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India records below 100,000 COVID-19 infections for four straight days
Jun 11, 2021 08:43Indian authorities have registered 91,702 new cases of the coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours with the total number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic reaching 29,274,823.
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Vietnam detects new COVID-19 variant comprising of Indian, British strains
May 31, 2021 02:36Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the UK, the Vietnamese health minister said.
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Cyclone Yaas batters eastern India, 1.2 million seek shelter
May 26, 2021 08:39Heavy rains and howling winds lashed eastern India on Wednesday as the COVID-stricken country's second cyclone in as many weeks battered the coast, forcing more than 1.2 million people to seek shelter.
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India's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 300,000
May 24, 2021 11:36India's COVID-19 death toll has topped 300,000 amid New Delhi’s efforts to contain the huge outbreak of the coronavirus.
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Refiners in Europe, India preparing to buy Iranian oil: Report
May 20, 2021 00:59At least one refiner in Europe and four in India are making preparations to resume oil imports from Iran in case the country reaches an agreement with world powers to revive a 2015 international nuclear agreement, according to a Wednesday report by Reuters news agency.
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India reports record 4,529 daily COVID-19 deaths
May 19, 2021 05:06India on Wednesday reported a record 4,529 coronavirus deaths in a single day even as the number of new cases in its devastating new wave fell.
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Iran ditches Indian companies, awards gas field contract to Petropars
May 18, 2021 01:17Iran has finally decided the fate of Farzad B, an untapped gas reserve in the Persian Gulf which is shared with Saudi Arabia, as a domestic company takes on to develop the gas field after original contractors from India failed to kick off the job.
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India accounts for half of last week's newly confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide: WHO
May 14, 2021 00:02India accounted for 50 percent of the newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 30 percent of related deaths worldwide over the past week, while the situation in its neighboring countries also raised grave international concerns, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
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India’s COVID-19 deaths break daily record to pass 250,000 mark
May 12, 2021 11:30India’s coronavirus deaths crossed a quarter million on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as the disease rampaged through the countryside, overloading a fragile rural healthcare system.
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India sets new COVID-19 record, WHO warns of threat to globe
May 11, 2021 12:06The weekly average number of COVID-19 infections in India has hit a new record, as World Health Organization (WHO) authorities warn that the country’s variant of the virus poses a global threat.