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Over 15.35 lakh COVID-19 patients recovered in country
India’s COVID 19 cases have crossed the 22-lakh mark today, with 62, 064 new cases. Health Ministry said the death toll climbed to 44 thousand 386 with 1,007 more deaths. The recoveries surged to 15 lakh 35 thousand 743 with... View Article
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Health ministry’s tele-medicine platform provides over 1.5 lakh online consultations
Health ministry’s initiative eSanjeevani OPD, a telemedicine service, has registered one lakh 58 thousand online consultations. Health and family welfare minister Harsh Vardhan said, since last November, 23 states have launched the services covering 75 per cent of the country’s... View Article
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Industry welcomes Defence Ministry’s move to stop import of 101 defence items
Indian industry has welcomed the defence ministry’s move to stop import of 101 defence items in a phased manner. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday announced to put 101 items on import embargo to boost indigenisation of defence production. Confederation of... View Article
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More than 7 lakh tests of COVID-19 samples in single day!
India has achieved a remarkable feat yesterday by performing more than seven lakh tests of coronavirus samples in a single day. Union Health Ministry said, continuing the streak of more than six lakh tests in a single day for several... View Article
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PM launches Rs 1 lakh cr agriculture infrastructure fund
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched one lakh crore rupees agriculture infrastructure fund to give a leg up to post-harvest management and marketing of agricultural produce. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Modi said the scheme will provide better warehousing and... View Article
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PM Modi inaugurates submarine Optical Fibre Cable connecting Chennai, Port Blair
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated 2300 kilometre submarine optical fibre cable network between Chennai and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Mr Modi said this project is Union government’s commitment for Ease of living. Saying this project will boost tourism... View Article
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J&K LG Manoj Sinha chairs high level meeting
In Jammu and Kashmir, newly appointed Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha chaired a high level meeting with Administrative Secretaries of the Union Territory at Civil Secretariat in Srinagar. While chairing the meeting, he stressed on Zero Tolerance towards Corruption. He also... View Article
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India’s foreign exchange reserve surge to 534.568 billion dollars
India’s foreign exchange reserves have surged by a massive 11.938 billion dollars to reach a new all-time high of 534.568 billion dollars in the week ended 31st July 2020. Foreign currency assets, a major part of the overall reserves, increased... View Article
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Centre asks States, UTs to conduct Corona test of all grocery shop workers, street vendors
Health Ministry has asked states and UTs to take up coronavirus testing of grocery shop workers, vegetable and other vendors. It stated that if undetected, grocery workers can potentially spread the infection to a large number of people. In a... View Article
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Kerala: 18 people killed in plane crash at Kozhikode airport
At least 18 people, including two pilots died when an Air India Express aircraft from Dubai crashed after overshooting the runway in Kozhikode last night. 162 people have been injured. 15 of them are in serious condition. Rescue operations at the site have been completed and all injured persons have been admitted to hospitals... View Article
