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COVID-19 impact: Cricket West Indies announces temporary salary and fund c
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
St John's [Antigua], May 30 (ANI): The Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Saturday announced a temporary 50 per cent reduction in salaries and cricket funding across the entire regional cricket system, effective from the start of July due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic which resulted in the s
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Brazil registers fifth highest tally of COVID-19 deaths globally
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], May 30 (ANI): Brazil now has the fifth highest death toll from COVID-19 worldwide, registering over 1,000 deaths in the past 24 hours and registering a hike in the total tally of new cases to 27,878, the government said on Friday (local time).
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Pandemic continues to affect but Americans seems to be over it
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths but Americans surely seem to be over the masks, the lysol, the Zoom meetings online, the short tempers and long evenings, as well as all other restrictions put in pl
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Tripura West BJP MP performs 'havan' to combat COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 30 (ANI): BJP MP, Pratima Bhowmik from Tripura West, participated in puja and havan organised to save the world from COVID-19 pandemic, in Agartala on Friday.
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India urges BRICS nations to share COVID-19 related tax measures
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Finance and Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey on Friday urged BRICS nations to share COVID-19 related tax measures taken by the member countries that will help them understand the fiscal and economic impact of the pandemic.
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Coronavirus case count tops 5.7 million, says WHO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 30 (Sputnik/ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that the overall number of coronavirus cases globally is at more than 5.7 million, with over 357,000 dying from the disease.
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ICMR writes to WHO disagreeing with HCQ assessment, officials say internat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): After the Union Health Ministry expressed reservations about the World Health Organisation's (WHO) advisory to suspend hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) usage in treating COVID-19 patients, now, India's nodal government agency ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research)
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Instant messaging app imo raises awareness among millions in the wake of C
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): imo, a free video calling and instant messaging app, has taken slew of initiatives to raise awareness and put a check on misinformation about COVID-19 pandemic.
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24k pure gold plated art by artist Dhanraj Shelke can be a good diversific
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolhapur (Maharashtra) [India], May 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): As art has no correlation to the stock market, inflation or pandemic, it means paintings can go up in value even when the market crashes or during any other crisis, making it a good diversification for an investment portfolio.
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Halonix sanitizes its packaging through UV light sanitization
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): Halonix Technologies Pvt Ltd (Halonix), India's fastest growing residential and institutional lighting company is taking extraordinary measures to ensure health and safety of its customers while it resumes speedy production at its manufacturing plant
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Prospect of T20 WC going ahead as planned under 'very high risk': Kevin Ro
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 29 (ANI): Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts on Friday said that there is a 'very high risk about the prospect' of the T20 World Cup taking place as scheduled amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Q4 GDP growth slips to 3.1 pc as COVID-19 further weakens sluggish demand
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Indian economy grew by 3.1 per cent in January to March quarter (Q4 FY20) as COVID-19 pandemic further compressed consumer demand and private investments, government data showed on Friday.
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