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NEW DELHI: Support within the Indian government to formally begin talks on a trade deal with Taiwan is growing as both democracies see relations with China deteriorate. Taiwan has sought trade talks with India for several years, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has been reluctant to go ahead because …

Could India have fewer than 40,000 active cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) by February, as a government-appointed panel believes? Sure, the number, reported in an article on HT on Monday, is, according to the panel, contingent on wearing masks, tracking and social distancing, but a drop from the current …

WASHINGTON (AP) – US President Donald Trump attacked government scientist Anthony Fauci in a call with campaign staff Monday, suggesting the highly respected and popular doctor was an “idiot.” Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, has increasingly become a focus of frustration for the president …

PATHANAMTHITTA A Tamil Nadu devotee, who was on a pilgrimage to the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday during the mandatory antigen test conducted in Nilackal for pilgrims visiting the hilltop shrine, health authorities said. According to the Covid-19 guidelines, pilgrims must carry a negative …

China’s economic growth accelerated to 4.9% from a year earlier in the latest quarter as an unstable recovery from the coronavirus pandemic strengthened. Factory output increased, driven by global demand for masks and other medical supplies, while retail spending returned to pre-virus levels for the first time, government data showed. …

At least half of India’s 1.3 billion people are likely to have been infected with the new coronavirus by next February, which will help curb the spread of the disease, a member of a federal government committee said on Monday. in charge of providing projections. India has reported 7.55 million …

NEW DELHI: Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Center again on Monday over handling the Covid-19 pandemic and the economy. “How to completely destroy an economy and infect the maximum number of people very quickly,” he said in a tweet, with an image showing the GDP growth rate projected for …

Bill Gates said that scientists around the world are involved in a “great challenge” in particular. New Delhi: India’s research and manufacturing will be critical to fighting COVID-19, especially to making vaccines on a large scale, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said on Monday. Addressing the 2020 Annual Grand Challenges Meeting, …

India was one of the first countries to adopt a “flexible” lockdown approach and thus managed to keep death rates from COVID-19 relatively low, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the launch of the Annual Meeting of Large Challenges, organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The three-day program …

The Calcutta High Court ruled on Monday that no visitors will be allowed inside Durga Puja pandals this year, NDTV reported. The court said all pandales should be declared containment zones in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Durga Puja celebrations will begin on October 22. Only organizers will be allowed …