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South Asia Coronavirus Cases Top 37,000

South Asia’s coronavirus infections have crossed 37,000, with more than half in India, official data showed on Thursday, complicating the…

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No Salary Rises For Over 11mn To Combat Covid-19

India on Thursday froze inflation-linked increases in salaries and pensions for more than 11 million Central government employees and pensioners…

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U.S. Was Attacked: Trump On Coronavirus Pandemic

Struggling to restore normalcy in the U.S. where COVID-19 has claimed the lives of more than 47,000 people and infected…

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‘I Do Feel Afraid’: Workers Who Disinfect Covid-19 Hotspots

One recent morning in his two-room New Delhi home, sanitation worker Dev Dutt Sharma drank tea before putting on an…

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Covid-19 Lockdown Deepens Holocaust Survivors’ Loneliness

On Tuesday, Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel’s annual memorial day -- for the six million…

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Supply Snags In Race For Affordable Ventilators

Indian medical device makers, racing to churn out ventilators as domestic COVID-19 cases spike, have been beset by supply bottlenecks,…

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Coronavirus Antibody Tests Paused After Questions Over Reliability

India has ordered a pause in testing for antibodies to the coronavirus because of concern over accuracy, health officials said…

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Coronavirus Cases In India Near 20,000

With 1,383 fresh coronavirus cases reported in the past 24 hours, the total number of cases in India has gone…

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Asia Pivots Towards Plants As Covid-19 Stirs Meat Safety Fears

Demand for plant-based protein foods is surging in Asia, suppliers say, as suspicion over possible links between wild animal meat…

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Rashtrapati Bhavan Isolates 500 Over Virus Scare

About 500 people entered self-isolation in staff quarters of the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Tuesday, as the coronavirus spreading through South…

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WHO Warns Lifting Of Lockdowns Must Be Gradual

The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that any lifting of lockdowns to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus…

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Covid-19 To Impoverish Millions Of Children In Middle East

Millions of children in the Middle East will become poorer as their caregivers lose jobs from lockdowns aimed at stemming…

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US Crude Oil Price Goes Negative For 1st Time In History

US oil prices crashed to unprecedented lows on Monday as futures in New York ended in negative territory for the…

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Police Target Journalists In Kashmir For Alleged ‘Fake News’

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir are investigating two journalists for allegedly spreading “fake news,” authorities said on Monday, as a months-long…

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India Restarts Factories, Farming In Rural Areas

Some shops and businesses opened in rural India on Monday as part of a staggered exit from a weeks-long lockdown…

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DGCA Tells Airlines Not To Take Bookings

India’s aviation regulator has told airlines not to take bookings as the government has not yet decided when to recommence…

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Covid-19: Maharashtra To Allow Some Economic Activity

Maharashtra, India’s largest regional economy, will allow a limited number of sectors to resume business on Monday, after a weeks-long…

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Lockdown Cuts Fuel Demand By 50% In 1st Half Of April

Indian state retailers sold 50% less refined fuel in the first two weeks of April than the same time a…

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Covid-19: UN Chief Salutes India for Helping Others

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres salutes countries helping others in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, his spokesman has said,…

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Covid-19: Fishermen Dock After Weeks At Sea

Hundreds of exhausted Indian fishermen, who said they were refused entry at two ports after a nationwide lockdown was imposed…

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South Asia Coronavirus Cases Hit 22,000

The number of people infected with the coronavirus crossed 22,000 in densely populated South Asia on Friday, driven by a…

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Virus Fallout Inflames Divisions Among Communities

The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui’s hand by health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under…

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India Battles To Keep Virus Out Of Mumbai’s Slums

In an air-conditioned government building in Mumbai, a dozen officials are glued to a giant screen showing live drone and…

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Hit By Sharp Ad Decline, Newspapers Cut Jobs & Salaries

India’s vibrant newspaper industry, that reaches tens of millions of readers daily, has been ravaged by declining advertising revenues due…

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Covid-19: Culpable Homicide Charges On TJ Leader

India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding…

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