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COVID-19: ITDC's hotel to provide 500 meals daily to AIIMS, RML health car
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In the midst of the COVID pandemic, the health care workers in the national capital, who have been tirelessly working to curb the spread of virus, will be provided with 500 packed meals daily, informed the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) on Satur
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COVID-19 situation stabalising in major part of country, says Niti Aayog m
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The situation created by COVID-19 "is stabilising in a major part of the country" with the positivity rate and active cases going down, VK Paul, Member (Health), Niti Aayog, said on Saturday.
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China's carbon emissions soar to record high
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 22 (ANI): While the world is battling COVID-19 pandemic, China's carbon emissions has reached a new record high with a growth of 14.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 as compared to the previous year, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Cl
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First oxygen plant at J-K's Bandipora hospital brings much needed relief t
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bandipora (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 22 (ANI): The setting up of an oxygen generation plant at Covid-designated Bandipora District Hospital, a first of its kind in the district in Jammu and Kashmir, has brought much need relief to the people in the midst of a disastrous second wave
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COVID-19: Govt invites proposals on critical components, innovations in ox
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Central government has invited research and development (RandD) proposals from scientists for the invention of oxygen concentrators in order to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Study finds online gambling increased during lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bristol [UK], May 22 (ANI): According to new research, regular gamblers were more than six times more likely to gamble online compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BJP-ruled states to implement scheme for children orphaned due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Saturday wrote to all party-ruled states regarding a scheme for the welfare of children who have been orphaned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Railways delivers 14,500 MT of liquid medical oxygen so far
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Working on mission mode amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Railways has successfully delivered nearly 14,500 metric tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in more than 884 tankers by 224 Oxygen Expresses.
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Nick Jonas opens up about Billboard Music Awards, says pandemic offered ch
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): Singer-actor Nick Jonas, who is set to host the Billboard Music Awards 2021, opened up about the upcoming ceremony. The star shared that he and the producers have turned the challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic into an opportunity to create a unique award
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Ask retailers to display stock, rates of COVID medicines, LG tells Delhi g
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): With the national capital battling the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday instructed the Delhi government authorities to ensure that drugs related to COVID treatment are made available to people to check hoardi
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COVID-19: Private firms sponsor oxygen concentrators to Bruhat Bengaluru M
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 22 (ANI): In wake of the rising need of oxygen due to the second wave of COVID-19, several private firms have sponsored oxygen concentrators to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to assist the Karnataka government in its fight against the pandemi
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Delhi hospital reports black fungus of small intestine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Amid the rising concern of black fungus cases in addition to the COVID pandemic, the rare cases of Mucormycosis of the small intestine have been reported in Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
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