With over 500 people succumbing to the viral infection in the last 22 days, the death toll from Covid-19 in the country crossed the 6,500 mark on Thursday. Bangladesh registered 37 Covid-19 deaths in ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh to get 68M doses of coronavirus vaccine from Gavi
Bangladesh will get 68 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine from the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, a public private health partnership, a South Asian country’s Health Ministry official said. “It will ... ( read original story ...)
Rapists to be Chemically Castrated in Pakistan Under Proposed Sexual Violence Law
The law also allows the fast-tracking of sexual assault cases, as part of a wider effort to address sexual violence against women and children in the in the country. ( read original story ...)
Cher in Pakistan to send off elephant she worked to free
American singer Cher arrived in Pakistan to send off Kaavan, the elephant she has spent years trying to free, before he is moved to a sanctuary in Cambodia on Sunday. The 36-year-old Asian elephant ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia reports record high coronavirus infections and deaths
Indonesia reported a new daily record high of 5,828 new coronavirus infections and 169 deaths on Friday, data from its COVID-19 task force showed. ( read original story ...)
India falls into recession as pandemic weighs on output
India’s economy contracted 7.5 per cent year-on-year in the quarter ending September, taking it into a technical recession as strict lockdown measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic continued ... ( read original story ...)
India farmers allowed to protest in Delhi after clashes
Tens of thousands of farmers from India's Punjab state are marching to capital Delhi to protest reforms they say are against their interests. The farmers pushed barricades as they crossed into ... ( read original story ...)
Australia beat India by 66 runs in first one-day international – as it happened
Centuries from captain Aaron Finch and Steve Smith were followed by four wickets for Adam Zampa in a comfortable win at the SCG ... ( read original story ...)
The Lost Homestead — a story of colonialism and India’s identity
Marina Wheeler charts her mother’s journey from the final days of the Raj to the early days of Indian independence ... ( read original story ...)
Pharma firm in India to make Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
Indian pharmaceutical company Hetero will manufacture over 100 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine per year under the terms of a deal unveiled on Friday between it and Russia's ... ( read original story ...)