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The slump overtakes the crash of Great Depression of 1920s

US economy to plunge by 30 pc due to Covid-19 crisis

Apr 30, 2020

Washington [USA], April 30 : The US economy is going to crash by an unprecedented 30 per cent in the second quarter (April to June) as Americans have been forced to shutter down their business and stay home to stem the spread of coronavirus, the Washington Post reported citing high-level treasury and Federal Reserve officials.

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Dogs are being trained to sniff out COVID-19

Apr 30, 2020

Pennsylvania [US], April 30 : As the world is struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic, could canines "revolutionize" the COVID-19 response by emerging as a "new diagnostic tool"? Experts believe so. Dogs are being trained in the US and the UK to sniff out the coronavirus.
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Los Angeles becomes first US city to offer free COVID-19 testing for all

Apr 30, 2020
UKPNP said that several incidents have come to notice in the occupied region where local women are abducted, raped and filmed for blackmailing.

Organised sex racket run by terror groups in PoK needs world's attention, says UKPNP

Apr 30, 2020

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Canada's House of Common approves $6.5 billion COVID-19 student benefit package

Apr 30, 2020

Toronto [Canada], April 30 (Sputnik/ANI): Canada's House of Commons has approved the Trudeau government's proposed $6.5-billion Canada emergency...
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

US looking to store several hundred million barrels of oil in strategic reserve: Treasury Secretary

Apr 30, 2020

Washington [US], April 30 (Sputnik/ANI): US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said during remarks at White House that the...
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Jared Kushner is 'de facto' President of United States, says Former official

Apr 30, 2020

Washington D.C. [US], April 30 : Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, is the de facto President...
WHO D-G Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during Wednesday's COVID-19 briefing.

Combating COVID-19: WHO to hold emergency committee meeting on Thursday

Apr 29, 2020
Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Mohammad Haneef Atmar and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval. (file photo)

Afghan FM expresses gratitude to NSA Ajit Doval for India's assistance to combat COVID-19

Apr 29, 2020
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Combating coronavirus: Registration forms released to repatriate stranded citizens to India

Apr 29, 2020
TS Tirumurti, India's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) at New York.

TS Tirumurti is India's new Permanent Representative to UN

Apr 29, 2020
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Deepak Mittal is India's new Ambassador to Qatar, Piyush Srivastava to Bahrain

Apr 29, 2020
An aggrieved passenger complaining about the overcharged tickets and lack of social distancing in a Pakistan International Flight.

"So coronavirus outside but not inside flight?": Amateur video shows Pakistanis complaining about no social distancing in PIA flight

Apr 29, 2020
Multi-year financial support responds to the growing need to safeguard India's coastal and marine assets over the next decade, said the WB in a statement.

World Bank approves USD 400 million to enhance India's coastal resources

Apr 29, 2020
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (File photo)

UK PM becomes father again as partner gives birth to baby boy

Apr 29, 2020
US President Donald Trump (File pic)

Trump orders meat processing plants to stay open during pandemic

Apr 29, 2020
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COVID-19 cases in Pakistan rise to 14,885

Apr 29, 2020
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China's top legislature to open annual session on May 22

Apr 29, 2020
Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh

1 Rohingya killed during police shootout in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar

Apr 29, 2020