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Once a coronavirus hotspot of Mumbai, Dharavi records no deaths during las
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI): Asia's largest slum Dharavi, which was once a hotspot of coronavirus infection with rapidly increasing COVID-19 positive cases, has now in the last seven days not recorded a single person to the virus and has also seen a decline in the number of po
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Ultra-bright X-ray source awakens near a galaxy not so far away
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 3 (ANI): A new ultra-bright source of X-rays has awakened in between our galactic neighbours the Magellanic Clouds, after a 26-year slumber. This is the second-closest such object known to date, with a brightness greater than a million Suns.
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Fire breaks out in Tughlaqabad slum area, brought under control
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): A fire that broke out in Valmiki Basti of Tughlaqabad's slum area in the night was brought under control on Wednesday.
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25 new COVID-19 cases in Mumbai's Dharavi, count reaches 1,830
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 2 (ANI): With 25 new COVID-19 cases reported in Asia's most populated slum area -- Dharavi -- on Tuesday, the total number of positive cases in the area has reached 1,830.
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Coconut, watermelon vendors in Hyderabad face dip in sales amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 29 (ANI): Coconut and watermelon vendors on the streets of Hyderabad in Telangana are witnessing a major slump in sales as people prefer remaining in their houses amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Lucknow: Jewellers suffer losses due to COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): Jewellery shop owners in Lucknow have said that their business has slumped due to lockdown.
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Farmers face financial burden as onion prices slump in Rajasthan's Jodhpur
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], May 27 (ANI): Putting a back-breaking financial burden on the farmers in Rajasthan's Jodhpur, the prices of onion have slumped due to low demand and reduced transportation amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
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TMC MLA sustains injuries in clashes between people in Metiabruz area over
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 27 (ANI): Trinamool MLA Abdul Khalek Mollah sustained injuries as clashes erupted between people from two slums in Metiabruz area here over electricity supply which has been affected following Cyclone Amphan.
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Fiinovation partners with Dhampur Sugar to help Delhi slums fight COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt Ltd (Fiinovation) has partnered with Dhampur Sugar, one of the leading integrated sugarcane processing companies in India, to facilitate the distribution of essential nutritional supplies for the vulnerable communiti
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Fire breaks out at slums in Delhi's Tughlakabad
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): A massive fire broke out in the slums of South-East Delhi's Tughlakabad on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
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AAP MLA provides ration to woman providing free meals to needy in slum are
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): AAP MLA Dilip Pandey has provided ration stock to a 35-year-old woman who has been providing food to hundreds of jobless migrant workers and poor from her own pocket.
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Free meals in Delhi slums: A woman who feeds poor with her own money
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): From the past few weeks due to countrywide lockdown owing to the outbreak of novel coronavirus, a large number of the poor, migrant labourers who cannot afford a decent meal, lined up in neat rows at Himmatgarh area of New Delhi. Every person, including the
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