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Ghaziabad orders sealing border with Delhi again over rising COVID-19 cases
Breaking News Ghaziabad Seals Border With Delhi Again Over Rising Coronavirus Cases The Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border at Ghaziabad will be sealed once again in view of the sudden spike in coronavirus cases, the Ghaziabad administration said today. On Sunday, 10 people proved positive in the district, which earlier was one of the districts worst affected […] More
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Sen. Martha McSally: In coronavirus fight to win against COVID-19 we must do things afraid
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. In September 2005, I was preparing for a “routine” A-10 combat mission in the skies over Afghanistan. Suddenly, our two planes were re-tasked to aid a team of U.S. special forces under hostile fire in a canyon in the […] More
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Here’s what needs to happen before we can all get vaccinated for COVID-19
COVID-19 has upended our lives, and we’ve all heard that there will be no return to “full normal” until there is a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that has caused the pandemic. But how long will that take? What steps need to happen along the way? And where are we now? Here’s a closer look. How long […] More
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COVID-19 Impact: Retail trade lost business worth Rs 9 lakh cr in 60 days; businessmen facing acute financial crunch, says CAIT
COVID-19 has hit retail business with a loss of Rs 9 lakh in 60 days and about 40 percent of the six million employees working in India’s modern, rather than traditional, retail sector could likely lose their jobs in the next four months if the government does not intervene. The Confederation of All India Traders […] More
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COVID-19 may be the catalyst — not the cause — of a painful but useful economic transformation: Don Pittis
As people are thrown out of work, as businesses fail and as the oil and housing sectors weaken, there is a branch of economics that insists it all may have a silver lining. Just last week the retailer Pier 1, familiar to many Canadians, gave up attempts to refinance and announced it was shutting its doors […] More
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WWII veteran beats COVID-19, honored on 100th birthday
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. An Army Air Corps veteran who survived WWII has now beaten the coronavirus after being “in the fight of his life,” according to a report on Friday. John MacKay, 100, is currently housed at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts, which is described […] More
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Coronavirus | Odisha tribals take to mask making for livelihood
As an effort to support their income amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dongria Kondh tribals in Odisha’s Rayagada district have started producing hand woven and embroidered cotton masks. The masks with traditional Dongria Kondh tribal motifs have the scope to be marketed as style statements for the urbanites. Red, yellow, green and brown threads are […] More
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Missing From Football Action Since May 2019, Indumathi Seen in Uniform During Covid-19
Indumathi was spotted performing her police duties amid coronavirus pandemic (Photo Courtesy AIFF & supermachans Insta Page) Chennaiyin FC’s fan group Supermachans shared her photograph on their social media handle. News18 Sports New Delhi Last Updated: May 25, 2020, 12:26 PM IST Indumathi Kathiresan led Sethu FC to the Indian Women’s […] More
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COVID-19 impact: NITI Aayog suggests short-duration R&D projects for quick results; says self-reliance should be rural development model
With the COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise and the subsequent lockdowns impact the economy, NITI Aayog suggested various development plans that will help the country come out the current crisis in a much faster manner. The plans include a proposal to focus on short-term projects that will fetch quick results and based […] More
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COVID-19 impact: NITI Aayog suggests short-duration R&D projects for quick results; says self-reliance should be rural development model
With the COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise and the economy, NITI Aayog suggested various development plans that will help the country come out the current crisis in a much faster manner. The plans include a proposal to focus on short-term projects that will fetch quick results and based on collaborative research and […] More
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Hong Kong Police fires tear gas as protesters resist China’s grip, launch first major demonstration after COVID-19 outbreak
Hong Kong: Thousands of protesters swarmed some of Hong Kong’s busiest neighbourhoods on Sunday, singing, chanting and erecting roadblocks of torn-up bricks and debris as police repeatedly fired tear gas, pepper spray and a water cannon during the city’s largest street mobilisation in months. The protest, the first since China announced plans to tighten its control […] More
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White House limits travel to U.S. from Brazil as COVID-19 crisis deepens
The White House on Sunday said it was prohibiting most non-U.S. citizens from travelling to the United States if they had been in Brazil in the last two weeks, two days after the South American nation became the world No. 2 hot spot for coronavirus cases. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the new […] More