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Amid lockdowns, restrictions & raging pandemic, the world’s Muslims prepare for Ramadan

From Germany's surprising EU recovery fund to faulty Chinese masks in Canada — ThePrint brings you 7 important global stories linked to Covid-19.

Dubai to ease movement curbs as malls, offices slowly reopen

Dubai’s malls will reopen with strict rules, including limiting the number of visitors to 30% of capacity and maintain social distancing.

UK gets ready for second Covid wave with mass test and trace program

UK hopes to avoid a second surge of the virus as it relaxes a nationwide lockdown that’s brought the economy to a near-halt.

Pakistan to host SAARC video conference on coronavirus on 24 April

The conference will deliberate on ways to promote deeper cooperation to combat coronavirus crisis among the member countries.

Vietnamese hackers targeted key Chinese officials to access coronavirus information

Chinese officials & diplomatic missions have come under repeated attack online from hackers trying to gain access to pandemic information.

South Korea’s economy suffers worst contraction since 2008

According to Bank of Korea, the country's GDP shrank 1.4% in the three months through March from the prior quarter, due to fall in consumption.

Russian communists defy lockdown to celebrate Lenin’s 150th birthday

Dozens of people marched through the Red Square to celebrate Lenin's birthday, defying lockdown in Moscow.

Pakistan reports 742 fresh Covid-19 cases, 15 deaths in 24 hours

The total number of coronavirus infections in the country stand at 10,513 with 224 deaths.

Oil prices rebound following Trump’s threat to ‘shoot down’ Iranian gunboats

From failing global narcotics industry to how the pandemic saved Netanyahu — ThePrint brings you 8 important global stories linked to Covid-19.

2 cats in New York become first pets in US to test positive for coronavirus

Even as public health officials are still learning about the virus, there is no evidence that pets play a role in spreading it to humans in the US.

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Don’t let anti-vaxxers weaponise AstraZeneca furore. Vaccines are safe—and we are the proof

Vaccines have eliminated two diseases—smallpox in humans and rinderpest in cattle. If they were killing one in 50,000 people, we wouldn’t be rolling them out across the globe for decades.

Strong showing by north, improved compliance — how GST revenue rose to record Rs 2.1 lakh cr in April

While April typically sees highest collections in a financial year, analysts say a host of reasons came together this time to lift total figures.

India inches closer to SMART. Here are steps ahead for next-gen anti-submarine warfare

SMART carries an advanced light-weight torpedo as payload along with a parachute-based release system.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.