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Nepal expands entry ban to flights from Europe, West Asia, Mid-East
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Mar 18 (ANI): Nepal on Wednesday imposed restriction on the entry of all arrivals and transit flights from Europe, West Asia, and the Middle East in a bid to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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234 Indian evacuees from Iran quarantined at Army facility in Jaisalmer
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Two hundred and thirty-four Indian evacuees from coronavirus-hit Iran, worst affected country in the Middle East, who arrived in the national capital on early Sunday morning, have been quarantined at an Indian Army Wellness Centre in Jaisalmer.
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After US strikes back at militia group in Iraq, Tehran warns Trump to not
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Mar 13 (ANI): Iranian leaders have warned United States President Donald Trump on Friday to not escalate tensions in the Middle East. The warning comes after the US forces launched a retaliatory attack on Thursday on Iran-backed Shia militia who had launched a deadly rocket at
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Husband of Hyderabad woman requests Centre to rescue her from Jeddah
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): In yet another case of human trafficking, the husband of the woman, who was trafficked to the Middle-East on the pretext of job in 2018, has requested the Central government to rescue her.
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India's medical team to reach coronavirus-hit Iran today; Indians to be ai
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the government is "working on logistics" with the Iranian authorities to bring back Indians who, along with their families, are stranded in Iran as the Coronavirus death toll in the Middle East count
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Coronavirus: Kerala CM urges Jaishankar to evacuate stranded Indian fisher
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram [Kerala], Mar 1 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, urging him to direct Indian embassy officials in Iran to take necessary steps for the evacuation of more than a hundred Indian fishermen stranded in
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India cancels all flights from Iran amid coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): India has cancelled all flight operation from Iran -- the Middle Eastern country which has reported the most fatalities from novel coronavirus outside of China, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced on Thursday.
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Pak suspends flight operations to Iran amid coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 27 (ANI): Pakistan on Thursday announced the suspension of all flights to and from Iran -- the Middle Eastern country which has reported the most fatalities from novel coronavirus outside of China
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PDP's Altaf Bukhari appeals to PM for evacuation of J-K students from coro
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Former PDP leader Altaf Bukhari has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to evacuate Jammu and Kashmir students stranded in Iran -- the Middle Eastern country that has reported the most fatalities from novel coronavirus outside of China.
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Iranians head to polls to pick new parliament
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Feb 21 (ANI): Many Iranians on Friday stood in long queues outside polling stations at various locations in Tehran as well as in other parts of the Middle Eastern country to cast their franchise in the country's eleventh parliamentary election that will choose a new parliament
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Amendment in Income Tax rules will bring hardship to Keralites working in
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday urged the Central government not to make changes in section 6 of the Income Tax Act asserting that it will prove to be counter-productive to the interest of the people from Kerala working in th
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First coronavirus case in Middle East confirmed as Chinese family of four
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Jan 29 (WAM/ANI): A Chinese family of four members infected with the coronavirus is the first confirmed case in the Middle East, the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention said on Wednesday.
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