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‘COVID-19 Has Set Global Health Progress Back Decades’

The knock-on effects of the coronavirus pandemic have halted and reversed global health progress, setting it back 25 years and…

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Myanmar Casualties May Represent War Crimes: Bachelet

The U.N. Human Rights Chief said on Monday that three years after a Rohingya exodus “no concrete measures” on accountability…

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Umar Khalid Arrested Over Delhi Riots, To Activists’ Fury

Delhi Police arrested a former student leader on Monday for his alleged role in deadly riots in the capital New…

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Pandemic Panel Slams Collective Failure To Heed Warnings

A collective failure by political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious disease pandemic has transformed “a world…

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India Considers Emergency Authorisation Of Vaccine

India said on Sunday it was considering granting an emergency authorisation for a COVID-19 vaccine, particularly for the elderly and…

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Record Daily Jump In Covid Cases For 2nd Straight Day

India reported a record daily jump in coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day, logging 97,570 new infections on Saturday,…

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Afghan Peace Talks Open In Doha, 19 Yrs After 9/11

Talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents start in Qatar’s capital Doha today, with the goal of bringing an…

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Hundreds Of Homes Torched In Massive US Wildfires

Around half a million people in the state of Oregon, US, were under evacuation alerts on Friday, with residents of…

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Maharashtra Exceeds 1 Mn Covid-19 Cases, Rivalling Russia

India’s biggest and richest state, Maharashtra, recorded its millionth coronavirus infection on Friday, putting it on par with Russia in…

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‘Millions Of Covid-19 Cases Went Undetected In India’

Millions of coronavirus cases may have gone undetected in India earlier this year, a research paper estimates, saying that for…

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UP Uses Draconian Law To Detain Those Accused Of Killing Cows

More than half the arrests this year under a tough national security law in India’s most populous state of Uttar…

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India, China Agree To Disengage Troops On Border

China and India said they had agreed to de-escalate renewed tensions on their contested Himalayan border and take steps to…

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India Reports Record Daily Jump Of 96,551 Covid-19 Cases

India reported another record daily jump of 96,551 coronavirus cases on Friday, taking its case load to 4.5 million, data…

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Space For Democratic Dissent Shrinking In India: Academics

About 2,000 academics from top institutions in India and abroad have signed petitions demanding federal authorities stop targeting people critical…

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India, Japan Seal Military Logistics Co-operation Pact

India and Japan have signed an agreement that will provide their militaries access to each other’s bases for supplies and…

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India Reports Record Daily Jump Of 95,735 Covid-19 Cases

India reported record jumps in new coronavirus infections and deaths on Thursday, taking its tally of cases past 4.4 million,…

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Despite Lockdowns, Greenhouse Gases Hit New Record: U.N.

Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere hit a record high this year, a United Nations report showed, as…

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Global Covid-19 Deaths Hit 900,000 As Cases Surge In India

The global death toll from the coronavirus passed 900,000 on Wednesday, as worldwide cases topped 27.7 million, according to a…

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Donald Trump Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for helping broker a…

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Actor’s Death Grips India With Frenzied TV Coverage

The demise of a young movie star has transfixed India like no other news in a year of bad headlines.…

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India’s Coronavirus Infections Surge To 4.3 Million

India reported 89,706 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking its total caseload to 4.3 million, data from the Health Ministry…

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More Than 1 Bn People Face Displacement By 2050

Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1…

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State-Run Banks To Step Up Loans To Street Vendors

Banks in Madhya Pradesh are scrambling to boost lending to street vendors in a bid to bolster numbers ahead of…

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Rhea Chakraborty Held By Narcotics Control Bureau

Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau, India’s federal narcotics agency, on Tuesday, a spokesperson for…

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India Records Highest Covid-19 Deaths In More Than A Month

India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month on Tuesday, even as new infections…

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