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Covid spread & mortality seems to increase with air pollution, says study of Dutch provinces

Authors of study accept they could not conclusively establish causation or state that more severe Covid-19 cases are a result of worsening air pollution.

How the Dutch mastered work from home, climate change during lockdown & other Covid news

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

Dutch govt orders culling of 10,000 mink to prevent spread of coronavirus

In May, WHO had identified possible animal-to-human transmission of Covid-19 from the Dutch mink to their farmers. This was the first instance of such a transmission.

Netherlands moves to reopen businesses a week ahead as economies come alive across Europe

Amid sentiment that Europe has seen the worst of the Covid pandemic, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said they were doing this as quickly as possible, but responsibly.

Netherlands recalls 600,000 China-made masks from its hospitals over poor quality

Netherlands becomes the latest country after Spain and Czech Republic to claim Chinese medical supplies are defective.

Beyond speech, Modi must open govt purse for poorer Indians, businesses affected by COVID-19

I have extended my wholehearted support to Modi govt in its initiatives to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. Now the Centre must take care of those affected financially: Shashi Tharoor

In Pictures: Dutch King and Queen kickstart their India tour at Rashtrapati Bhavan

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima were received by Prime Minister Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremonial reception in New Delhi.

Dutch burqa ban exposes Muslim women to attacks

It’s normal for a country’s laws to demand that a person be recognizable. But society cannot demand fully open communication from someone who may not want it at all times.

Imran Khan faces big protest today from hardline Islamist group

Tehreek-e-Labbaik, which performed well in Pakistan’s elections last month, plans to protest a Dutch politician critical of Prophet Mohammed.

France is building a village for people with Alzheimer’s

The Alzheimer's village will be designed to aid residents' sense of direction, visual bearings and memory.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

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.