COVID-19

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Explainer: Do Men Fare Worse With COVID-19?

Death and infection tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic spreading around the world point to men being more likely than women…

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India Mulls Narrowing Lockdown To Coronavirus Hotspots

India is considering plans to seal off coronavirus hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai and parts of the south while easing curbs…

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India Allows Export Of Anti-Malaria Drug After Trump Warns Of Retaliation

India, the world’s main supplier of generic drugs, said on Tuesday it will allow limited exports of the anti-malaria drug…

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Trump Talks “Retaliation” If India Rejects Export Of Key Drug

US President Donald Trump has said "there may be retaliation" if India does not agree to export hydroxychloroquine, a key…

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India Lifts Restrictions On 24 Drug Exports

India, the world’s main supplier of generic drugs, has lifted restrictions on the export of 24 pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines…

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Scammers Try To Sell “Statue Of Unity”

Police in India lodged a case this week against an unknown online fraudster who tried selling the world’s largest statue…

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Testing Times For India In Race To Stop Coronavirus Epidemic

India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the…

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State Authorities Warn Lockdown Could Be Extended

Authorities in some states warned on Saturday that lockdowns to rein in the coronavirus pandemic could be extended in parts…

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Curbs On Diagnostic Testing Kit Exports As Virus Spreads

India is restricting the export of most diagnostic testing kits, as coronavirus cases in the South Asian nation topped 3,350…

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People Light Lamps To Challenge Covid-19 Darkness

Millions of Indians turned off their lights and lit up balconies and doorsteps with lamps, candles and flashlights on Sunday,…

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COVID-19: Officials Warn Of Lockdown Extensions

The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in South Asia neared 6,000 on Saturday, even as authorities in some cities…

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Global Coronavirus Cases Surpass 1 Million

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 1 million on Thursday with more than 52,000 deaths as the pandemic further exploded in the…

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“Some Of Us Will Die”: Homeless Stranded By Covid-19 Lockdown

In a densely-packed neighbourhood of Delhi, hundreds of homeless people queued up this week as volunteers doled out rice and…

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Doctors Fight Covid-19 With Raincoats, Helmets

Shortages of protective health gear in India are forcing some doctors to use raincoats and motorbike helmets while fighting the…

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Internet Curbs In Kashmir Hamper Covid-19 Fight

The Health Ministry on Monday invited doctors in Kashmir to an online training session on managing ventilators - critical equipment…

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Sensex, Nifty Fall As Covid-19 Cases Cross 1,000

Indian shares edged lower on Monday morning as the number of coronavirus infections in Asia’s third-largest economy showed no signs…

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India Needs Atleast 38mn Masks To Fight Covid-19

India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it confronts the spread…

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China’s Wuhan Eases Travel Curbs Post Lockdown

The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened…

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‘Stigmatised’: Covid-19 ‘Heroes’ Come Under Attack

Doctors, nurses and other frontline workers in the fight against coronavirus in India, who have been hailed as "heroes", have…

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Coronavirus Cases Up Despite Immense Lockdown

Three more people infected with coronavirus died overnight in India as the government sought on Thursday to improve basic services…

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Eat It: Hanoi Chef Spreads Joy With ‘Coronaburger’

You’ve got to eat it, to beat it: That’s the philosophy of one Hanoi chef who is attempting to boost…

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“Solidarity With India, Lockdown Comprehensive, Robust”: UN

The UN has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against coronavirus, with a top official at the world body's…

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India Faces Spike In Covid-19 Cases, Says Study

India could face between around 100,000 and 1.3 million confirmed cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus by…

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India In Lockdown As Covid-19 Appears In Small Towns

Police enforced lockdowns across large parts of India on Tuesday, with curfews in some places, as health officials warned that…

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Covid-19 Lockdown: India’s Poor Fear For Future

Shaikh Bahaduresha, 31, lived on Mumbai’s streets for two months last year, unable to make ends meet on his meagre…

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