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“Everyone Could Be A Potential Covid-19 Carrier”

“Every person you meet is a potential carrier of the disease,” a doctor said to me when I visited the…

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India Records Another Surge In Daily Covid-19 Cases

India reported 76,472 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, slightly lower than the record breaking numbers of the past couple of…

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‘Economy More Resilient Now Vs. Global Financial Crisis’

The Indian economy remains much stronger amid the coronavirus pandemic than it was during the global financial crisis over a…

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Hundreds Protest Against Exams As Virus Cases Hit New Peak

Hundreds of masked protesters demonstrated in major Indian cities on Friday against a government plan to hold exams for millions…

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Farmers Driven To Debt As Banks Turn Risk-Averse In Pandemic

Last month, Dnyaneshwar Siddhanth, a farmer from Maharashtra, was in desperate need of money to buy seed and fertilizer as…

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Global Coronavirus Deaths Exceed 800,000

The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States,…

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Air Safety Watchdog To Check Airports Hit By Heavy Rain

India’s air safety regulator plans to conduct special audits of airports across the country affected by heavy rain, the watchdog’s…

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Death Toll In Air India Express Plane Accident Rises To 18

The death toll from an Air India Express passenger aircraft accident has risen to 18, while 16 people have been…

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India Sees Record Jump In COVID-19 Cases To Pass 2 Mn

India, the country hardest hit in Asia by the coronavirus pandemic, reported on Friday a record daily jump in infections,…

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Loudspeakers Teach Children After Virus Shutters Schools

One overcast morning in a farming village in Maharashtra, a group of schoolchildren sat on the mud floor of a…

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India Posts Record Fiscal Deficit As Covid-19 Hits Economy

India’s fiscal deficit touched a record $88.5 billion in the April-June quarter, 83.2% of the target for the whole of…

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India Opens Door For Foreign Universities

India on Wednesday approved a plan to allow foreign universities to open campuses in the country as part of efforts…

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Scavengers In India Risk Health To Sift Coronavirus Debris

Mansoor Khan and his wife Latifa Bibi have been collecting scraps of plastic and other items at an enormous landfill…

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Dismissed As ‘Poor Things’, 3 Women Try To Unseat Belarus’ President

Dismissed by the incumbent as too fragile to run Belarus because of their gender, three women have joined forces to…

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India To Reduce No. Of State-Owned Banks To Just 5: Sources

India is looking to privatise more than half of its state-owned banks to reduce the number of government-owned lenders to…

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IMF Chief Warns Global Economy ‘Not Out Of The Woods’

Global economic activity is picking up after an unprecedented decline this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but a second…

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Covid-19 Cost Jobs At A Third Of Small Firms Open In May

One small firm in three around the world was obliged to cut jobs to stay open through the coronavirus pandemic…

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IMF Head Urges Pandemic Response That Tackles Climate Crisis

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva urged policymakers on Wednesday to use their response to the coronavirus pandemic to…

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India’s Covid-19 Death Toll Hits 20,000 As Infections Surge

India’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 20,000 on Tuesday and case numbers surged as the south Asian nation…

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Health Experts Cast Doubt On Timeline For COVID-19 Vaccine

The chief of India’s top clinical research agency said in a leaked letter circulated on Friday it envisaged launching a…

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Russians Grant Putin Right To Extend Rule Until 2036

Russians opened the door to Vladimir Putin staying in power until 2036 by voting overwhelmingly for constitutional changes that will…

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Migrant Workers Need Support, Jobs At Home: ILO

The U.N. labour agency appealed to governments on Wednesday to support tens of millions of migrant workers forced to return…

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Global Coronavirus Cases Top 9 Million

Global cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed 9 million on Monday, as Brazil and India grappled with a surge in…

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Some Black-Owned U.S. Businesses Hardest Hit By Covid-19 Shutdowns

After 15 years working as a hair stylist in other people’s salons, Gary Connell opened his “Healthy Hair” studio in…

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Mayor Urges People To Avoid Central London Ahead Of Protests

London’s mayor called on people to stay away from central London on Saturday as the capital prepared for potential confrontation…

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