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India's COVID-19 active caseload shrinks to 1.84 lakh
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): As India country continues on its steady trajectory of reporting a sustained downfall in the daily new COVID-19 cases, the country's active caseload has dipped to 1.84 lakh mark, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
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BIT Mesra to develop 'less costly aptamer-based' diagnostic kit for COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Researchers at Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra are developing an aptamer-based diagnostic kit for the detection of COVID-19 infection that can detect a number of infections in a precise and efficient manner, besides making detection of COV
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Gujarat, Goa, parts of Maharashtra likely to receive heavy rain
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Gujarat, the ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan and Goa are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall during the next 24 hours, said a notification issued by Press Information Bureau (PIB).
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Senior PIB official tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The National Media Centre will remain closed on Monday for sanitisation after a senior Press Information Bureau (PIB) official has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Centre not providing Rs 1,000 under so-called 'Corona Sahayata Yojana': PI
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): The Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau (PIB) has clarified that the central government is not giving Rs 1,000 to anybody under the so-called 'Corona Sahayata Yojana', as claimed in widely circulating message on social media requiring people to clic
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Department of Telecom not providing free internet during lockdown: PIB
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau has clarified that the Department of Telecom is not providing free internet to all users till May 3, 2020, to enable them to work from home by clicking on a given link.
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PIB sets up COVID-19 Fact Check Unit
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has set up a COVID-19 Fact Check Unit which will receive messages by email and send its response in quick time.
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Harry Potter helps govt underline importance of staying home to combat COV
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): As the country entered the eighth day of the 21-day coronavirus lockdown, the Maharashtra office of Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Wednesday tweeted a meme out of a Harry Potter to put across the message of staying indoors as coronavirus cases are surging a
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Call will be taken as and when situation demands: Govt official on lockdow
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): There is no assessment on the extension of lockdown in the country in view of coronavirus and a call will be taken as per situation, Director General of Press Information Bureau K S Dhatiwal said on Monday.
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As part of social distancing, questions asked at cabinet briefing via What
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): As part of efforts to ensure social distancing in view of novel coronavirus threat, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Saturday gave journalists option to stay at home and ask questions during a press conference on cabinet briefing via a particular WhatsA
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Any announcement on Netaji must be officially from PM Modi, says C K Bose
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): Chandra Kumar Bose, BJP leader and kin of Subhash Chandra Bose on Monday took umbrage to a Press Information Bureau (PIB) tweet which declared August 18 as the freedom fighter's death anniversary stating that an announcement regarding the death
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Editors Guild delegation meets FM
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Office-bearers of the Editors Guild of India called on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday and discussed the recent order issued by the finance ministry stipulating that journalists, irrespective of their accreditation with the Press Information Bu
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