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Man who died in Murshidabad tested negative for COVID-19: Health Ministry
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): A day after the death of a man with suspected symptoms of coronavirus who was admitted in a Murshidabad hospital in West Bengal, Sanjeeva Kumar, Special Secretary (Health), has clarified that the deceased had tested negative for coronavirus.
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Etihad Airways suspends flights to Saudi Arabia amid COVID-19 scare
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Mar 9 (ANI): Etihad Airways on Monday announced that it has temporarily suspended its all flight services between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia.
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Petrol, diesel prices drop as Brent crude prices plunge
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Petrol and diesel prices registered a drop across the country on Monday as global oil prices plummeted around 30 per cent after Saudi Arabia slashed prices and set plans for a dramatic increase in crude production in April.
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Two senior members of Saudi royal family detained over suspicions of treas
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], March 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Two senior members of the Saudi royal family - a brother of King Salman, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al Saud, as well as the king's nephew, former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz al Saud - have been detained over suspicions of treaso
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Saudi Arabia restricts domestic pilgrims from Umrah over coronavirus fears
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Mar 5 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Wednesday imposed a temporary travel ban on its own citizens from performing Umrah over fears of the novel coronavirus that has killed more than 3200 people globally.
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Saudi Arabia suspends Umrah pilgrimage amid coronavirus concerns
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Mar 4 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended Umrah pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina for Saudi citizens as part of the measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus in the country, an official source in the Saudi Interior Ministry told stat
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Coronavirus outbreak: 120 Umrah pilgrims turned back from RGI Airport in H
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 4 (ANI): As many as 120 Umrah pilgrims who were scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia on February 27, were forced to turn back from the Rajiv Gandhi International (RGI) Airport as Saudi authorities have temporarily halted the entry of pilgrims to the country
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Saudi Arabia confirms first case of coronavirus
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], Mar 3 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry officials on Monday confirmed the first case of coronavirus infection in the country amid growing fears that a surge in the number of those infected in Iran is threatening the whole region.
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Sanctions don't apply to emergencies, Iran to get all help to fight COVID-
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Mar 1 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organisation's (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday said that the sanctions against Iran do not apply to emergencies and that Tehran would get all help it needed to fight with the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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10,000 Hajj pilgrims from Kerala await Saudi Arabia to lift travel restric
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): With Saudi Arabia indefinitely suspending visas for visit to Islam's holiest site for the Umrah pilgrimage in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, more than 10,000 people in the state who are awaiting their turn this year for the annual Hajj pi
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Over 10,000 from Kerala cleared for Hajj
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Even as Saudi Arabia has indefinitely suspended visas for the Umrah pilgrimage in the backdrop of coronavirus outbreak in several parts of the world, more than 10,000 people in Kerala have been cleared by the State Hajj Committee for the ann
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Investors willing to open representation office in India: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that she took part in G-20 Summit in Saudi Arabia and investors want to open a representation office in India.
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