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Covid-19 pandemic: African nations dump vaccines over expiry date, Taiwan sees surge in cases

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Mumbai, Kerala and Telangana make vaccination a priority for students going abroad

The US, Canada and Australia don’t have a vaccine passport provision so far. But when they open it, Indian students will be at an advantage.

New drug candidates from Australia could prevent Covid infection, stop disease in its tracks

Drugs have been developed by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. Researchers have detailed findings in a study published in Nature Cell Discovery on 24 May.

Did China hide birth control measures enforced in Xinjiang? Australia study thinks so

The report by Australian think-tank suggests birth rate in Xinjiang dropped by 48.74% between 2017 and 2019, amid ongoing crackdown on Uyghurs. China has challenged the findings.

First repatriation flight carrying stranded citizens in India arrives in Australia

The repatriation flights facilitated by the Australian government resumed from Friday, following a two weeks ban due to the Covid-19 health crisis in India.

Australian court rejects petition challenging ban on citizens returning from India

The application was filed by a 73-year old Australian stranded in Bengaluru, seeking to overturn the ban made by Health Minister Greg Hunt last month under the Biosecurity Act.

Australian PM stands firm on India travel ban, says ‘pause is working’

The Australian govt, for the first time in history, recently imposed a ban on its citizens from returning home, if they have spent up to 14 days in India before flying back.

KKR bowler Pat Cummins allocates donation to UNICEF Australia’s India Covid Crisis Appeal

Fast bowler Cummins urged people to donate to the initiative as Australian Cricket works to raise funds for India Covid Crisis Appeal. Cummins earlier said he was donating USD 50,000 to PM CARES.

Australia fining and jailing its citizens returning from India is a new low, siege mentality

Political desperation seems to be a reason behind the travel ban as Australian PM Scott Morrison's center-right govt is hit by sex scandals and a botched vaccine rollout.

Australians temporarily bars citizens returning from India, to face 5-year jail term or fine

The decision was based on the proportion of overseas travellers in quarantine in Australia, who have contracted the infection in India.

On Camera

Trump has called Delhi a big abuser of tariffs. India-US economic ties are about to change

How Trump responds to the growing Russia-China alliance and their anti-American diatribes will require some strategising among the Indian foreign policy and national security mandarins.

Resurgence in India’s air cargo expected to continue as Red Sea crisis crosses one-year mark

After negative growth in 2022-23, air cargo volumes grew 18% year-on-year from October 2023 to March 2024 and 20% year-on-year from April 2024 to August 2024.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.