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SAARC Disaster Management Centre launches website for information related to COVID-19

The SAARC Disaster Management Centre has recently launched a website for information related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the region. The website shows the number of coronavirus cases...

March 24, 2020

Actor M.R. Viswanathan passes away

Veteran Kollywood Director cum Actor M.R. Viswanathan, who was popularly known as Visu, passed away at the age of 75. Besides being a stage artist, he had also...

March 24, 2020

Cabinet approves inclusion of AYUSH HWC in National AYUSH Mission

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the inclusion of AYUSH Health and Wellness Centre (AYUSH HWC) component of Ayushman Bharat in...

March 24, 2020

World Meteorological Day observed on 23rd March

World Meteorological Day is celebrated on 23rd March of every year, which commemorates the inception of the Convention which established the World Meteorological Organization on the same day...

March 24, 2020

Indore deploys drones to fight coronavirus

The city of Indore of Madhya Pradesh has become the first city in the country to deploy drones to sanitize city areas against the coronavirus outbreak by sprinkling...

March 24, 2020

Dr Ram Manohar Lohia’s birth anniversary observed on 23 March

The birth anniversary of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, was recently observed on March 23. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the leader. Ram Manohar Lohia was...

March 24, 2020

Sri Lanka pledges $5 million to COVID-19 SAARC Emergency Fund

Recently, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has pledged 5 Million US dollars to the COVID-19 SAARC Emergency fund, which was proposed by Prime minister Narendra Modi. This Emergency...

March 24, 2020

Martyr’s Day observed on 23rd March

On 23 March 1931, young Indian freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged to death at Lahore in today’s Pakistan. This day is observed as Shaheedi...

March 24, 2020

S&P estimates COVID-19 cost to be $620 billion for 14 Asia-Pacific countries

International ratings agency S&P Global Ratings has recently estimated the cost of COVID-19 outbreak for 14 Asia-Pacific countries at $620 billion. Though a country-wise break-up was not provided...

March 24, 2020

Up to 4.4 billion people will live with limited access to water

On the World Water Day, which falls on March 22, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that between 3.5 and 4.4 billion people in the world will...

March 24, 2020

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