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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Topic: New York

Nirav Modi’s brother Nehal charged for committing fraud worth $2.6 million in New York

Nehal Modi is indicted for obtaining diamonds from one of the world's biggest firms LLD on favourable terms, and then liquidating them for his own ends.

Japan expects fewer births in 2021, New York braces for possible second wave & 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.

‘Will never forget the sound of bodies smashing on ground’ — 9/11 survivor, 19 years later

Edouard Pierre Goubert worked in the North Tower of the World Trade Center when it was hit by two hijacked planes on Tuesday, 11 September 2001.

Covid death rates in New York city could exceed 1918 Spanish Flu mortalities

The full report for 2020 won’t be ready for a couple of years, but there’s enough data available now to estimate how Covid might rank among the pestilences that have beset NYC.

Mexico moves to ban junk food for children, China holds secret high-level meet & 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.

New York launches national ad campaign to promote masks

Titled 'Mask Up America', the ad features celebrities such as Robert De Niro, Jamie Foxx and Ellen Pompeo, and arrives as many people still refuse to wear masks in public.

New York City records no Covid deaths for the first time since March

The milestone marked the end of a four-month stretch since New York City reported its first Covid fatality on 11 March. NYC has reported 18,670 confirmed Covid deaths.

New Yorkers are so bored they’re splurging on firecrackers to entertain themselves

There were 11,275 fireworks complaints in the first 21 days of June, compared with 28 in the same period last year, according to city data.

Mumbai is now India’s national Covid epicentre, but it is not what New York City is to US

In episode 482 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta looks at Covid data from Maharashtra and Mumbai, which has become the epicentre of coronavirus in India.

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Satish Tripathi on New York Governor’s commission to revive economy

The ‘Blue-Ribbon Commission’ aims to focus on plans that will jump-start New York's crippling economy hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.