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Covid-19: Record Daily Jump Of 83,883 In Infections

India reported another record daily jump of 83,883 coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking its tally to 3.85 million, just 100,000…

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India’s Covid-19 Case Tally Nears 3.8 Mn As Country Reopens

India’s novel coronavirus infections rose to almost 3.8 million on Wednesday, as states continued to relax rules on movement despite…

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India Reports Record Rise In Coronavirus Cases

India reported a record daily jump in the number of novel coronavirus cases on Friday as Chennai locked down following…

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COVID-19: Criticism Mounts As Delhi Hospital Beds Run Out

India’s capital is fast running out of hospital beds amid a surge in coronavirus cases and is struggling to contain…

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India Records Biggest Single-Day Jump In Covid-19 Cases

India reported its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases on Saturday, adding 11,458 confirmed infections and taking its total count…

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Mumbai Braces For Monsoon Diseases Amid Pandemic

For doctors and healthcare workers in India’s financial capital Mumbai who are grappling with surging coronavirus infections, the onset of…

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Delhi Reserves Hospital Beds For Residents As Virus Cases Surge

The city of New Delhi on Sunday ordered many of its hospital beds to be reserved solely for residents of…

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Yamuna Regains Sparkle As Lockdown Banishes Waste

The sparkle has returned to the Yamuna river flowing through New Delhi, India’s capital, residents say, after decades of filthy…

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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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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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Biggest 24-Hour Rise In Virus Cases As Lockdown Eases

India registered some 6,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, the country’s biggest jump in 24 hours, as…

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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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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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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…

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Clogged Cooling System Likely Cause Of Gas Leak In AP: Investigators

A clogged cooling system was the likely cause of a temperature surge in a storage tank which led to a…

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Huge Aid Package For Covid-19-Hit Indian Economy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that India would provide 20 trillion rupees ($266 billion) in fiscal and monetary…

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Guidelines Issued For Post-Lockdown Factory Restarts

India has issued guidelines to ensure the safe restart of manufacturing facilities, after a weeks’ long nationwide lockdown aimed at…

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Migrant Workers In Gujarat Clash With Authorities

Hundreds of migrant workers in Gujarat have clashed for a second day with authorities, hurling stones at police personnel trying…

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No Warning, No Escape As Deadly Gas Swept Through AP Village

When gas began leaking from a nearby chemical factory and drifting towards his house in southern India, there were no…

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Train Kills 14 Workers Laid Off In Covid-19 Lockdown

A train killed 14 migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the track on Friday while they were heading back…

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As Families Bury Covid-19 Victims, A Gravedigger Watches On

Belonging to the third generation in a family of Indian cemetery workers, Mohammad Shameem had little other choice in life…

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Petrol, Diesel Become More Expensive

The government late on Tuesday increased its taxes and duties on petrol and diesel instead of passing on the benefit…

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70% ‘Corona Tax’ On Alcohol To Deter Large Crowds

Officials in capital New Delhi imposed a special tax of 70% on retail liquor purchases from Tuesday, to deter large…

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