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Economy Slows In March Quarter, Worst Yet To Come

India’s economy grew at 3.1% in the January-March quarter, its slowest pace in at least eight years, and the situation…

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Doctors Go Online To Treat Patients Amid Covid-19 Outbreak

As India’s health system grapples with the coronavirus, doctors are increasingly going online to consult with patients suffering less critical…

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Mumbai DJ Swaps Deck For Doctor’s Scrubs To Fight Covid-19

As India’s financial capital Mumbai battled a growing number of coronavirus cases, local DJ Sanjay Meriya set aside his turntable…

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1st Quarter GDP Growth Likely To Be Weakest Since 2012

India’s economy is likely to have expanded at its slowest pace in at least eight years in the January-March quarter,…

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India Air Travel Restart Hits Chaos & Cancellations

Airlines’ plans to resume air travel in India were in disarray on Monday after some states restricted the number of…

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India Among 10 Worst-Hit COVID-19 Nations Now

India on Monday posted its biggest single-day jump in cases of COVID-19, overtaking Iran to become one of the 10…

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Domestic Flights To Resume, But Covid-19 Cases Rise

Domestic flights will resume across India on Monday after a day of “hard negotiations”, the civil aviation minister said on…

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More Patients Than Beds As India Virus Cases Surge

When Manit Parikh’s mother tested positive for the new coronavirus, she was rushed by ambulance to Mumbai’s private Lilavati Hospital,…

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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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ICMR Issues Revised Advisory On Use Of HCQ

A revised government advisory has recommended use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a preventive medication for asymptomatic healthcare workers in non-COVID-19…

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How One Indian Co. Could Be World’s Door To A COVID-19 Vaccine

If the world is to gain access to a vaccine for COVID-19, there’s a good chance it will pass through…

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Cyclone Amphan Kills Atleast 72, Causes Extensive Flooding

The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India in over a decade killed at least 72 people, officials said, as…

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Cyclone Amphan: Rescue Teams Look For Survivors

Rescue teams searched for survivors in eastern India, a day after the most powerful cyclone in over a decade devastated…

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Strongest Cyclone In Over A Decade Slams Into India

A powerful cyclone barrelled into eastern India on Wednesday with heavy rain, wind and waves as millions of people were…

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India To Help Migrants Leave Cities, But Infections Mount

India will run more special trains and buses to allow millions of distressed migrant workers to leave big cities, the…

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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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Outbreak At Factory Shows Challenges Of Easing Lockdown

Chinese smartphone maker OPPO suspended operations at a recently re-opened plant in India after workers tested positive for the coronavirus,…

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India Extends Lockdown To May 31, To Relax Rules In Some Areas

India on Sunday extended a nationwide lockdown to May 31, as cases exceeded 90,000 and further clashes erupted between police…

4 years ago
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People In Wuhan Fear Covid-19 Testing Could Rekindle Disease

As Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic began, revs up a massive testing campaign, some residents crowding the…

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Delayed Survey Data Blurs India’s Covid-19 Picture

India has lost two weeks in its bid to get a picture of the spread of the coronavirus in its…

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Global Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 300,000

Global coronavirus deaths passed 300,000 on Thursday as infections approached 4.5 million, according to a Reuters tally, with the United…

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Free Foodgrains For Millions Of Migrant Workers

India will provide free foodgrains to millions of migrant workers hardest hit by a weeks-long lockdown as well as offer…

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ILO Warns Indian States On Scrapping Workers’ Rights

The U.N. labour agency urged Indian states thinking of relaxing workers’ rights to help industry survive the coronavirus to consult…

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India Follows China’s Lead To Widen Use Of Covid-19 Tracing App

India is aggressively pushing a state-backed contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID-19, raising fears that the world’s…

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India Launches Contact-Tracing App For JioPhones

India’s technology ministry said on Thursday it had rolled out a version of its Bluetooth contact-tracking app for 5 million…

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