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China To Lift Lockdown In Coronavirus Epicentre Hubei Province Tomorrow

China To Lift Lockdown In Coronavirus Epicentre Hubei Province Tomorrow

China on Tuesday decided to lift the three-month lockdown on more than 56 million people in the central Hubei province, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, on Wednesday amid warnings by experts of a looming second wave of the COVID-19 infections in the country due to the steady rise in “imported cases”. Wuhan, the […]

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Economists, Activists Urge Govt For Rs 3.75 Lakh Crore Coronavirus Relief Package For Poor

Economists, Activists Urge Govt For Rs 3.75 Lakh Crore Coronavirus Relief Package For Poor

With the Coronavirus pandemic and the resultant government-enforced lockdown for citizens’ safety is expected to take a heavy economic toll, a group of 53 rights activists – including several noted economists – have written to the Centre and state governments proposing emergency measures that could help the country’s financially backward tide over the ongoing crisis. The Centre […]

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Tokyo Olympics To Be Postponed To 2021 Due To Coronavirus Pandemic

Tokyo Olympics To Be Postponed To 2021 Due To Coronavirus Pandemic

Japan on Tuesday asked for a one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games over coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said a postponement is unavoidable if the Olympic Games cannot be held in a complete manner. As reported earlier, he held telephone talks with the International Olympics Committee chief Thomas Bach after the global sporting […]

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Cases In India Soar to 519; Death Toll Reaches 10

Cases In India Soar to 519; Death Toll Reaches 10

India has gone into a near-complete lockdown with 30 states and union territories having announced shut down by Monday to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, which continues to claim lives world over. There is a complete lockdown in as many as 548 districts of the country affecting several hundred million people. Three states — Uttar […]

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PM announces complete lockdown in India for next 21 days

PM announces complete lockdown in India for next 21 days

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday announced a complete lockdown across the country for three weeks starting from midnight tonight to stave off the menace of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “In the view of the current situation, the nationwide complete lockdown will be in place for 21 days,” the Prime Minister declared in his second address to the nation in a […]

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At least 70 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist ambush: military sources

At least 70 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist ambush: military sources

Kano: At least 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush on their convoy by jihadist fighters in the restive northeast of the country, military and security sources said Tuesday. Two military officers told that Islamist insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and heavy guns at a truck carrying troops as it travelled near Gorgi village in […]

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Covid19: Spain reports 514 deaths in a day, toll climbs to 2,696

Covid19: Spain reports 514 deaths in a day, toll climbs to 2,696

Madrid: Another 514 people have died in Spain over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,696, as the number of infections surged towards 40,000, the government said Tuesday. The number of people who have tested positive rose by nearly 20 percent to 39,673, the health ministry said, while the death toll represented […]

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Covid19 death toll in Iran climbs to 1,900

Covid19 death toll in Iran climbs to 1,900

Tehran: Iran on Tuesday announced 122 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the official toll to 1,934 in one of the world’s worst hit countries. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said a record 1,762 new cases have been confirmed in Iran over the past 24 hours and 24,811 people are now known to have […]

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Global coronavirus count crosses 3,50,000, WHO says Covid19 pandemic accelerating

Global coronavirus count crosses 3,50,000, WHO says Covid19 pandemic accelerating

Geneva: The new coronavirus pandemic is clearly “accelerating”, the World Health Organization warned Monday, but said it was still possible to “change the trajectory” of the outbreak. The remarks came as the number of deaths soared past 15,000, with more than 3,50,000 people infected worldwide, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources. […]

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Div Com reviews implementation of PIL directions

Div Com reviews implementation of PIL directions

SRINAGAR, MARCH 24: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting to review implementation of the directions passed by the High Court in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding traffic management in the capital city. Threadbare discussion was held on matters which include identification of more parking sites in left-out areas, status of […]