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Combating COVID-19 via drones, Chennai based start-up's innovative solutio
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai [Tamil Nadu], Mar 30 (ANI): A city-based startup has hit upon an innovative solution to mitigate the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus by employing drones to disinfect hospitals and other public places. This comes as big relief to doctors, nurses, policemen, sanitation wor
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British PM under pressure to block deal with Huawei
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 29 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a renewed pressure from his Cabinet Ministers to block the deal with the Chinese technology giant Huawei to build vast swathes of Britain's 5G network since Beijing falsely blamed the United States army delegation for
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8 new COVID-19 positive cases in Maharashtra; tally rises to 167: State He
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Ministry on Saturday announced that 8 new coronavirus positive cases have been reported in the state out of which 7 were found in Mumbai and one in Nagpur, taking the state tally to 167.
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1st local citizen tests positive for COVID-19 in Maldives
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], March 28 (ANI): Maldives has reported first case of its citizen testing positive for COVID-19, the local media reported.
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COVID-19: Infections in Indonesia surge past 1,000, fatalities climb to ne
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Mar 28 (ANI): The tally of coronavirus cases in Indonesia surpassed the 1,000 mark on Saturday.
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Wuhan buses hit road after two-month lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hubei [China], Mar 25 (Xinhua/ANI): As a bus departed from its terminus at Hankou Railway Station at 5:25 am Wednesday morning, Wuhan started to resume bus service after nine weeks of lockdown.
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Coronavirus: Pakistan suspends all domestic flights from March 26
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 25 (ANI): Pakistan has decided to suspend all domestic flights from March 26 onwards, amid efforts to stem down the coronavirus pandemic in the country, informed Country's Civil Aviation Authority on Tuesday.
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Italy calls for solidarity from Europe to curb COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Mar 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Italy has asked EU countries for help in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, as the government cannot run the country by issuing decrees that may lead to an authoritarian state, Isabella Tovaglieri, a member of the European Parliament from Italy's rig
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Will favourably consider applications to extend Non-Immigrant Visas amid c
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Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, many Indian-Americans with visiting family members and visitors can get some relief to extend all legal Non-Immigrant Visas, including tourist or business visas (B1/B2 visas), that allows a short term entry into
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India has tremendous capacity to combat COVID-19: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 24 (ANI): The executive director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Michael J Ryan, on Tuesday said that India has a tremendous capacity to deal the coronavirus outbreak situation as it has experience of eradicating two pandemics, namely small-pox and polio.
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UK Prime Minister Johnson announces quarantine measures amid COVID-19 outb
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 24 (Sputnik/ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday told the Britishers to "stay at home" to relieve the pressure on the health care system amid the coronavirus disease outbreak.
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South Africa to impose 21-day lockdown to curb coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], Mar 24 (ANI): South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday ordered a 21-day lockdown to stem the tide of deadly coronavirus that has so far claimed over 14,000 lives across the globe.
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