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The World Bank’s first set of aid projects, amounting to USD 1.9 billion, will assist 25 countries, and new operations are moving forward in over 40 nations using the fast-track process, the bank said on Thursday. The largest chunk of the emergency financial assistance has gone to India – USD ... Read More »

The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Thursday reported that the decision was taken to supplement the Kingdom’s efforts to confront Coronavirus pandemic and in the interest of public health. The Royal order also prohibited the practice of any commercial activities within the residential neighborhoods of the cities of Makkah and ... Read More »

The App, called ‘AarogyaSetu’ joins Digital India for the health and well-being of every Indian. The App will enable people to assess themselves the risk for their catching the Coronavirus infection. It will calculate this based on their interaction with others, using cutting edge Bluetooth technology, algorithms and artificial intelligence. ... Read More »

In a letter to State Chief Secretaries and UT administrators, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said, it has been noticed that some States and UTs are allowing exceptions beyond what has been permitted under the lockdown.  He said, this amounts to violation of the lockdown measures announced by the Center under ... Read More »

The Home  Ministry has directed Delhi Police and Directors General of Police of other concerned states to take necessary legal action against 960 foreigners for violating the provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946 and the Disaster Management Act, 2005.  The foreigners along with others were involved in Tablighi Jamaat despite ... Read More »

Amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country and the world over, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share a video message with the people at 9 AM on Friday. PM Modi held a meeting with chief ministers on the COVID-19 outbreak via video-conferencing on Thursday. Read More »

Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined that the common goal for the country is to ensure minimum loss of life due to COVID-19 pandemic. Interacting with the Chief Ministers of states via video conferencing to discuss measures to combat the pandemic, PM Modi said, testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine should remain ... Read More »

The series, entitled “The Shows Must Go On!”, will kick off on Friday with a 2000 filmed version of Lloyd Webber’s ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ starring Donny Osmond and Joan Collins. It will be available for 48 hours from 1800 GMT. The next show, on April 10, Good ... Read More »

Earth’s southernmost continent long ago was home to temperate, swampy rainforests teeming with life, scientists said on Wednesday based on pristinely preserved forest soil they retrieved by drilling under the seafloor off Antarctica’s coast. The sediment core obtained by scientists working aboard the research icebreaker RV Polarstern in the Amundsen ... Read More »

The painting “Lentetuin”, or “Spring Garden,” which dates back to 1884 and depicts the garden of the rectory at Nuenen, had been on loan from the Groninger Museum. “I feel incredibly angry and now I’m starting to feel sadder too,” Jan Rudolph de Lorm, director of the Singer Laren Museum, ... Read More »

The Bolshoi, which closed on March 17 until April 10, joins a string of other Russian theaters, opera houses and museums that have turned to online streaming to satisfy Russians’ cultural needs during the coronavirus lockdown. Russia has so far recorded 1,036 cases of the virus and five related deaths, ... Read More »

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Prime Minister thanked the States for supporting the decision of lockdown due to which India has achieved some success in limiting the spread of COVID-19. He praised how all the States have worked together as a team to check the spread of the virus. He however forewarned that the global ... Read More »

A railway spokesperson said that in three days, the national transporter ferried 7,195 wagons of food grains, 64,567 wagons of coal, 3,314 wagons of steel and 3,838 wagons of petroleum. The railway official said that a total of 1,43,458 wagons of freight was loaded in last three days. The spokesperson ... Read More »

“I am very grateful for your support for the Olympic Games and their unifying role, which the G20 Leaders” Summit had already expressed at your meeting last year in Osaka, where I had the great honour to address you, thanks to the generous invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo,” ... Read More »

The outcome of the survey along with extensive data garnered by Robi from multiple sources will utilise AI analytics to provide insights for accurate prediction of Corona threat. State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak said on Thursday that the AI powered insights will help the government to set its ... Read More »

Indian high Commission in Male said this is the first such assistance by India in fight against COVID. Earlier, India has despatched a medical team along with essential medicines to help the island nation fight the COVID outbreak. India has also supplied essential food grains and edibles despite logistical challenges ... Read More »

Udaipur : Curfew was clamped in the major portion of Ambamata area after a 15 year old boy was tested positive for COVID-19  on Thursday afternoon. The boy studied in Indore and had returned with his friend who was also his roommate there. They came here on March 19. The boy ... Read More »

Ministry of Health and Population Spokesperson Dr Bikas Devkota informed mediapersons in Kathmandu today that a sample sent for testing at the National Health Lab has come out positive. He said the person had come to Kathmandu on  QR-652 flight from Doha. Dr Bikas Devkota said earlier two  persons from ... Read More »

During a media briefing on Wednesday, he said that Prime Minister Modi has announced a $24 billion package, including free food rations for 800 million disadvantaged people, cash transfers to 204 million poor women and free cooking gas for 80 million households for the next 3 months. WHO DG said ... Read More »