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Islamabad, New Delhi spar over treatment of minorities, virus response
Apr 20, 2020 09:47Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is deliberately targeting Muslims in India to divert attention from its poor response to the coronavirus epidemic.
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Three soldiers killed in Kashmir militant attack: India
Apr 19, 2020 05:51Three Indian soldiers have reportedly been killed in a militant attack in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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Children struggling to survive India's lockdown
Apr 18, 2020 03:41With 472 million children, India has the largest child population in the world and campaigners say the coronavirus lockdown has impacted around 40 million children from poor families.
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India’s poor hit hardest as coronavirus lockdown extended
Apr 15, 2020 13:58As coronavirus pandemic grips the entire globe, in some parts of the world it is yet another misery for millions who live hand to mouth. While the majority of businesses in India have been ordered to close, millions of low-paid workers in the private sector are left jobless. These people now have to bear the consequences of a coronavirus lockdown and fight for survival.
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In time of deadly pandemic, India, Pakistan to lift some curbs to help millions
Apr 15, 2020 11:40In a move to help millions of people hit by lockdowns due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the governments in India and Pakistan will allow particular activities to resume.
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Why few next weeks are critical in India’s coronavirus war?
Apr 15, 2020 05:55Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the next three to four weeks would be "critical" to prevent the spread of coronavirus in India. Ever since its first case was confirmed on January 30, India has taken a number of measures to try and combat the coronavirus. It has eased testing eligibility and invoked a draconian 122-year-old colonial-era epidemic diseases law to restrict public gatherings, among other things.
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India extends world's largest virus lockdown to May 3
Apr 14, 2020 08:43India's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday.
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Indian migrant workers living in squalid conditions in UAE susceptible to coronavirus infection
Apr 14, 2020 06:42The Chief Minister of India’s Kerala State has voiced alarm at the risks facing migrant workers from the region in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid the coronavirus pandemic, citing reports of “inadequate” quarantine facilities and “ineffective” preventative measures in the Persian Gulf country.
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Four civilians killed in exchange of fire between India, Pakistan troops in Kashmir
Apr 14, 2020 01:15At least, four civilians, including a two-year-old boy, have been killed during an exchange of fire between troops of Pakistan and India across the restive Line of Control (LoC) that divides Kashmir between the two countries.
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Muslims attacked, 'nearly lynched' amid coronavirus rumors in India: Report
Apr 13, 2020 09:44The coronavirus outbreak has sparked a spree of anti-Muslim attacks across India, with the Health Ministry of the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi claiming that Muslims are spreading the virus.