Sat 06 June 2020: Bangladesh on Friday won the 2020 UN Public Service Award in the category of “developing a transparent and accountable public service” for its e-mutation initiative to digitize the processing of land rights records. The initiative was “an outstanding achievement” that “demonstrated excellence in serving the public interest,” Liu Zhenmin, the UN […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: The tragic death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala after she ate a pineapple laden with firecrackers has sparked massive outrage across the country. But it did not take long for the rabid online Hindutva brigade to communalise the horrendous incident and falsely blame Muslims for it. The incident, which took […]
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Thu 04 June 2020: Defence secretary Ajay Kumar has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the highest ranking Central government official to be infected with the SARS-CoV2 virus, well-placed sources told The Wire on Wednesday. The Wire has also learned that two key officials quarter-backing the government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis – Dr Balram Bhargava, head of […]
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Wed 03 June 2020: (Reuters) India’s coronavirus infections crossed 200,000, the health ministry said on Wednesday, and a peak could still be weeks away in the world’s second most populous country. Cases jumped by 8,909 over the previous day in one of the highest single-day spikes, taking the tally to 207,615. Six other nations, from […]
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Tue 02 June 2020: Pupils wearing face masks returned to school in Singapore on Tuesday and some workplaces re-opened as coronavirus restrictions were eased in the hard-hit city-state. Singapore initially kept infections low through a strict regime of testing and contact-tracing, only for major outbreaks to emerge from crowded dormitories housing low-paid foreign workers. The country has […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: (Reuters) Asia’s factory pain deepened in May as the slump in global trade caused by the coronavirus pandemic worsened, with export powerhouses Japan and South Korea suffering the sharpest declines in business activity in more than a decade. A series of manufacturing surveys released on Monday suggest any rebound in businesses […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: (Reuters) – India on Sunday expelled two officials working at the Pakistan embassy in New Delhi after they were held for espionage, the foreign ministry said in a statement. “Two (Pakistani) officials were apprehended on Sunday by Indian law enforcement,” the ministry said, adding that the Indian government had declared them […]
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Sat 30 May 2020: Myanmar reported a surge in COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing its tally to 224. Of the total, six have died and 130 made full recoveries, according to health ministry. The ministry of health and sports announced late Friday that 17 people who were under a 21-day quarantine after returning from India, tested […]
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Fri 29 May 2020: The number of COVID-19 cases in India has climbed to 1,65,799, making it the world’s ninth worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic. The Union health ministry said the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,706 in the country, while the number of cases climbed to 1,65,799, registering an increase of […]
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Thu 28 May 2020: The Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday condemned the Indian government’s decision to proceed with the construction of a mandir at the site of the historic Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. In a statement, FO Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said: “While the world is grappling with the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic, the RSS-BJP combine in India is […]
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