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Harsh Vardhan expresses satisfaction at coordinated COVID-19 control effor
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Expressing satisfaction at the coordinated efforts of the Centre, states and union territories to contain the spread of COVID-19, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that the country's Case Fatality Rate is at its lowest 1.81 per cent.
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Union Minister administers oath to Lokesh Dutt as chairman Joint ERC
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Union Power Minister RK Singh on Friday administered oath, through video conferencing, to Lokesh Dutt Jha as Chairman Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
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COVID-19: NHRC writes to States, UTs seeking information on medical infras
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) has written to State and Union Territories seeking information about the medical infrastructure and best practices followed in the view of COVID-19 pandemic to tackle the situation.
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Virtual event DC FanDome draws 22 million views
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], Aug 27 (ANI): The virtual event - DC FanDome - organised by DC Comics for fans has generated 22 million views across 2020 countries and territories since Saturday.
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Morrison govt to introduce law to review deals between states, foreign gov
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], August 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Scott Morrison government will introduce legislation to ensure that will allow it to review and cancel agreements states, territories, councils and universities have with foreign governments if they contradict Australia's national interes
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NHRC seeks action taken report from States, UTs on mental health care
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought action taken report (ATR) from the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories on mental health care across the country.
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Government to launch Project Dolphin in 15 days: Prakash Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change will launch Project Dolphin in 15 days for conservation and protection of the mammalian species in Indian rivers and oceans, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday.
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France welcomes Israeli-UAE agreement on normalising relations
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], August 14 (Sputnik/ANI): France on Thursday welcomed the Israeli-UAE agreement on normalising relations and deemed Israel's decision on suspending the annexation of the Palestinian territories as a "positive step".
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Over three crore N95 masks, one crore PPE kits, ten crore HCQ distributed
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Over 3.04 crore N95 masks, more than 1.28 crore PPE kits and over 10.83 crore HCQ tablets have been distributed among the States, Union Territories and central institutions, free of cost by the central government since March 11, said the Union Ministry of Hea
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Move to bifurcate J-K in Union Territories was 'greeted in Ladakh as oppor
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The strategy to put in place reasonable communication restrictions in Kashmir in the wake of abrogation of Article 370 "surprisingly" seems to have worked with the "volatile valley remaining relatively peaceful," suggests Olivier Guillard, a specialist on
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NHRC seeks report over plight of sex workers
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories over the plight of sex workers in India.
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8 states/UTs report 14 per cent of Covid-19 deaths, higher than national a
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): At least eight states and union territories are accounting for nearly 9 per cent of India's active cases and about 14 per cent of COVID-19 deaths, even higher than national Case Fatality Rate (CFR) average, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family
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