India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding a gathering last month that authorities say led to a big jump in coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Under India’s caste system Dalits are considered untouchable. The coronavirus is intensifying that slur
Polamma carefully descends the 250 steps from the hilltop slum where she lives in southern India to walk one kilometer to the nearest grocery store. ( read original story ...)
Kohli’s India offered new Adelaide Oval hotel as quarantine base
Adelaide Oval's new $42 million hotel has been offered up as a potential coronavirus quarantine centre for India's touring party next season in a left-field idea put forward to Cricket Australia to ... ( read original story ...)
India seal women’s World Cup berth after Pakistan series scrapped
India have qualified for the 2021 women's World Cup after the International Cricket Council declared that the points from a cancelled series against Pakistan would be shared. Two other final-round ... ( read original story ...)
India coronavirus: All major cities named Covid-19 ‘red zone’ hotspots
Six major Indian cities, including the capital Delhi and the financial capital Mumbai, have been designated "red zones" for the coronavirus. In its guidelines issued on Tuesday, the government divided ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: How India’s Kerala state ‘flattened the curve’
India's first case was reported from Kerala, but since then the state has been been a striking outlier in containing the infection. ( read original story ...)
Don’t Bet on China Filling the Post-COVID Global Leadership Void
For the U.S., the traditional global leader, to be so handicapped amounts to a fundamental change in the dynamics of international politics — which leads into a second key question: Will the relative ... ( read original story ...)
Student known as vocal critic of China faces expulsion from Australian university
The highly unusual disciplinary action is highlighting concerns about Beijing’s sway over colleges that depend on Chinese students. ( read original story ...)
China sees drop in imported coronavirus cases but local infections rise
China reported on Thursday fewer new cases involving travellers arriving from overseas, but locally transmitted infections rose, with the Chinese capital seeing new local cases for the first time in ... ( read original story ...)
China has ‘zero chance’ of acquiring ‘vulnerable’ Europe tech firms as EU urges states to take stakes
Europe has long been an attractive place for Chinese firms looking to invest and acquire, and the recent bout of weakness in stocks, particularly key tech firms, could increase interest. ( read original story ...)