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India ‘on war footing’ as coronavirus infections pass 24 million
Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of the coronavirus through India’s vast countryside on Friday…
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‘A hell out here’: Covid ravages Indian villages
NEW DELHI: India’s coronavirus death toll crossed 250,000 on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as…
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Hindu sect accused of using forced labour to build US temple
NEW YORK: A prominent Hindu sect lured low-caste men from India to the United States and paid them just $1.20…
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China posts slowest population growth in decades
BEIJING: China’s population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed on Tuesday, highlighting…
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India’s Covid-19 deaths cross quarter million as virus ravages countryside
India’s coronavirus deaths crossed a quarter million on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as the…
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China to set up separation line on Mount Everest over Covid-19 fears
BEIJING: China will set up a “separation line” on the peak of Mount Everest to avoid possible Covid-19 infections by…
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‘Black fungus’ complication adds to India’s Covid woes
BENGALURU: The Indian government has told doctors to look out for signs of mucormycosis or “black fungus” in Covid-19 patients…
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WHO terms Indian variant a global concern
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation said on Monday that the B.1.617 variant first identified in India last year was being…
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Dozens of suspected Covid-19 corpses found in India’s Ganges river
Dozens of bodies believed to be Covid-19 victims have washed up on the banks of the Ganges river in northern…
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Variant causing India’s Covid explosion, says WHO
GENEVA: A Covid-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and it is feared it could be dodging some vaccine…
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