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India's per capita income doubles since 2014-15

NEW DELHI: India's per capita income has doubled to Rs 1,72,000 in nominal terms since the Narendra Modi-led NDA government came to power in 2014-15, according to the National Statistical Office (NSO).

The Times of India

The public should have been told about Surge Centre concerns

Taxpayers paid $14 million for the centre.

The Canberra Times

Resistance to mega-tourism is rising in the South Pacific – but will governments put words into action?

With COVID-19 travel restrictions largely a thing of the past for Australian and New Zealand tourists, Pacific destinations are enjoying the return of visitors – albeit at a slower pace than in other parts of the world.

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Johnson ‘nationally distrusted’, said top civil servant in new Hancock leak

The UK’s top civil servant described Boris Johnson as a ‘nationally distrusted figure’ during the Covid pandemic, according to leaked messages.

The Independent UK

Experts blame COVID after nearly 20,000 extra deaths

COVID-19 has been identified as the cause of 10,300 "excess" deaths in 2022, with researchers suspecting the virus may have been behind many more.

AAP

WhatsApps show Matt Hancock desperately tried to take credit for the coronavirus vaccine

In one leaked WhatsApp message, Matt Hancock warned “It MUST NOT be Alok!” as he insisted he should get publicity rather than business secretary Sir Alok Sharma

Daily Mirror

Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now

At Fremantle Prison in the 1850s, when metal was scarce, the prison gate and handrails were made from iron recovered from sunken ships. As I toured the prison recently, I reflected on how similar the situation was when COVID-19 disrupted building supply chains across Australia. The shortage of materials such…

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'Not suitable for treatment': FOI documents reveal Garran Surge Centre fears

Documents show concerns about ventilation and airflow at the centre.

The Canberra Times

Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages: what are the latest disclosures?

Leak has provided unique insight into how UK government operated at height of the Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Top civil servant warned Boris Johnson was ‘nationally distrusted’, WhatsApp leak reveals

Simon Case’s remarks about lack of trust in then-PM emerge from conversation with Matt Hancock

The Independent UK

Viruses hiding out in patients hold answers to long COVID

Tracking microbes through a malodorous network of sewer lines led virologist Marc Johnson to the source of unusual coronavirus mutants.

Tribune News Service

Whitehall chief admitted Boris Johnson is 'nationally distrusted' in leaked WhatsApps

Britain's top civil servant Simon Case suggested the public needed to be told to isolate if they had Covid by 'trusted local figures, not nationally distrusted figures like the PM' in October 2020

Daily Mirror

Idaho dropped thousands from Medicaid in the pandemic’s first years. It offers a preview of what could happen nationwide

During the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, while the federal government was trying to prevent people on Medicaid from losing health coverage, Idaho dropped nearly 10,000 people from the safety-net program.

Tribune News Service

Matt Hancock plotted to oust NHS England chief, WhatsApp leak shows

Former health secretary conspired with Dominic Cummings to remove Simon Stevens in early 2020

The Guardian - UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

China’s Return, Price Ceiling Are Two Challenges to Global Energy Market Balance

Cornelia Meyer, macro-economist, energy expert and advisor to OPEC, said the reopening of China following the zero-Covid-19 policy and the price ceilings imposed on the purchase of energy products from Russia will pose challenges to the balance of the global energy market. She also expected the demand for gas to…

Birmingham Post

Arco's new chief executive has set to work on long-term growth strategy for proud Hull firm - big interview

Guy Bruce spoke to David Laister following latest results release

The New Daily

From cost of living to COVID, changing fortunes lead to crisis for animal rescue shelters

Rescue shelters across Australia are full with animals in need of new homes, as cost of living pressures and COVID freedoms impact pets.

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak accused of Eat out to Help Out 'cover up' as WhatsApps show Covid fears

Leaked messages allege that Mr Hancock said he'd kept concerns about the scheme 'out of the news' and on another occasion he joked to his aide: 'He [Sunak] hasn’t launched another eat out to help the virus get about has he?'

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The Independent UK

Matt Hancock wanted to ‘frighten the pants off’ public about Covid strain, leaked messages show

Latest messages show ex-health secretary was worried Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme was contributing to the spread of Covid

Daily Mirror

Daughter shares final messages with dad before he died alone in Covid pandemic

Sonya's dad didn't respond to her final message before he passed away at the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020 and she has blasted rule-breaking Tories who stopped her "last goodbye"

The Guardian - UK

Anti-lockdowners are out in force, filling a Covid inquiry gap with bogus ideology

Matt Hancock’s leaked messages are not the evidence we are waiting for. A government report into its own pandemic response is overdue

The Guardian - US

Trust the Plan review: How QAnon – and Trump – unhinged America

Will Sommer of the Daily Beast paints a troubling picture of a conspiracy theory showing few signs of decline

WEKU

Pushing for a post-COVID rebound, China targets GDP growth of 'around 5%' this year

Outgoing premier Li Keqiang told delegates at the National People's Congress that China is aiming to rebound economically after COVID slowed them down

Bangkok Post

Thailand spent B444bn in 3 years to fight pandemic

Thailand spent a total of 444 billion baht ($12.8 billion) on public health during the three years of the pandemic to contain the spread of Covid-19 and vaccinate its population, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

Daily Mirror

WhatsApps show Hancock wanted to 'deploy' new Covid variant to 'frighten pants off' public

WhatsApp messages showing the inner workings of the Health Secretary's team at the height of the pandemic were leaked to reporters, including a suggestion from Hancock that they declare a new strain

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