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Indian city sets out with facial recognition to identify harassed women

Editorial Bureau January 22, 2021

LUCKNOW (INDIA) – A plan to keep a track of women’s expressions with facial recognition technology to prevent street harassment in a north Indian city, will result in intrusive policing and privacy violations, digital rights experts cautioned on Friday. In Lucknow, about 500

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India joins ‘world’s biggest vaccination drive’, with its COVID-19 shots

Editorial Bureau January 12, 2021

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (INDIA) – Indian airlines has begun delivery of the batches of COVID-19 vaccines across the country on Tuesday. With this, India would be getting ready for the launch of a campaign, offering shots to 1.3 billion people, which according to officials, is the world’s biggest vaccination drive. Authorities are planning to vaccinate 300 […]

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India drug regulator gives approval for AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, in its first – sources

Ren Leen January 1, 2021

NEW DELHI (DELHI) – India’s drug regulator on Friday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, two sources with knowledge of the matter told. The decision clears the vaccine’s rollout in the world’s second-most populous country which, after the United States, has the highest number of COVID-19

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Pollution deaths in India increased to 1.67 million in 2019 -Lancet

Editorial Bureau December 22, 2020

NEW DELHI (INDIA) – Toxic air killed more people in India in 2019 than in 2017, The Lancet said in a report shared by the government on Tuesday, with 1.67 million deaths accounting for 18% of all fatalities. India, whose cities top global pollution lists, faces a growing economic as well as human toll from […]

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Five with coronavirus found on UK flight to India, taken for testing strain

Editorial Bureau December 22, 2020

MUMBAI (INDIA) – A government official said on Tuesday that five people arriving in India from Britain have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. However, it was not yet clear if they carried a highly infectious new strain of the virus. India has the second-highest number of infections in the world after the United States, […]

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India reports 24,337 new coronavirus cases

Ren Leen December 21, 2020

MUMBAI (INDIA) – India has recorded 24,337 new cases of the novel coronavirus, as shown by health ministry data on Monday, taking its tally to 10.06 million infections. India’s total number of infections surpassed 10 million milestone on Saturday, however, it was noted that the rate of new infections has slowed considerably since a September […]

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India touches 10 million coronavirus cases but shows signs of slowing down

Editorial Bureau December 19, 2020

MUMBAI (INDIA) – India surpassed 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday. What came as a good news is that it has touched this number much later than predicted only a month ago indicating that the pace of infections has been slow. India reported 25,152 new infections and 347 deaths in the past […]

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Farmers’ agitation in India gains momentum as deadlock over new farm laws continues

Editorial Bureau December 13, 2020

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (INDIA) – On Sunday, tens of thousands of farmers in India intensified their agitations against three controversial agricultural laws which aim to revamp food grain procurement and pricing rules by enabling private players to have direct access to the agrarian sector. The capital, New Delhi, witnessed irate farmers staging demonstrations on its

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Indian government consider more concessions amid intense farmers protests

Editorial Bureau December 10, 2020

NEW DELHI (INDIA) – India’s agriculture minister said on Thursday the government was ready to consider further changes to divisive reforms that have triggered the biggest protests by farmers in years. Narendra Singh Tomar urged farmers’ leaders to come in for another round of talks to end the impasse over new agricultural legislation the government […]

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India may bring changes to farm reform in pursuit of ending protests

Editorial Bureau December 9, 2020

NEW DELHI (INDIA) – India’s government will mull over amending reforms that have triggered protests by farmers whose minds were plagued with the thought of the end of guaranteed crop prices. However, it will not abandon the plan, a government official said on Wednesday. Farmers have been demonstrating for two weeks against the deregulation that […]