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Coronavirus Hitting The Americas Hardest: WHO

The Americas are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic at present, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday,…

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Slow Start For Plans To Revive Small Businesses

India’s ambitious plan to provide some Rs 3 trillion ($39.5 billion) in loans to small businesses to boost an economy…

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Floyd Hailed As ‘Cornerstone Of A Movement’ At Funeral

George Floyd, a black man whose death under the knee of a white police officer roused worldwide protests against racial…

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Floyd Killing: Tributes Pour In, Pressure Mounts For Police Reform

Thousands of mourners braved sweltering Texas heat on Monday to view the casket of George Floyd, whose death after a…

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George Floyd’s Death Sparks New Generation Of Activists In US

Kristina Knox, a 25-year-old child development teacher from Maryland, cried for days after watching video footage of George Floyd, a…

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George Floyd Death: National Guard Deployed in 15 U.S. States

Looting broke out on Sunday in southern California, a tanker truck drove into marchers in Minneapolis and demonstrators clashed with…

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Inside A COVID-19 Hospital, Doctors See No End In Sight

It was barely noon on Thursday when the metal doors of the mortuary at a hospital in south New Delhi…

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Indian Economy Slows Rapidly In March Quarter

Gross domestic product data out later on Friday is expected to show India’s economy grew at its slowest pace in…

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Monsoon To Arrive On Kerala Coast Around June 1

Monsoon rains are likely to enter India through the southern coast around June 1, the state-run weather office said on…

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No New Cases In China For First Time Since Covid-19 Pandemic Began

China recorded no new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland on May 22, the first time it had seen no…

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Pak Airliner Carrying 99 Plunges Into Karachi Homes

A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of…

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Explainer: Do children spread COVID-19?

As countries begin to emerge from shutdowns imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, the issue of how the virus affects children…

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Lakhs Evacuated As India Braces For Super Cyclone

India and Bangladesh evacuated around half a million people out of the way of the most powerful storm in a…

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Long-Lasting Global Recession Likely: WEF Report

Risk managers expect a prolonged global recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the World Economic…

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Cash-Strapped Economic Plan Unlikely To Soften Covid-19 Blow

India’s $266 billion economic rescue package rests mostly on boosting company credit but contains scant new public spending, tax breaks…

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India Evacuates Thousands Threatened By East Coast Cyclone

India began evacuating thousands of villagers and halted port operations ahead of a cyclone expected to hit its east coast…

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Why India’s Migrant Labourers Give Me Hope

by ANONYMOUS I have lived in India for the past five years. When I left my country to work in…

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India To Privatise State-Run Companies & Halt Fresh Insolvencies

India said on Sunday it would privatise state-run companies in non-strategic sectors and stop fresh insolvency cases for a year,…

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Farmers Gather Record Wheat Crop, But Can’t Move It

Late last month, Sukrampal had to beg and borrow farmhands from nearby villages to gather his part of the country’s…

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Major Credit Line For Small Businesses, Lenders Unveiled

The government said on Wednesday it will offer nearly $60 billion of loan guarantees for small businesses, shadow banks and…

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India Plans Airlift For 400,000 Citizens Stranded Abroad

India will begin flights on Thursday to bring home some 400,000 citizens stranded overseas by travel restrictions due to the…

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“India Will Remember Covid-19 As Blessing In Disguise”

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday that India will remember the coronavirus pandemic as a “blessing in…

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India Covid-19 Tally At 46,433 With 3,900 New Cases In 24 Hours

The number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in India jumped by 3,900, a fresh record for new cases, that pushed…

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Covid-19 Shatters Bollywood’s Silver Screen Dreams

The Hindi film industry, purveyor of song-and-dance spectacles to millions, will take at least two years to recover financially from…

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Biggest-Ever Plunge In Energy Demand, Emissions: IEA

Economic lockdowns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic look set to cut global energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions by…

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