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India accused of undercounting coronavirus deaths
Date: 2021-05-01 20:27:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:8938197
LONDON, May 1 (MENA) - As India battles through one of the world’s deadliest surges of the Covid-19 pandemic, this week India’s health minister Harsh Vardhan insisted that its fatality rate from the disease remained “the lowest in the world”, The ....
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552 people complete both doses of Covid-19 vaccine in Malaysia
Date: 2021-05-01 19:15:03 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:68 - ID:8938103
KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 (MENA) - A total of 552,862 people in Malaysia have received both doses of their vaccine under the National COVID-19 Immunization Programmer as of Friday, Health Minister Datuk Seri Adham Baba said. As of Friday, 895,204 ....
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Japan-Europe collaboration eyed to promote offshore wind power
Date: 2021-05-01 19:05:12 GMT - Japan - World - SN:65 - ID:8938105
TOKYO, May 1 (MENA) - The Japanese government plans to build a supply chain for the promotion of offshore wind power generation through a collaboration between Japanese and European businesses, the local Japan Times reported Saturday. Under the ....
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Death toll of Kyrgyz citizens during conflict with Tajikistan rises to 34
Date: 2021-05-01 18:30:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:8938078
MOSCOW, May 1 (MENA) - The number of Kyrgyz residents killed during the armed conflict on the border with Tajikistan rose to 34, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Kyrgyzstan reported on Saturday. "According to the latest data, the ....
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Taliban warns of counterattacks as May 1 deadline for US troop withdrawal passes
Date: 2021-05-01 15:18:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:43 - ID:8937831
KABUL, May 1 (MENA) - The Taliban issued a warning to US and NATO forces of possible counterattacks as the original May 1 deadline for the complete withdrawal of foreign troops passed, stoking fears of increased violence in response to President ....
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COVID-19 claims 332 lives in Iran over past 24 hours
Date: 2021-05-01 13:43:34 GMT - Iran - World - SN:30 - ID:8937477
TEHRAN, May 1 (MENA) - Some 332 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 72,090, IRNA reported. In its statement on Saturday, Iran's Health Ministry said 17,080 new cases ....
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India: 18 Covid patients dead in fire at Gujarat hospital
Date: 2021-05-01 10:49:31 GMT - India - World - SN:21 - ID:8937157
New Delhi, May 1 (MENA) - At least 18 coronavirus patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch in the early hours on Saturday, NDTV reported. There were around 50 other patients at the four- storeyed Welfare Hospital when ....
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Army Afghanistan: Army outpost attacked in Ghazni, 30 soldiers missing
Date: 2021-05-01 09:46:02 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:8937011
KABUL, May 1 (MENA) - Taliban attacked an outpost of the Afghan National Army in the city of Ghazni on Friday night, resulting in hours of heavy clashes between the two sides, a provincial council member Khaliqdad Akbari said. He said the outpost ....
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Massive truck bombing kills 30 in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-05-01 07:40:51 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8937006
KABUL, May 1 (MENA) - At least 30 people, including students, have been killed in a massive truck bombing in central Logar province in Afghanistan, officials say. The explosion rocked the first police district of Pul-e-Alam, the provincial ....
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4 killed in Taliban, illegal armed militia clash
Date: 2021-04-30 21:34:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:101 - ID:8936786
KABUL, April 30 (MENA) - Four armed people have been killed during a clash with the Taliban in northern Samangan province, an official said on Friday. NDS Head for Samangan Maj. Gen. Ameer Shah Sadaat confirmed to Pajhwok that illegal armed ....