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Centre sanctions Rs 15,000 crore to fight COVID-19
Updated : 2 hours, 2 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): The Centre has announced Rs 15,000 crore for 'India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package.' The funds sanctioned will be utilised for immediate COVID-19 Emergency Response - Rs 7,774 crore and rest for medium-term support (1-4 ye
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Iran FM Javad Zarif urges US to lift sanctions on oil exports
Updated : 1 day, 7 hours ago IST
Ankara [Iran], April 8 (ANI): Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has urged the United States to lift the sanctions on its oil exports as the country is facing difficulties in supporting its citizens in the midst of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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IWF: Thailand, Malaysia banned from weightlifting at Tokyo Olympic
Updated : 4 days, 8 hours ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], April 5 (ANI): The Independent Member Federation Sanctions Panel (IMFSP) of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has imposed disciplinary sanctions on Thailand and Malaysia and banned both the countries to from participating in weightlifting events at the Toky
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Amid COVID-19 crisis, US slaps Iranian individuals with fresh sanc
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Mar 27 (ANI): As Iran struggles to battle the spread of COVID-19, the United States on Thursday heaped more economic pressure on the country by slapping a fresh round of sanctions on more than a dozen Iranian individuals and five companies.
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Combating COVID-19: Odisha govt sanctions four months' salary in a
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced that in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak all doctors, paramedical and healthcare staff will be given four months' advance salary for April, May, June and July.
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Punjab CM sanctions Rs 3 cr for providing food packets during lock
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that the government has sanctioned Rs 3 crore for providing food packets to over 38,000 people during the lockdown period in the state to combat the COVID-19 crisis.
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COVID-19: Punjab announces relief measures amid lockdown, sanction
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced Rs 20 crore sanctioned out of the Chief Minister's relief fund amid a state-wide curfew in order to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Pak seeks lifting of sanctions against Iran in view of COVID-19 ca
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 22 (ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday briefed Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Islamabad's diplomatic outreach to help lift sanctions against Tehran so that it could fight coronavirus pandemic, reports Geo news.
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US sanctions 4 UAE-based companies for buying Iranian petroleum pr
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 20 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) sanctioned five UAE-based companies for "purchasing Iranian Petroleum products".
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Odisha govt sanctions Rs 225 crore for containment of COVID-19 in
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Odisha government sanctioned Rs 225 crore out of the State Disaster Response Fund for containment of COVID-19 in the State, Special Relief Commissioner PK Jena informed on Monday.
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Hassan Rouhani appeals to other countries to ignore US sanctions
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Mar 15 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has appealed to heads of other countries facing the sanctions imposed by the United States, to stop observing the stringent measures and informed how efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic in his country have been severely hamp
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Sanctions don't apply to emergencies, Iran to get all help to figh
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Mar 1 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organisation's (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday said that the sanctions against Iran do not apply to emergencies and that Tehran would get all help it needed to fight with the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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