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Australia records significant drop in active coronavirus cases
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Aug 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of active COVID-19 cases in Australia has dropped by more than 2,000 to the lowest level in recent weeks.
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World needs to go beyond orthodoxes due to unprecedented COVID-19 challeng
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday on said that the world faces an "unprecedented challenge" due to COVID-19 and there is a need to go beyond orthodoxes.
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8 deaths, 554 new COVID-19 cases reported in Puducherry
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], August 20 (ANI): A total of eight deaths and 554 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Puducherry in the last 24 hours, the Union Territory's health department informed on Thursday.
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Loans worth Rs 1 lakh crore disbursed under ECLGS to offset COVID-19 distr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Banks from public and private sectors have sanctioned loans worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore under the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) of which more than Rs 1 lakh crore has already been disbursed, the government said on Thursday.
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Macron to meet with Merkel in France today
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], Aug 20 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday at his summer residence, the Fort of Bregancon, located in southern France.
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First-ever flight from Antananarivo to Mumbai to bring 61 stranded Indians
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], Aug 20 (ANI): The first-ever flight from Antananarivo to Mumbai, Air Madagascar will be evacuating 61 Indians stranded due to COVID-19 pandemic and to bring back about 160 Malagasy citizens from India on Thursday.
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Om Birla attends inaugural ceremony of fifth world conference of speakers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday attended the inaugural ceremony of the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (5WCSP).
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Rajasthan Election Commission postpones polls for 129 urban local bodies t
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 19 (ANI): The Rajasthan Election Commission has postponed elections for 129 urban local bodies, which were to take place this month, to October 20 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Arvind Kejriwal to hold 'Digital Samvaad' with Delhi traders on Sunday
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is slated to hold a 'Digital Samvaad' with the traders of the national capital on Sunday (August 23) to hear their grievances in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Hotels to reopen, gyms to remain closed in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has approved the reopening of hotels but gymnasiums will remain closed in the national capital amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Sculptors bear loss after demand for handmade idols drop in Delh
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Sculptors in Delhi are bearing losses after the demand and the sale of handmade idols dropped due to the coronavirus pandemic. The situation remains unchanged even during the festivals.
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Puducherry's COVID-19 tally reaches 8,762
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], August 19 (ANI): The total number of COVID-19 cases in Puducherry now stands at 8,762, including 5,312 recoveries and 3,321 active cases, the health department informed on Wednesday.
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