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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Topic: South Africa

India suffer 31-run loss after no answer to Bavuma and vd Dussen’s contrasting centuries

Stand-in skipper K.L. Rahul’s first match as ODI captain ended in defeat as South Africa defended a challenging 296 despite flourish from Thakur at the end.

South Africa is done with Covid ‘token gestures’. Its new tack is working and makes sense

South Africa learnt that contact tracing was ineffective in controlling Covid. It explains the new focus on healthcare facilities.

Omicron is driving 3rd wave, but don’t use other countries’ data for Indian trends: CCMB chief

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology director Vinay K. Nandicoori says ‘hybrid immunity’ studies are needed to detect the kinds of population getting infected in every wave.

India can forget about UN development goals unless it stops child marriages — Desmond Tutu in 2012

From his views on Gandhi to India's relationship with South Africa, Tutu spoke about life and more in this 2012 interview to Shekhar Gupta. The 90-year-old Nobel Peace prize laureate died Sunday.

KL Rahul replaces injured Rohit Sharma as India’s vice-captain for South Africa Test series

The appointment shows BCCI is looking at KL Rahul as a long-term potential leader. Earlier, Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the tour due to a recurring left hamstring injury.

South Africa extended national state of disaster 18 times since the pandemic

It is also not sustainable to govern for prolonged periods under such exceptional circumstances as allowed for by emergency legislation.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tests positive for Covid with mild symptoms

Ramaphosa contracted the virus on a day when the country saw a record high of 37,875 new infections overnight, dramatically up from the previous day’s 17,154 cases.

Omicron symptoms mild with or without vaccination, says South Africa doctor who flagged variant

Dr Angelique Coetzee of South African Medical Association says Omicron is 'quite transmissible' but it is not known yet if it is more so than Delta.

South Africa in talks with Pfizer, Merck for Covid pills amid Omicron concerns

South Africa has the highest number of confirmed cases of the Omicron variant, about 3 million, and 90,000 deaths. This is the country's fourth wave of infections.

Vaccine inequity can lead to more Covid variants, waive IP rights immediately, India warns WTO

New variant Omicron has put ‘spotlight’ back on the fact that there exists ‘discrimination between vaccinated and unvaccinated people’, India said at a WTO meet in Geneva.

On Camera

We failed the UP board topper. She should be celebrated, not bullied for her facial hair

The pervasive culture of body shaming, of judging others based on their appearance rather than their character or abilities, is a reflection of the deeper societal fault lines.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.