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Morning digest: Around 15 countries aid India to fight COVID-19; women’s vote a key factor in recent polls, says psephologist, and more

Morning digest: Around 15 countries aid India to fight...

A select list of stories to read before you start your day.

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COVID-19 | Kerala registers a new high at 32,819 cases

COVID-19 | Kerala registers a new high at 32,819 cases

Test positivity rate rises to 23.24%

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Joe Biden reiterates U.S. intention to send India vaccines

Joe Biden reiterates U.S. intention to send India vaccines

He said that the U.S. was sending “a whole series of help” to India including remdesivir...

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Coronavirus | Indian COVID-19 variant found in at least 17 countries, says WHO

Coronavirus | Indian COVID-19 variant found in at least...

The WHO recently listed B.1.617 — which counts several sub-lineages with slightly...

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Three patients die in fire at private hospital in Thane

Three patients die in fire at private hospital in Thane

The fire broke out at the Prime Criticare Hospital at Kausa in Mumbra locality near...

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Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 strikes Assam

Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 strikes Assam

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the Ritcher scale struck Assam early on Wednesday...

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Coronavirus live updates | Odisha sees over 38% jump in cases

Coronavirus live updates | Odisha sees over 38% jump in...

Many countries are sending emergency use equipment to India to fight COVID-19

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Samsung family to pay $10.8 billion in inheritance tax

Samsung family to pay $10.8 billion in inheritance tax

This would be the largest-ever amount in South Korea and more than three times the...

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Arizona Governor signs abortion ban for genetic issues

Arizona Governor signs abortion ban for genetic issues

The measure passed the Republican-controlled Legislature on party-line votes over...

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Chhattisgarh: Naxals kill policeman after abducting him

Chhattisgarh: Naxals kill policeman after abducting him

Murli Tati had come to his home at Palnar when he was abducted by Naxals on April...

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A harrowing experience and an eye-opener

A harrowing experience and an eye-opener

Residents of Mantri Synergy cannot believe it happened to Geetha Viswanathan. She...

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Two of the three abducted ONGC employees rescued

Two of the three abducted ONGC employees rescued

An Army and Assam Rifles team traced the duo in Nagaland’s Mon district.

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Fenced, protected and greened

Fenced, protected and greened

That is what Tansi Nagar Residents Welfare Association has done for a patch along...

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Gated community in Chennai helps home-alone seniors

Gated community in Chennai helps home-alone seniors

Through a programme involving young volunteer-residents from every apartment block

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Support for home-alone seniors

Support for home-alone seniors

Every day between 10 a.m. and noon, Lakshmi Ragunath’s calendar is blocked for what...

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Zimbabwe Air Force helicopter crashes into house, four killed

Zimbabwe Air Force helicopter crashes into house, four...

An Air Force of Zimbabwe helicopter crashed on Friday, killing three crew members...

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‘We’re gonna do this’: Biden closes global summit on climate

‘We’re gonna do this’: Biden closes global summit on climate

Biden’s closing message echoed the sentiments of Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta,...

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CBI books former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on corruption charges

CBI books former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh...

The agency on April 14, 2021 recorded the statement of Deshmukh in connection with...

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Coronavirus: A timely word for the support staff

Coronavirus: A timely word for the support staff

From getting a doctor to talk to them to offering them an extra day’s off, some...

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Madhya Pradesh Cong. MLA Kalawati Bhuria dies of COVID-19

Madhya Pradesh Cong. MLA Kalawati Bhuria dies of COVID-19

Kalawati Bhuria, who represented Jobat assembly constituency in Alirajpur district,...