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5 Travel Destinations To Avoid In 2025 Amid Rising COVID-19 Concerns: Report
Always consult the most recent travel advisories from reliable sources before making any travel arrangements.
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India Logs 164 COVID-19 Cases In A Week, Kerala, Maharashtra Lead Tally
Maharashtra recently reported two deaths, which, according to doctors, are not COVID-19 deaths, but both patients were found to be COVID-19 positive.
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Desperate China Families Turn To Black Market For Covid Medicines
Desperate families searching for critical Covid-19 medication in China, faced with bare pharmacy shelves and an explosion of cases, are being driven into murky online marketplaces rife with price gouging and fraud.
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How States Are Bracing For Impact Amid Alarming Global Covid Surge
There has been an alarming surge in Covid cases in China, Japan, South Korea, France, and the United States. The spike is being blamed on new Omicron sub-variant BF.7, which has also been detected in four Indian states.
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US Drops In-Person Interviews For H-1B, L-1 Visas For Now As Covid Surges
Amid growing concerns of COVID-19 surge, the US on Thursday (local time) is temporarily dropping an in-person interview requirement for some work-visa categories - H-1B, L-1 and O-1.
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Moscow, Saint Petersburg See Record Daily Deaths As Russia Fights Delta Variant
Russia's main coronavirus hotspots, Moscow and Saint Petersburg reached new pandemic highs for COVID-19 deaths on Monday, as the country battles a surging third wave driven by the Delta variant.
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Centre Releases Rs 8,873 Crore To States From Disaster Fund Amid COVID-19 Surge
The Centre has released Rs 8,873.6 crore to states as the first instalment of the central share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for 2021-22 for various COVID-19 containment measures, including setting up of hospitals and oxygen generation.
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People's Sufferings Amid Covid "Not Taken Lightly": Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that sufferings and miseries of the citizens during this second surge of COVID-19 "cannot be taken lightly" and "is not taken lightly".
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Latest News Highlights: India Reports 3.23 Lakh Fresh Covid Cases, Election Commission Bans Victory Rallies On May 2
The Election Commission of India has banned all victory processions on the day of counting of votes (May 2) polled -- or even after -- to the five states in the past few weeks after amid COVID-19 surge.
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Mumbai Police Discontinues Colour-Coded Sticker System For Vehicles
The colour-coded sticker system was introduced to ensure smooth movement of vehicles engaged in emergency and essential services allowing them to ply with more ease in the lockdown areas.
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Rajnath Singh Asks Armed Forces To Help States Amid COVID-19 Surge: Report
As India reels under a massive spike in coronavirus cases, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has asked the army to extend assistance to state administrations to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Pandemic Will Be More Deadly This Year - Look At India
Covid-19 is going to kill more people in 2021 than it did last year. If you want to see why, look at what's happening in India.
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10 States Show Steep Rise In Daily COVID-19 Cases
Ten states -- Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan have shown a steep rise in the daily COVID-19 cases accounting for 83.02 per cent of the new infections, the Union He
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Mumbai Civic Body Restricts Entry Of People At Its Offices Amid COVID-19 Surge
In the wake of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has restricted the entry of people at its headquarters and other offices in the city.
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Fix Lapses "Right Now" Or Face "Heavy Costs": Centre To States On Covid
The Union Health Secretary bluntly told the 28 federal states on Tuesday to get a grip on lax coronavirus prevention measures "right now" to prevent healthcare systems being overwhelmed by a surge in infections.
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5 Travel Destinations To Avoid In 2025 Amid Rising COVID-19 Concerns: Report
Always consult the most recent travel advisories from reliable sources before making any travel arrangements.
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India Logs 164 COVID-19 Cases In A Week, Kerala, Maharashtra Lead Tally
Maharashtra recently reported two deaths, which, according to doctors, are not COVID-19 deaths, but both patients were found to be COVID-19 positive.
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Desperate China Families Turn To Black Market For Covid Medicines
Desperate families searching for critical Covid-19 medication in China, faced with bare pharmacy shelves and an explosion of cases, are being driven into murky online marketplaces rife with price gouging and fraud.
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How States Are Bracing For Impact Amid Alarming Global Covid Surge
There has been an alarming surge in Covid cases in China, Japan, South Korea, France, and the United States. The spike is being blamed on new Omicron sub-variant BF.7, which has also been detected in four Indian states.
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US Drops In-Person Interviews For H-1B, L-1 Visas For Now As Covid Surges
Amid growing concerns of COVID-19 surge, the US on Thursday (local time) is temporarily dropping an in-person interview requirement for some work-visa categories - H-1B, L-1 and O-1.
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Moscow, Saint Petersburg See Record Daily Deaths As Russia Fights Delta Variant
Russia's main coronavirus hotspots, Moscow and Saint Petersburg reached new pandemic highs for COVID-19 deaths on Monday, as the country battles a surging third wave driven by the Delta variant.
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Centre Releases Rs 8,873 Crore To States From Disaster Fund Amid COVID-19 Surge
The Centre has released Rs 8,873.6 crore to states as the first instalment of the central share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for 2021-22 for various COVID-19 containment measures, including setting up of hospitals and oxygen generation.
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People's Sufferings Amid Covid "Not Taken Lightly": Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that sufferings and miseries of the citizens during this second surge of COVID-19 "cannot be taken lightly" and "is not taken lightly".
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Latest News Highlights: India Reports 3.23 Lakh Fresh Covid Cases, Election Commission Bans Victory Rallies On May 2
The Election Commission of India has banned all victory processions on the day of counting of votes (May 2) polled -- or even after -- to the five states in the past few weeks after amid COVID-19 surge.
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Mumbai Police Discontinues Colour-Coded Sticker System For Vehicles
The colour-coded sticker system was introduced to ensure smooth movement of vehicles engaged in emergency and essential services allowing them to ply with more ease in the lockdown areas.
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Rajnath Singh Asks Armed Forces To Help States Amid COVID-19 Surge: Report
As India reels under a massive spike in coronavirus cases, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has asked the army to extend assistance to state administrations to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Pandemic Will Be More Deadly This Year - Look At India
Covid-19 is going to kill more people in 2021 than it did last year. If you want to see why, look at what's happening in India.
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10 States Show Steep Rise In Daily COVID-19 Cases
Ten states -- Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan have shown a steep rise in the daily COVID-19 cases accounting for 83.02 per cent of the new infections, the Union He
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Mumbai Civic Body Restricts Entry Of People At Its Offices Amid COVID-19 Surge
In the wake of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has restricted the entry of people at its headquarters and other offices in the city.
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Fix Lapses "Right Now" Or Face "Heavy Costs": Centre To States On Covid
The Union Health Secretary bluntly told the 28 federal states on Tuesday to get a grip on lax coronavirus prevention measures "right now" to prevent healthcare systems being overwhelmed by a surge in infections.
