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Topic: COVID-19

Imran Khan is binge-watching Ertuğrul during Covid, recommending Turkish shows to Pakistanis

To say that Pakistan’s roots lie in India is borderline blasphemy. We are first Arabs or Turks. So it’s not a surprise that Pakistanis have localised Ertuğrul.

Covid puts euro at risk as it widens gap between EU’s rich North and poor South

When Covid hit, Italy, Spain and France's public finances were already under strain, while German-dominated north had more fiscal firepower to ride out the crisis.

Hong Kong’s economic crisis remains as protests return and fear of second Covid wave lingers

It’s a dual threat that has businesses on edge and raises questions about if or when one of the world’s biggest finance hubs will regain its past prominence.

DIY lockdowns and barricades: How Myanmar’s poorest took virus fight into their own hands

The country, which lacks the infrastructure to tackle a pandemic, has seen villages build bamboo tents for quarantine centres and self-impose a lockdown.

ICMR to fast-track WHO’s Solidarity trial roll-out in India, test 4 treatments for Covid

The Solidarity trial is an international clinical trial launched on 18 March by WHO to compare untested treatment options for Covid-19.

Modi, Trump had walked away from them. Now mega trade deals will make a comeback after Covid

International trade is set to get a new lease of life as Covid-hit countries learn the value of global supply chains in the fight against the pandemic.

These UP, Bihar migrants have opted to ‘sleep hungry with family’ than die alone in cities

A couple, along with three other migrant workers, travelled all the way from Mumbai to UP's Basti in an autorickshaw, making the journey in four days.

Fiscal damage from Modi govt’s big stimulus package to be less than Rs 50,000 crore this year

Support measures in the Rs 6 lakh crore package are in form of credit guarantees and improving liquidity, will not lead to substantial cash outgo for govt.

‘Lipstick lagane wale chulha jala rahe’ — architects create lockdown song from 1952 hit

Created by a bunch of architects from the School of Planning and Architecture, the black-and-white video shows five women expressing their lockdown woes.

68-year-old migrant worker travels 1,600 km to UP, dies 30 km from home, tests Covid-positive

Ram Kripal had traveled all the way from Mumbai, in a truck, for 4 days to reach his village in Sant Kabir Nagar. But he died in the last lap.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.