Tag: India
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COVID-19: FG removes India from restricted countries, imposes travel ban on passengers who shun PCR tests
The Federal Government has imposed travel restrictions on passengers who shun the COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this via a statement on Sunday, adding that the restrictions came into effect on September 14. He explained…
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Army helicopter crashes in dam
A helicopter belonging to the Indian army on Tuesday crashed in a dam in the northern state of Punjab, local media reports said. So far there have been no immediate reports of any casualty in the crash. The helicopter crashed in Ranjit Sagar Dam of Pathankot district. “We received information that an army helicopter has…
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Twitter loses immunity over user generated content in India
Twitter will no more enjoys liability protection against user-generated content in India as the U.S. micro blogging giant has failed to comply with new IT rules. The Indian government said in a court filing on Tuesday. The statement is the first time Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration has officially said Twitter has lost its immunity…
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Nigeria extends COVID-19 ban on Turkey, India, Brazil by four weeks
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has extended the ban on flights from Brazil, Turkey and India by four weeks. Speaking at the national briefing in Abuja on Monday, the Chairman, PSC on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, said “a few weeks ago, we announced additional measures to be met by passengers arriving from Brazil,…
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Minister attacks Twitter over new social media rules
India’s information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hit out at Twitter on Wednesday, accusing it of not complying with new regulations for social media sites that came into effect last month. The new “intermediary guidelines” were aimed at regulating content on large social media platforms and messaging services like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter that had…
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Tainted liquor kills 22 people in India
At least 22 people have died after consuming toxic alcohol in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Saturday. The first deaths were reported earlier on Friday and 28 more people were being treated in hospitals in villages in the Aligarh district, senior official Chandra Bhushan Singh said. The victims, locals who belong…
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India COVID-19 cases hit 25 million
India became the second country after the U.S. to report more than 25 million cases of COVID-19 as it registered 263,533 new infections in the past 24 hours on Tuesday. The virus claimed 4,329 lives, making this the deadliest day in the country since the pandemic began, Health Ministry data showed. The ministry said overall,…
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India releases new drug for COVID-19 treatment
India has begun distribution of a newly developed drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), to treat Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms. The drug reportedly reduces patients’ dependence on oxygen and hastens their recovery. It was developed by a laboratory of India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. The distribution of the new drug…
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COVID-19 patient believed to be dead wakes up minutes to be cremated
A Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient who was believed to be dead has woken up minutes to when family members were to cremate her. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the incident happened at Mudhale village in Baramati, India. The family of the 76-year-old woman identified as Shakuntala Gaikwad was preparing for her last rites when she suddenly started…
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11 COVID-19 patients die in South India after oxygen supply breakdown
At least 11 COVID-19 patients who were admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) died following an oxygen supply breakdown at a government-run hospital in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials said Tuesday. The deaths took place Monday evening in Tirupati, about 408 km south of Amaravati, the main city of Andhra Pradesh.…