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UK adds loss of smell and taste to COVID-19 symptom list

Published On: May 18, 2020 04:26 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, May 18: The United Kingdom has added the loss of smell and taste to its official list of COVID-19 symptoms including fever and new continuous cough - a step that it hopes could help pick up about 2 percent more cases of novel coronavirus.

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India evacuates thousands threatened by cyclone amid coronavirus pandemic

Published On: May 18, 2020 02:35 PM NPT By: Reuters

BHUBANESWAR/KOLKATA, India, May 18: India began evacuating thousands of villagers and halted port operations ahead of a cyclone expected to hit its east coast this week, officials said on Monday, piling pressure on emergency services grappling with the coronavirus pandemic.

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India extends lockdown to May 31, to relax rules in some areas

Published On: May 18, 2020 01:29 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, May 18: India on Sunday extended a nationwide lockdown to May 31, as cases exceeded 90,000 and further clashes erupted between police and stranded migrants.

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India's disaster management authority seeks lockdown extension to May 31

Published On: May 17, 2020 07:50 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, May 17: India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) asked the government on Sunday to extend a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus to May 31, as cases exceeded 90,000 and further clashes erupted between police and stranded migrants.

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Sporting world focussed on Germany as Bundesliga resumes

Published On: May 16, 2020 06:49 PM NPT By: Reuters

BERLIN, May 16: The gaze of the sporting world will fall on Germany this weekend as the Bundesliga becomes the first major soccer league to emerge from the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in Paris region - French justice ministry

Published On: May 16, 2020 04:14 PM NPT By: Reuters

PARIS, May 16: Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga was arrested on Saturday in the Paris region, the French Justice Ministry said.

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Caught in India's lockdown, 23 migrants die in truck crash going home

Published On: May 16, 2020 01:18 PM NPT By: Reuters

LUCKNOW, India, May 16: A truck crammed with migrant labourers trying to reach their distant homes amid a nationwide lockdown crashed in northern India on Saturday, killing at least 23 and injuring 35.

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India's coronavirus infections surpass China, but contagion slowing

Published On: May 16, 2020 12:12 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, May 16: India’s total novel corornavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the pandemic originated last year, though a strict lockdown enforced since late March has reduced the rate of contagion.

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Fearing second wave, China's Wuhan ramps up coronavirus tests

Published On: May 15, 2020 08:14 PM NPT By: Reuters

WUHAN, CHINA, May 15: Authorities in Wuhan have tested over 3 million residents for the coronavirus in April and May and aim to test all of the rest, state media said, as the city at the epicentre of the original outbreak faces the threat of a second wave of infections.

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India to provide free food grains to millions of migrant workers

Published On: May 15, 2020 02:34 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, May 15: India will provide free food grains to millions of migrant workers hardest hit by a weeks-long lockdown as well as offer employment under a rural jobs program, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.

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Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 300,000

Published On: May 15, 2020 01:36 PM NPT By: Reuters

CHICAGO/SYDNEY, May 15: Global coronavirus deaths passed 300,000 on Thursday as infections approached 4.5 million, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States responsible for more than a quarter of all fatalities.

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Trump says pandemic clouds U.S.-China trade deal

Published On: May 14, 2020 09:07 PM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, May 14: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was very disappointed in China over its failure to contain the novel coronavirus, saying the worldwide pandemic cast a pall over his trade deal with Beijing.

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Truck bomb in eastern Afghan city kills five, Taliban claim responsibility

Published On: May 14, 2020 01:51 PM NPT By: Reuters

JALALABAD/KABUL, May 14: A truck packed with explosives blew up near a court in the eastern Afghan city of Gardez on Thursday, killing at least five people in an attack claimed by Taliban insurgents.

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Newborns among 16 dead in Kabul hospital attack; 24 killed in funeral bombing

Published On: May 13, 2020 12:45 PM NPT By: Reuters

KABUL/JALALABAD, May 13: Gunmen disguised as police attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing 16 people including two newborn babies from a maternity clinic run by the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.

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Indian PM Modi announces $266 billion economic package after coronavirus hit

Published On: May 12, 2020 09:34 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, May 12: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 20 trillion rupee ($266 billion) support package for India’s economy on Tuesday to help mitigate the damage caused by the novel coronavirus and the lockdown it has triggered.

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Dubai turns world's tallest building into coronavirus charity box

Published On: May 12, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

DUBAI, May 12: The world’s tallest building, Dubai’s 828-metre Burj Khalifa, has become a glowing charity donation box, raising money for food for United Arab Emirates residents suffering the economic impact of the new coronavirus pandemic.

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India's packed trains ready to roll again despite rising coronavirus cases

Published On: May 12, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, May 12: Tens of thousands of people have booked out seats on Indian trains that are due to restart on Tuesday after a near seven-week lockdown, raising concerns of spreading the coronavirus in the absence of social distancing.

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Worldwide coronavirus cases pass 4.19 million, death toll over 285,100

Published On: May 12, 2020 12:43 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, May 12: More than 4.19 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 285,120 have died, according to a Reuters tally.

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India looks to ease lockdown even as coronavirus infections jump

Published On: May 12, 2020 11:04 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, May 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday the country would look to ease a nearly seven-week lockdown aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, despite also reporting its biggest single-day jump in cases.

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WHO says 'extreme vigilance' needed in exit from lockdowns

Published On: May 12, 2020 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA, May 12: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that “extreme vigilance” was needed as countries begin to exit from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, amid global concerns about a second wave of infections.

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