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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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Saudi Arabia temporarily suspends entry for Umrah amid coronavirus fears
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 27 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Thursday temporarily suspended the entry of pilgrims who visit the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet's Mosque, in an attempt to ensure public safety by preventing the spread of the coronavirus epidemic that has so f
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Stonehill International School hosts the International Baccalaureate (IB)
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], Feb 24 (ANI/BusinessWire India): There were 21 workshops conducted for the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP) between February 20 and 23, by a host of global IB educators from countries like the US, UK, Au
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Uncertainties too great to permit reliable forecasting: IMF MD on COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 22 (ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director (MD) Kristalina Georgieva has said that "uncertainties" arising out of the outbreak of coronavirus in China are "too great to permit reliable forecasting."
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Finance Minister Sitharaman holds bilateral meeting with her German counte
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 22 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday held a bilateral meeting with her German counterpart Olaf Scholz here.
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'Pakistani retired general Shahid Aziz had close ties with Al Qaeda'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 19 (ANI): Retired Pakistani General Shahid Aziz, who disappeared a few years ago, had died in 2018, alleged Al Qaeda, adding that Aziz had close ties with the terrorist organisation.
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