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Taiwan offers China with ‘necessary assistance’ to deal with Covid surge amid tension

President Tsai Ing-wen said everyone had seen the rise in cases in China, which views Taipei as its own territory and has ramped up military pressure to assert those claims.

Agriculture growth crossed pre-pandemic levels this year, but other sectors are still lagging

Government data shows that India’s GDP was 5.6% higher in first half of 2022 than in same period of 2019, but not all sectors are growing at the same pace.

If gnomes form a conga line, is it g(e)nom(e) sequencing? And birds of a feather probe together

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Paracetamol, azithromycin, dexamethasone — India now makes raw materials of drugs to manage Covid

The country is currently importing active pharmaceutical ingredients worth Rs 35,000 crore and exporting these raw materials worth Rs 33,000 crore, according to officials.

76% Indians want mandatory mask rule inside malls, cinema halls, places of worship, finds survey

Amid a surge in Covid cases across China, the survey by LocalCircles also found that 57% Indians support compulsory masking inside aircraft and in airports.

39 international passengers test Covid+ in 2 days, India may see spike in Jan, say officials

Official sources also said the next 40 days would be crucial going by trends; the country has already stepped up surveillance to thwart a possible wave.

Japan marks record 415 Covid-19 deaths, highest- ever count for a single day

In the past week, Japan had the world's largest confirmed Covid-19 infections & the second-most deaths after the US, according to a tally by the WHO.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold back-to-back high-level meetings on Leh-Ladakh, J&K

The meetings, to be held in the North Block office of the Ministry of Home Affairs, will be attended by the lieutenant governors of both union territories of Ladakh, J&K.

2022 was the year we learned to move on

If there is one thing that even the virus couldn’t stop, it was the politics—over the virus, with the virus, after the virus.

Bharat Biotech’s Covid nasal vaccine to be sold for Rs 325 at govt hospitals, Rs 800 at private

The Union health ministry said that those who have previously taken Covishield and Covaxin could take the nasal vaccine as a heterologous booster dose.

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Vietnam & China cutting into India’s footwear exports, NITI Aayog calls for tariff cuts, R&D push

With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.