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India ‘won’t review’ decision not to join RCEP as members prepare to sign pact by 2020-end

India has decided it won’t join any trade deal that has China as a member. But RCEP member nations are likely to sign deal despite Beijing’s belligerence.

Indian High Commission in New Zealand was secretly raided in 1989, 1991 by spy agencies: Report

A report by Radio New Zealand said raids were conducted to take photographs of code books used to encrypt communications between Indian government officials and its diplomats.

Filmmakers are returning to shoot in New Zealand as it emerges as Covid-free haven

James Cameron's return to New Zealand to shoot his Avatar sequel shows how the country can leverage its new super power ⁠— being Covid-free ⁠— to boost economy.

New Zealand PM Ardern calls in military after Covid quarantine bungle

New Zealand, which had declared it was Covid free, saw new cases after 2 sisters, who returned from UK, were allowed to leave quarantine early without a Covid test.

Eating out in a post-Covid world, and Amit Shah’s peek-a-boo

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

Of Brazil’s missing data, virus-free New Zealand, stranded ships & other global 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 Zealand eliminates coronavirus as active cases touch zero

New Zealand is one of the few countries in the world to have successfully eradicated the pathogen, and the first among those that suffered a sizable outbreak.

New Zealand now has 95% chance of eliminating coronavirus

As of June 4, New Zealand has had 20 consecutive days of zero new cases, with only one active case remaining. But some cases may emerge soon as rules are relaxed.

We’re trying to find a way to get India into RCEP free trade bloc, New Zealand says

RCEP free trade bloc of 15 countries will play a key role as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupts global trade, New Zealand says.

China raises defence spending, 30,000 UK pubs face closure & other global 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.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?