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Himachal: 823 passengers travelled to affected countries, samples of five awaited
Shimla/UNI: Himachal Pradesh Government confirmed on Friday that state has recorded arrival of as many as 823 passengers who travelled to 150 affected countries by the COVID-19, out of which samples of 14 people were collected, result of nine found negative and five awaited.
MEA strengthening COVID-19 control room
New Delhi/UNI: As India intensified efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19, Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) on Thursday announced further strengthening of its 24x7 control rooms to ensure smooth coordination and redressal of specific queries from the people.
276 Indians infected with Coronavirus abroad, most in Iran: Government
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Wednesday informed that 276 Indians have been infected with the deadly Novel Coronavirus abroad with most of them staying in Iran followed by UAE and Italy, media reports said.
Coronavirus: Total positive cases in India jump to 147, global death toll above 7,500
New Delhi/IBNS: The total positive Novel Coronavirus cases in the country rose to 147 on Wednesday while the global death toll from the virus has crossed 7,500.
Pakistan violates ceasefire in Mankote, Mendhar sectors of Poonch, India retaliates
Jammu/UNI: Pakistan troops on Tuesday morning yet again violated the ceasefire by firing unprovoked along the Line of Control (LOC) in Mankote and Mendhar sectors of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Coronavirus: 64-year old man dies in Mumbai taking death toll in India to 3
Mumbai/IBNS: The death toll in Coronavirus outbreak in India rose to three on Monday with the death of a 64-year old man at Mumbai's Kasturba Hospital.
Jammu-based NC leaders meet Dr Farooq Abdullah at his Srinagar residence
Srinagar/UNI: Jammu-based National Conference leader on Sunday met NC president and MP from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah at this residence in this summer capital.
SAARC video conference: Indian PM Narendra Modi proposes setting up COVID-19 Emergency Fund
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who led the video conference of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) leaders to discuss measures to combat Coronavirus outbreak, on Sunday proposed to establish a COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
New Delhi/IBNS: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposal to form a joint G20 strategy to deal with coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus-hit Iran seeks India's help in fighting the outbreak
New Delhi/IBNS: Days after Iran threatened to isolate India in the Islamic world over the violence in Delhi, the country's President Hassan Rouhani wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking help to fight coronavirus epidemic which has so far infected 12,729 people and killed 611 people in Iran.
India reports 2nd death from Coronavirus, 69-yr-old Delhi woman succumbs to infection
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Friday recorded the second death after a 69-year-old woman has died of Coronavirus, declared as 'pandemic' by the World Health Organisation (WHO), in Delhi.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lamented over the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)'s decision to organise the third One Day International (ODI) match between India and South Africa at an empty Eden Gardens here due to Novel Coronavirus saying cricket board president Sourav Ganguly must have consulted with the state before making the announcement.
PM Modi proposes to SAARC nations to chalk out 'strong strategy' to fight Coronavirus
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the worldwide panic over the Novel Coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped up on Friday to propose to all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nation to chalk out a "strong strategy" to combat the deadly virus.
UNHRC: India corners Pakistan for peddling distorted Kashmir narrative
Geneva/IBNS: India recently cornered Pakistan on the Kashmir issue at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva for referring to different UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions to target New Delhi but never itself comply with any of them.
India reports first COVID-19 death: 76-yr-old man from Karnataka who died on Tuesday had Coronavirus
Bengaluru/IBNS: The 76-year-old man from Karnataka's Kalburgi, who died on Tuesday, had been infected with the deadly novel Coronavirus, the state health minister said on Thursday, as India registered its first death from the deadly virus that has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO).