Italy
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PM Modi arrives in Rome to participate in G20 Summit
India | Oct 29, 2021, 11:29 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday arrived in Rome to participate in the 16th G-20 Summit from October 30 to 31 at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
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PM Narendra Modi leaves for Rome to attend G20 Summit
India | Oct 29, 2021, 07:07 AM ISTIn Rome, PM Modi will join other G20 Leaders during 16th summit in discussions on global economic and health recovery from pandemic, sustainable development, and climate change.
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PM Modi to visit Italy and UK to attend G20, COP-26 World Leaders' Summit. Details
India | Oct 28, 2021, 11:08 PM ISTIn his departure statement, PM Modi said he will be visiting Rome and the Vatican City from October 29-31 at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, following which he will travel to Glasgow, the UK from November 1-2 at the invitation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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Italy: Plane crashes into building near Milan; 8 reported dead
World | Oct 03, 2021, 07:16 PM ISTThe LaPresse news agency initially quoted firefighters at the scene saying the pilot and all five passengers aboard were killed. But later LaPresse and other media said there were eight people aboard the flight, including a boy.
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Italy pushing for special G20 meeting on Afghanistan
World | Aug 28, 2021, 02:36 PM ISTHe confirmed that some 4,900 Afghan nationals who wanted to leave following the Taliban takeover of the war-ton nation have been evacuated by Italian forces during the operation, reports Xinhua news agency.
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Italy authorizes Moderna COVID vaccine for teens
World | Jul 29, 2021, 08:26 AM ISTSpikevax vaccine (previously Covid Vaccine Moderna) is already authorized for use in people aged 18 and above in the European Union.
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Fires ravage Italian island of Sardinia, forcing evacuations
World | Jul 25, 2021, 11:47 PM ISTAuthorities evacuated 200 people from the town of Cuglieri overnight and another 155 from Sennariolo, where flames, according to the mayor, still had not reached residential areas. More than half of those evacuated in Cuglieri were allowed to return home Sunday, the news agency ANSA reported.
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Climate Experts cover shrinking Italian glacier with cloth; watch viral video
Trending | Jul 12, 2021, 08:32 PM ISTIn order to prevent, northern Italy's Presena glacier from further shrinking, climate experts are now covering Presena glacier with long strips of cloth. Watch the viral video here.
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EAM Jaishankar discusses inclusion of Covishield in EU's Vaccination Passport with top official
World | Jun 30, 2021, 09:21 AM ISTOnly 4 vaccines- Comirnaty of Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, Vaxzervria by AstraZeneca-Oxford and, Johnson & Johnson's Janssen- have been approved by the European Medicines Agency. Only those inoculated with these vaccines will be given vaccination passports and allowed to travel within the EU during the pandemic.
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Italy health chief distances himself from spiked WHO report
World | Apr 17, 2021, 07:55 AM ISTDr Silvio Brusaferro was drawn into scandal after a leaked document from Bergamo prosecutors last week revealed transcripts of WhatsApp chats between Brusaferro and a WHO official.
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Kartik Aaryan buys Rs. 4.5 cr Lamborghini from Italy
Entertainment | Apr 15, 2021, 11:05 PM ISTBollywood actor Kartik Aaryan buys Lamborghini worth Rs. 4.5 crore from Italy after recovering from covid-19.
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Italy recommends AstraZeneca only for over-60s after EMA review
World | Apr 09, 2021, 07:47 AM ISTItaly recommends the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine only for people aged over 60 from now on, an ordinance by the Health Ministry showed.
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Spain, Cyprus, Italy, France to resume use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
World | Mar 19, 2021, 07:26 AM ISTSpain, Cyprus, Italy, and France will resume administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was 'safe and effective.'
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Mario Draghi to be sworn in as Italy Prime Minister
World | Feb 13, 2021, 03:36 PM ISTFormer head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi has formally accepted the role of Italy's next Prime Minister and will be sworn in on Saturday.
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Congress fields KC Venugopal to counter BJP barbs on Rahul Gandhi’s foreign visit
India | Dec 28, 2020, 02:42 PM ISTAccording to PTI sources, Rahul Gandhi left for Milan in Italy on a Qatar Airways flight on Sunday morning.
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Italy reports patient with new strain of coronavirus found in UK
World | Dec 21, 2020, 10:33 AM ISTBritain’s European neighbours began closing their doors to travellers from the United Kingdom on Sunday amid alarm about the rapidly spreading strain of coronavirus that has caused cases to soar there.
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Italy surpasses UK for worst COVID-19 death toll in Europe
World | Dec 14, 2020, 10:37 AM ISTAmong the reasons cited for Italy’s high death toll was it that was the first country in Europe to be slammed in the pandemic, leaving health workers to grapple with a largely unknown virus. Italy also has a lower ratio of medical staff to patients compared to other European nations.
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Italy mourns death of Paolo Rossi, the hero of 1982 World Cup
Football | Dec 10, 2020, 09:21 PM ISTRossi, who struggled with lung cancer in recent years, died late Wednesday at the age of 64.
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It's 'China virus', not coronavirus which sounds like 'beautiful place' in Italy: Trump
World | Sep 23, 2020, 10:51 AM ISTUS President Donald Trump has hit out at China for not stopping the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives globally, as he yet again used the term "China virus" and urged his supporters not to call it coronavirus, saying the name sounds like a "beautiful place" in Italy.
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Italy COVID-19 deaths exceed 32,800, total 230,158 confirmed cases
World | May 26, 2020, 07:38 AM ISTThe total death toll due to novel coronavirus has claimed more than 32,800 lives in Italy. As of today, Italy's death toll stood at 32,877, bringing the total number of cases, including fatalities and recoveries, so far to 230,158, according to the latest figures.