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58 pc citizens believe small towns, rural districts 'unprepared' to handle
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 19 (ANI): As India's daily case load becomes highest in the world, 53 per cent citizens are in favour of some sort of lockdown to contain COVID-19 spread while 58 per cent believe small towns and rural districts are "unprepared" to handle the pandemic, according to a s
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Art and Bid's Fundraiser exhibition in association with Alturaash Art and
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): Asif Kamal Foundation, an initiative to work in rural India in the field of healthcare and education organizes Art and Bid's Fundraiser exhibition to help the flood-affected area in Bihar.
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India's GDP to contract 16.5 pc in Q1 as pandemic spreads: SBI report
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): India's GDP is expected to contract by 16.5 per cent during the first quarter of current fiscal as the current Covid-19 pandemic is spreading at a much faster rate after the opening up of the economy, State Bank of India's research report Ecowrap s
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Vakrangee emerges as third largest ATM operator in rural India
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Non-banking company Vakrangee Ltd said on Saturday it launched the 5,000th white label ATM at village Ratnupur in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of 74th Independence Day, becoming the third largest ATM operator in rural India.
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Former SP leader who announced bounty on Karnataka MLA's nephew booked for
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 14 (ANI): A case was registered against former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shahzeb Rizvi here for allegedly disturbing communal harmony by announcing a prize of Rs 51 lakhs in connection with the Bengaluru violence, said Avinash Pandey, Superintendent of P
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UP CM seeks report after BJP MLA 'manhandled' by cops; SHO suspended, ASP
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday took cognisance of the Aligarh incident where a BJP MLA was allegedly manhandled by the cops and directed the state Director General of Police (DGP) to take action in this regard.
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Rural India facing insurmountable sufferings in COVID-19 lockdown: Gaon Co
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): In a first-of-its-kind national survey on the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on rural India, Gaon Connection has released its findings that reflect the untold miseries rural citizens are facing during the lockdown.
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India Inc on a long road to recovery with prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns: IC
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): The financial performance of corporate sector will be significantly impacted due to extended lockdowns after the outbreak of COVID-19 as manufacturing, construction, industrial and consumption activities have taken a sharp hit, investment information firm ICR
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6 lakh masks, aprons prepared by self-help groups in Punjab: Tript Singh B
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 1 (ANI): All possible resources are being utilized by the Rural Development and Panchayat Department of Punjab to provide employment to the people living in the rural area amid COVID-19 pandemic, State Cabinet Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said on Sa
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NEP 2020 to help armed forces identify youth for soldiering from rural are
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): Observing that the recently announced National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 would transform the process of learning in the country, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on Saturday said it will help armed forces to identify youth from rural areas for so
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J-K: Construction of road connecting Kathua to NH 44 resumed
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 31 (ANI): Construction of a road connecting Kathua district here to National Highway 44 was resumed in Jammu and Kashmir after a two months hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Rajana Gupta, Executive Engineer of the Public Works Department (Roads
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7 more arrested in spurious liquor case in Punjab: Police
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 31 (ANI): Seven persons were arrested on Friday from Amritsar Rural, Batala, and Tarn Taran districts in connection with the spurious liquor case in Punjab.
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