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Indian embassy in Netherlands to start printing passports

Indian passport services resume at some centres in UAE

8:12 pm April 27, 2020

Dubai: Indian passport services have been resumed at a number of centres in Dubai and the Northern Emirates following a relaxation in coronavirus-related restrictions, the Indian Consulate here has announced. The five centres have been reopened following the relaxation of coronavirus-related restrictions, including Al Khaleeh Centre and BLS Deira in Dubai, the Sharjah Main Centre, […]

US to hit all of Iran's financial sector with sanctions

Iran deaths rise, hardest hit in Middle East

8:16 pm April 25, 2020

Tehran: Iran says it registered 76 more deaths in the previous 24 hours. That puts the reported death toll from Covid-19 at 5,650 and confirmed cases at over 89,000. Iran is the country hardest hit by the virus in the Middle East. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour says more than 1,100 new confirmed cases were […]

Iran says no longer at ‘red’ status, reports 93 new virus deaths

7:03 pm April 24, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s health ministry said on Friday that the virus-hit country was no longer at “red” status as it announced another 93 deaths from its COVID-19 outbreak. Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said the novel coronavirus fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours took Iran’s overall death toll to 5,574. Jahanpour also announced 1,168 new cases […]

Iran closes businesses, curtails travel amid virus surge

Iran records 88 new virus deaths, has freed prisoners

9:23 pm April 21, 2020

Tehran: Iran on Tuesday announced 88 new deaths from the novel coronavirus as the country said it had released more than 1,000 foreign prisoners over the outbreak. According to health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour, the latest fatalities in the past 24 hours brought the total to 5,297, in one of the world’s deadliest outbreaks. The […]

125 Bahrain nationals evacuated from Pune

11:19 pm April 18, 2020

Pune: One hundred and twenty-five Bahrain nationals, stranded here because of coronavirus outbreak, were evacuated on Saturday, an airport official said. A special flight of Gulf Air evacuated 125 Bahrain nationals from here and flew to Chennai to take on board others, said a senior official of the Pune International Airport. Before boarding the flight, […]