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US Senator's plan to tackle China mentions India as strategic partner

The prominent suggestions are moving manufacturing chain from China and deepening military-strategic ties India, Vietnam and Taiwan

Covid-19 Factoid: India's cases are doubling at one of the fastest rates

In a positive sign, meanwhile, the share of recoveries in total closed cases is rising rapidly, and that of deaths is reducing gradually

EU's revised list includes Mauritius among high risk jurisdictions

Impact on India investments via Mauritius likely to be minimal

In a tit-for-tat move, Pak media starts giving J&K weather updates

Radio Pakistan has special Kashmir coverage and a part of its webpage is dedicated to news from Jammu and Kashmir

Over 33 million people internally displaced in 2019, 5 milion in India: UN

Almost 10 million new displacements in 2019 were recorded in East Asia and the Pacific (39%), 9.5 million in South Asia and 12 million in Middle East and North Africa

India offers land twice Luxembourg's size to companies leaving China

Land has been one of the biggest impediments for companies looking to invest in India, with the plans of Saudi Aramco to Posco frustrated by delays in acquisition

India benefits from low-cost oil, fills 32 mn tonnes of commercial storage

India, the world's third biggest oil importer, buys over 80% of its oil needs from overseas markets. The nation has annual refining capacity of about 250 million tonnes

Cure.fit lays off 10% of its trainers, other staff; cuts pay across board

Sources also said that, these employees are asked to either resign with effect from May 1 or even by the end of May as an extra month would be added to their work experience if they want

Covid-19 Factoid: India's confirmed cases have tripled during Lockdown 2.0

The US seems to have gone the Europe way in trajectory of Covid-19 infections - both took about 40 days to reach 1 million cases - but its death toll has been much less

PM Modi discusses Covid-19 situation with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi

The leaders discussed the evolving Covid-19 scenario in the domestic and regional contexts and updated each other on the steps being taken to control the spread of the pandemic

Covid-19 Factoid: Some worrying signs from India, Qatar and elsewhere

While India has seen its biggest single-day jump in cases, cases being added daily in Qatar has nearly doubled; the global death toll has taken just 15 days to rise from 100,000 to 200,000

India records lowest daily growth rate of new Covid-19 cases: Govt

The GoM was informed that domestic manufacturers, which were identified earlier, have already started producing PPE kits and masks, and that an adequate quantity of the same was available

India gears up for patient trials on 20 different drugs for Covid-19

Local pharma units have already started work on developing patented drugs, some have already approached regulator for approvals

Covid-19 Factoid: India took just four days to add 5,000 coronavirus cases

While the rate at which new daily deaths get added to the global toll has been declining consistently, France, the fourth most affected country has shown some clear signs of improvement

Six Indian cos working on Covid-19 vaccine; ramp up testing, say experts

As Covid-19 infects more than 1.9 million in the world and claims 1,26,000 lives, Indian scientists are also part of the global fight against the disease

Story in Numbers: India's Covid rate is far lower than other countries

But for every 100 tests conducted, fewer tests in India are showing positive compared to other countries.

Covid-19: India to export HCQ to foreign govts, not private firms: Report

In a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, US President Donald Trump had sought supply of hydroxychloroquine to the US

To fight Covid-19, India will need 15 mn PPEs, 50,000 ventilators by June

The government conveyed the numbers to industry representatives, according to a report

PM's video message and the latest on Covid-19 outbreak

The video came after the Prime Minister held a meeting via video-conference with all the chief ministers in the country on the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown

Covid-19 lockdown: US begins repatriation of its citizens stranded in India

There are more than 80 flights scheduled or in the planning stages from various locations.