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Railway officials provide ration, cash to licenced porters at Vijayawada J
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 5 (ANI): To help the license porters at the time of crisis due to the spread of coronavirus, Vijaywada South Central Railway on Sunday extended its support to the needy by donating them essential commodities.
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Mahim Police arrest 8 for offering namaaz in group despite lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 5 (ANI): The Mahim Police have arrested eight people for assembling for namaaz on Friday despite the nationwide lockdown in force to curb the spread of coronavirus.
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Current social distancing guidelines not effective in checking coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 5 (ANI): Are the current social distancing guidelines effective enough to check the spread of coronavirus? A new study is sceptical of the 3-feet-apart rule and says that the highly contagious coronavirus can travel upto 27 feet and stay airborne for hours.
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Defence PSUs, OFB join India's fight against COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): With the country in lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), which come under the Ministry of Defence (MoD), have come forward to boost the nation's fight against the deadly
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Yami Gautam urges people to stay home to prevent spread of COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Actor Yami Gautam on Sunday urged people to stay in their homes and also shared a few precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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UP CM says coopertion of people needed to keep social distancing if lockdo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 5 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that if lockdown is lifted from April 15, people should not begin to crowd at any place as efforts made in preventing the spread of coronavirus will go in vain.
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Amid lockdown, potato, onion get cheaper in Dibrugarh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], April 4 (ANI): Normally the price of goods often rises in the midst of bandh, but Dibrugarh is witnessing a trend where potato and onion have got significantly cheaper in view of the lockdown imposed to check the spread of coronavirus.
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DRDO designs portable sanitization enclosure that disinfects a person with
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): In a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has designed a personnel sanitization enclosure that can be used for disinfection of personnel at entry to hospitals, malls, office buildings and critical
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ICMR appeals to people to not chew, spit tobacco products in public
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has appealed to the general public to not consume and spit smokeless tobacco in public because it could enhance the spread of coronavirus.
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Lockdown hurts hotel industry in Chandigarh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 4 (ANI): The hotel industry in Chandigarh has been badly hit due to the nationwide lockdown enforced to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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Facing difficulties due to non-availability of farm labour, say Amritsar f
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): Amid the lockdown in the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus, farmers in Amritsar are facing trouble in the harvest season due to non-availability of labour and required machines.
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Police officers maintain social distancing at ration shops in Hyderabad
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 4 (ANI): Cyberabad and Rachakonda Commissionerate on Saturday allotted police officers at every ration and civil supplies stores in order to maintain social distancing to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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