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Tripura government's 5-day adventure sports festival raises hopes of reviv
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 11 (ANI): The five-day Agartala Adventure Tourism Festival underway at the Swami Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala attracted several visitors with many of them expressing hope that it would play a role in reviving tourism in the state after the peak of the CO
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Odisha: 31 teachers, students test positive for COVID-19 in Gajapati after
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Gajapati (Odisha) [India], January 11 (ANI): After the re-opening of schools in Odisha, 31 teachers and students have tested positive for COVID-19 in Gajapati district, informed Dr Pradeep Kumar Patra, Chief District Medical Officer on Sunday.
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Business of making kite-flying threads in Amritsar hit by Covid-19, avail
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], January 10 (ANI): As the Lohri festival approaches, several people making cotton kite-flying threads in Punjab's Amritsar said that their business has been hit by the Coronavirus pandemic and also the availability of Chinese threads in the market.
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COVID-19: TN govt announces free 2 GB data per day for over 9 lakh student
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 10 (ANI): Tamil Nadu government will provide free 2 GB data per day to 9,69,047 students across the state for online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Centre should adjudge authenticity of COVID vaccine, says Jharkhand Health
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], January 10 (ANI): Ahead of the Covid-19 vaccination drive in the country, Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta said that the Central Government must adjudge the authenticity, relevance and utility of any vaccine before its roll-out.
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Losing job in pandemic, Udhampur engineer restarts life with mushroom farm
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 10 (ANI): After the COVID-19 lockdown hit livelihoods in Jammu and Kashmir, an engineer took up mushroom farming with the help of district authorities in a bid to improve their livelihood and inculcate new farming methods.
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COVID-19: Odisha engineer turns horticulturist after losing job
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhadrak (Odisha) [India], January 10 (ANI): After the COVID-19 pandemic claimed thousands of job across the country, an engineer in Bhadrak district of Odisha turned horticulturist to utilise his time in the period of lockdown after losing his job.
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Frontline Heroes of the Golden Hour - Manipal Ambulance Rescuers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka)[India], January10 (ANI/PRNewswire): Despite the pandemic, Bengaluru's ambulance drivers have been the fearless warriors to handle emergencies. While the healthcare workers and nurses are truly executing commendable efforts during this period, the ambulance rescue team m
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Andhra Govt willing to conduct gram panchayat polls after COVID vaccine ar
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 9 (ANI): YSRCP spokesperson and senior leader Ambati Rambabu on Saturday said in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Andhra Pradesh government is willing to conduct the gram panchayat polls once the COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out.
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World needs fresh roadmap to address global shortage of medicines, vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): Noting the global shortages of medicines amid the pandemic, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that the world needs a fresh roadmap to address global shortages of essential medicines and vaccines.
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Telangana to resume sheep distribution programme
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 9 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has instructed Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav and the officials concerned to resume the first phase of sheep distribution programme, which was stopped due to pandemic and complete it imm
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Indian diaspora ensured medical supplies, helped stranded students during
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Indian diaspora in several countries came together for ensuring critical medical supplies, helping stranded students, caring for the elderly, raising funds and providing meals to the vulnerable, said Pre
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