSUI) Pre
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Moderna refuses to send vaccine doses directly to Punjab Govt
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh, (Punjab) [India], May 23 (ANI): As the country is battling the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Covid vaccine manufacturer Moderna has refused to send vaccines directly to the Punjab government stating that according to their policy, they only deal with Government of India and n
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Providing safe environment for students is our priority: Maharashtra Educa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 23 (ANI):Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad who attended the high level meeting chaired by the Union Ministers and state education ministers to discuss and finalise the date and format for conducting class 12 CBSE board exams, asserted that provid
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