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Initial phase of Census, NPR updation process to get delayed
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): In view of the complete nationwide lockdown as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to check the spread of COVID-19, the exercise scheduled from next month to update the National Population Register (NPR) along with the first phase of the Census 2021 wou
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Anti-CAA protest in Mumbai suspended due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The sit-in protest on Morland Road here that had been going on for over 50 days against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR) has been temporarily called off in the wake
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Cannot impose lockdown in Pakistan with 25 pc population living on daily w
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 23 (ANI): Amid calls for a complete lockdown in Pakistan to combat the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that state-imposed curfew is not possible in the country as one-fourth of its population is under the poverty line and survives on d
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Half of world's student population not attending school due to COVID-19:
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Paris [France], Mar 22 (ANI): Over 850 million children and youth, roughly half of the world's student population, had to stay away from schools and universities in the light of the coronavirus pandemic according to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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Protest against CAA, NRC, NPR will continue on Janata Curfew day: Shaheen
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked people to observe Janata curfew on Sunday, the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) will continue, said the Shaheen Bagh p
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Govt should suspend NPR, CAA for 3 months amid coronavirus threat: Salman
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Union cabinet minister Salman Khurshid has suggested that the government should postpone the National Population Register (NPR) and other such things "for three months" in the face of the coronavirus threat.
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COVID-19: Naveen Patnaik urges PM Modi to postpone NPR, Census-related wor
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone National Population Register and Census-related activities in wake of the COVID-19 scare.
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India's prime plant protein supplement 'Protuff' by Aarnix Healthsciences
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): With the larger population becoming more health conscious and moving to vegetarian & vegan lifestyle, and while the world is currently battling the coronavirus epidemic, Aarnix Healthsciences introduces a pea based plant protein tha
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Israel shuts its borders to all foreigners to contain spread of coronaviru
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Mar 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Israel has shut its borders to all foreigners in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country, which is nearing 500 cases, The Population Immigration and Border Authority said on Wednesday.
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Coronavirus: Germany faces biggest challenge since World War II, says Chan
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Mar 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Germany faces a challenge not seen since World War II and is in need of the population acting in solidarity, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an unprecedented televised address as the number of coronavirus infection cases in the country shot past 10,00
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BJP member demands law on population control
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): BJP member Sanjay Seth on Wednesday demanded that the government should enact a law on population control and voting right should be denied to those having more than two children.
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Huge anti-CAA protest in Chennai
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Hundreds of protestors including members of the Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ), a non-political Islamic organisation, gathered near the Madras High Court here on Wednesday to demand revocation of the Citizenship Ammendment Act (CAA) and against
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