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Sikhs prepare over 30,000 free meal packets for Americans in self-isolatio
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): The Sikh Center of New York prepared and packaged more than 30,000 home-cooked meals for Americans in coronavirus self-isolation.
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Coronavirus-triggered recession may be worse than 2008 meltdown: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects that the coronavirus pandemic will cause a global recession in 2020 that will be as bad as 2008 financial crisis, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday.
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COVID-19: Gilgit and PoK leaders seek immediate end to China's OBOR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Mar 23 (ANI): Political leaders from Gilgit Baltistan have called for an immediate end to China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative which they termed as the road on which COVID-19 virus travelled to destroy not only Gilgit but large parts of the world.
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Afghanistan releases several prisoners to decongest jails amid COVID-19 co
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 23 (Sputnik/ANI): The Afghan authorities on Sunday decided to release "a number of prisoners" as part of measures undertaken to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease in the country, the presidential palace said in a statement.
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Embassy in Malaysia thanks FS Shringla, EAM Jaishankar for support to stra
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Mar 23 (ANI): Indian Embassy in Malaysia on Saturday thanked Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for aiding the stranded Indian nationals at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) by providing them with medicines
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Five Indians stranded in UK due to flights cancellation following coronavi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 23 (ANI): Five Indian Nationals who were flying back to Hyderabad from Chile via London, are currently stranded in the UK, seeking help from British authorities so that visas be extended, while urging Indian government for a flight back to India.
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Angela Merkel in quarantine after meeting virus-infected doctor: German go
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Mar 23 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday decided to quarantine herself after reports that a doctor, who had come in her contact, tested positive for COVID-19, the German government said in a statement.
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US President has offered cooperation in fight against coronavirus, claims
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Mar 22 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has extended cooperation to North Korea in the fight against coronavirus in a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the state-run news agency Yonhap reported on Saturday.
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It's upto Japan to hold Tokyo Olympics, says Trump as coronavirus rages on
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 22 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the decision to hold the 2020 Tokyo Olympics rests on the Japanese government, amid the coronavirus outbreak which has claimed over 11,500 lives globally and forced several countries, including Spain and Fra
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Italy's COVID-19 death toll surges by 793 to 4,825 in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Rome (Italy) Mar 22 (Sputnik/ANI): Italy's COVID-19 death toll has surged by 793 over the past 24 hours, which is a new record high increase, and has reached 4,825, the head of the country's Civil Protection Department, Angelo Borrelli said on Saturday.
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After public backlash, Pak govt assures citizens of 'aggressive' measures
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 22 (ANI): Following public anguish over the handling of coronavirus situation by Pakistan government, the Prime Minister's Office on Saturday put out a message on social media assuring the people that adequate measures were being taken to combat the pandemic that ha
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Pakistan rejects India's accusation of politicising SAARC video conference
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 22 (ANI): Pakistan on Saturday rejected India's accusation of politicising a humanitarian issue during the video conference of SAARC leaders over coronavirus threat on March 15, and termed the Indian contention as "misleading and mischievous".
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