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70-year-old COVID-19 positive woman from Dharavi passes away
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 9 (ANI): A 70-year-old COVID-19 positive woman from Dharavi passed away on Thursday, according to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
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Grain wholesalers market in Jaipur face slump in business due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 9 (ANI): Grain wholesalers market in Jaipur face a slump in business as farmers are not visiting them to sell their produce due to fear of coronavirus.
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Lockdown blues : Thousands in Delhi battle hunger pangs as govt, NGOs effo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): As Delhiites take to cooking and posting photos of scrumptious-looking cuisines online, there are thousands in the national capital who are forced to spend their days in the hope of two square meals and end up surviving solely on water, even as the Delhi g
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COVID-19 : Centre issues 'containment plan' for JJ clusters, slum areas
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has drafted an complete containment plan for Jhuggi-Jhopdi clusters/slums in view of COVID-19 pandemic. Mumbai's Dharavi slum has emerged as one of the hotspot for the transmission of coronavirus.
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LG reports a slump in sales for Q1, 2020
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 8 (ANI): LG announced its preliminary earnings results for Q1, 2020, with a decline in sales while estimating profit.
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COVID-19 cases rise to 9 in Mumbai's Dharavi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): The total number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai's Dharavi increased to nine on Wednesday after two more men tested positive at Mukund slum and Dhanwada Chawl.
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Dharavi MLA visits her constituency after first COVID-19 casualty reported
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 2 (ANI): Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad visited her constituency, Dharavi, after a man hailing from the slum, passed away due to coronavirus on Wednesday.
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Air cargo demand slumps in Feb as COVID-19 takes hold
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 2 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released February data for global air freight markets showing that demand measured in cargo tonne kilometres (CTKs) decreased by 1.4 per cent compared to the same period in 2019.
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Local oil refineries in Pakistan close as demand slumps during COVID-19 lo
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Attock Refinery Limited has closed down its largest plant, which is capable of refining a minimum of 26,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd), over the lack of demand in the country.
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Transgender community members distribute food kits to needy in Gujarat's S
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): A group of around 150 members of the transgender community in Surat has been distributing food kits - consisting of rice, flour, oil, tea leaves, and sugar among other things - to the residents of slum areas of the city and other needy people amid the 2
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Boost your small business with a working capital loan from Bajaj Finserv
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Working capital management remains a critical part of an SME's operations, either contributing to growth or causing a slump.
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Air passenger traffic slumps 44 pc in Asia Pacific, cargo demand holding u
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Mar 26 (ANI): International air passenger demand plunged in February with deepening public anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic and abrupt imposition of travel restrictions across the world causing widespread disruptions to airline operations, preliminary traffic figu
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