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India's COVID vaccine production capacity is best asset world has today: UN Secy-Gen Antonio
News | Jan 29, 2021, 08:24 AM ISTWhile addressing a press conference in New York on January 29, the Secretary-General of United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres spoke on India's vaccine production capacity.
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More contagious virus variant found along New York's Long Island
World | Jan 11, 2021, 11:03 AM ISTThe Long Island man had first tested positive for COVID-19 on December 27. State health officials were working with contact tracers in Nassau County to identify additional potential exposures.
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Power outage leaves over 1,00,000 New Yorkers in dark on Christmas
World | Dec 26, 2020, 08:10 AM ISTNew York City fared much better with less than 17,000 outages reported across the five boroughs. Staten Island made up the bulk of the Big Apple's outages, with some 3,500 reported disruptions, according to ConEd.
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Anxiety and hope as New York votes on US Election Anxiety and hope as New York votes on US Election
World | Nov 04, 2020, 06:26 AM ISTNew Yorkers lined up to cast their final ballots on Tuesday, braving a pandemic that added to their worries about ballot security and where the country is headed.
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'Our priorities include peace, security related issues': Permanent Representative of India to UN
News | Sep 19, 2020, 02:07 PM ISTPermanent Representative of India to UN, TS Tirumurti on 75th anniversary of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) said that India has set forth priorities, which include peace as the country will also be entering Security Council as non-permanent member.
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PM Modi's address at UNGA will be highlight of India's participation: TS Tirumurti
News | Sep 19, 2020, 02:07 PM ISTPermanent Representative of India to UN, TS Tirumurti on upcoming United Nations General Assembly stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address will be the highlight of India's participation. "This time the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will be historic and in more than one way.
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Mass shooting in New York's Rochester; 2 dead, 14 injured
World | Sep 19, 2020, 03:13 PM ISTGunfire at a backyard party killed two people and wounded 14 others early Saturday in Rochester, New York, a city that has been roiled in recent weeks by outrage over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude.
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Tibetans hold anti-China protest in solidarity with Special Frontier Force commando in New York
News | Sep 12, 2020, 11:46 PM ISTMembers of the Tibetan community in New York organised a protest against China at Jackson Heights, also known as Little India, to show their solidarity with SSF (Special Frontier Force) commando Nyima Tenzin.
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On cam: Police put hood on Black man killed by asphyxiation in New York
World | Sep 03, 2020, 08:47 AM ISTA Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, according to video and records released Wednesday by the man’s family.
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Anti-Pakistan protest in New York over atrocities on minorities
News | Aug 31, 2020, 10:20 AM ISTMembers of minority communities from Pakistan held a protest outside Pakistan Consulate in New York over atrocities committed against minorities in Pakistan on International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
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Tibetan community stages protest against China outside Chinese consulate in New York
News | Jul 12, 2020, 01:48 PM ISTMembers of the Tibetan community on Friday staged a protest against China outside the Chinese Consulate in New York.
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'Boycott China': Indian Americans, Taiwanese Americans, Tibetans take to Times Square to denounce China
News | Jul 04, 2020, 04:25 PM ISTIndian Americans have called for 'Boycott China', a protest demonstration against China at the iconic Times Square in New York.
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Neil Nitin Mukesh recalls working with Irrfan Khan in 'New York'
Celebrities | Jun 26, 2020, 03:25 PM ISTNeil Nitin Mukesh took to social media and shared how fortunate he was to work with Irrfan in 'New York.' The film starred John Abraham and Katrina Kaif and featured the late Irrfan Khan in a pivotal role.
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McDonald's closes flagship outlet at New York's Times Square 42nd street
Business | Jun 26, 2020, 03:15 PM ISTMcDonald's has shut down one of its flagship outlets situated at 42nd Street in New York City's Times Square. The fast-food chain in a statement said that the shutting down of the restaurant was planned after a 3-story McDonalds outlet opened at the 45th Street and Broadway last year.
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Thanks to coronavirus, nurse tracks down firefighter who rescued her 36 years ago
World | Jun 07, 2020, 10:52 AM ISTA heartwarming tale of a nurse reuniting with a firefighter, 36 years after the latter rescued her from a burning apartment building has come to light. Dierdre was only 4 years old when the incident happened in 1983 in New York. Now, thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the two finally reunited.
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5 regions in New York state reopen in phased process
World | May 16, 2020, 09:10 AM ISTThe US state of New York partially reopened on Friday, while the "PAUSE" order will be extended to May 28 for remaining regions including New York City (NYC), said Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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Trump to look into legislation to impose sanctions on China over COVID-19 outbreak
World | May 14, 2020, 10:25 AM ISTUS President Donald Trump has said that he will look into the legislation introduced in the Senate a day earlier that proposes sanctions on China if it fails to cooperate and provide a full accounting of the events leading up to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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New York City to be closed till June amid coronavirus outbreak
World | May 12, 2020, 04:00 PM ISTNew York City, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, is likely to stay closed until June, Mayor Bill de Blasio has said, even as three regions of New York State are set to reopen on May 15.
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Coronavirus worldwide cases near 4.2 million; death toll at 283,850
World | May 11, 2020, 07:26 AM ISTCoronavirus worldwide cases are nearing 4.2-million mark taking positive patients toll to 4,180,003 with 283,850 deaths while 1,490,558 have recovered, according to worldometer figures.
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New York: 5-year-old dies of 'mysterious disease' and coronavirus complications
World | May 08, 2020, 11:16 PM ISTA five-year old boy has died due to complications caused by a mysterious disease related to the coronavirus in New York, officials said on Friday.