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Everything you need to know about the newest Covid strain

The new Arcturus variant is said to be more infectious

Belfast Live

After seven long years, India to have national squad in men’s & women’s golf; IGU does away with practice of holding selection trials

NEW DELHI: After seven long years, Indian golf will have its own full-fledged national squad in gentlemen, ladies and junior boys and girls categories which will participate across all major international amateur competitions, including the prestigious World Team event, British Championships and Queen Sirikit Cup, among others.

The Times of India

India’s manual scavengers: ‘They drink because they can’t stand the smell’

Waist-deep in sewage, wearing no safety gear, heavily intoxicated to withstand the stench: these are India’s so-called “manual scavengers”, paid scant wages to carry out a job that is illegal and dangerous. Videos shared with the FRANCE 24 Observers team show how manual scavenging is still occurring in India, allowing…

France 24

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Bus crash horror sees 13 members of music troupe killed and 29 injured

Rescuers helped the badly injured from the bus wreckage before they were sent to hospital, with the cause of Saturday's crash near Mumbai in western India not yet known

Daily Mirror

Covid Arcturus news – latest: True origins ‘may never be revealed’ as new variant cases soar in India

Indian government sources say the disease is moving towards the endemic stage

The Independent UK

An elegant retelling of an extraordinary life: Revisiting Shashi Tharoor’s book on Ambedkar

The life, struggle and work of Dr BR Ambedkar has of late engaged wide-ranging scholarly reflections as well as biographies. In the last few weeks alone, for instance, such exercises have ranged from an account of expansive breadth to the specific focus of an academic study.

Newslaundry

Arcturus: What do we know about the new Covid variant?

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 22 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

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Bus with musicians crashes in western India, killing 13

A passenger bus carrying dozens of members of a music troupe has fallen into a gorge in western India, killing 13 people and injuring 29

The Independent UK

Jasprit Bumrah begins rehab at NCA; Shreyas Iyer's back surgery scheduled next well

After a successful lower back surgery in New Zealand, India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is now in rehabilitation mode at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, the BCCI said in a medical update on Saturday.

The Times of India

Jasprit Bumrah begins rehab at NCA, Shreyas Iyer's back surgery scheduled next week

The Times of India

No data, questions ignored, sports used for ‘propaganda’: The trials of the modern Indian journalist

In India, the “good old days” of journalism weren’t that great. News was dangerous during the Emergency and governments did their best to stifle the free press, such as former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra’s 1982 Bihar Press Bill.

Newslaundry

Hafta letters: Orwell’s 1984, bigotry, audio interviews

There appears to be a deliberate attempt to tar only the majority community in your podcast. This is especially true of one senior panelist from whom I have yet to get one adverse comment on the minority community's provocation in riots. I wish this position is corrected and fair debate…

Newslaundry

Kerala's Ann Mary is 5th Indian to get NCAA call, a step away from WNBA

NAGPUR: Ann Mary Zachariah averaged 15.4 points per game in her first collegiate season at the junior level in the US and took a giant leap towards realizing her dream of playing in the world's best basketball league for women - the WNBA.

The Times of India

IPL 2023: Having been in the same situation, Nicholas Pooran knows what Rishabh Pant is going through

Eight years ago, Nicholas Pooran was involved in a car accident, after which he was hospitalized and it took him six months in recovery phase before he was able to walk again. So the West Indian batter, who is playing for Lucknow Super Giants in the ongoing IPL, knows what…

The Times of India

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Daily Mirror

Sniffing an orange or coffee twice a day may help to reverse long Covid loss of smell

A study has found for the first time that people with long anosmia have suffered a form of rewiring of the brain and could use a method called olfactory training to help beat the debilitating problem

The Independent UK

Bridge collapse in Kashmir kills girl, injures at least 70

Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir say an overcrowded footbridge collapsed into a rocky river, injuring at least 70 people and killing a 10-year-old girl

Barchart

Sugar Prices Settle Mixed as May London Sugar Contract Expires

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK23 ) on Friday closed up +0.06 (+0.25%), and May London white sugar #5 (SWK23 ) closed down -7.20 (-1.04%). Sugar prices Friday settled mixed. London sugar erased early gains and closed lower as deliveries of the May London sugar contract that expired Friday were...

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The 30-year-old Man Determined To Reshape South Asia

Amritsar Singh's location remains a mystery, yet his political presence is felt throughout the region.

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The Times of India

From net bowler last season to man of the moment for Gujarat Titans: Mohit Sharma finding his feet again

NEW DELHI: Smashed for 84 runs in just seven overs by top South African batters on October 25, 2015, Mohit Sharma virtually went off radar after the last of his 34 appearances for India.

Fortune

‘Arcturus,’ a COVID variant sweeping India, is now in the U.S., the CDC says—and it's coming in hot. What it means for the future of the pandemic

XBB.1.16, dubbed "Arcturus" by variant trackers, is estimated to be behind 7% of COVID cases in the country this week.

The Conversation

India: Rahul Gandhi's defamation trial highlights drift away from democracy under Narendra Modi

Rahul Gandhi, India’s most prominent opposition leader and the principal adversary of the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, was recently disqualified as a member of parliament. This came after Gandhi was found guilty of defamation for comment he made about Modi’s surname at a rally in 2019.

France 24

Challenges ahead as India overtakes China as world's most populous nation

India is overtaking China this Friday as the world's most populous country. With 1.4 billion people and counting, India's population is not expected to peak for decades. We take a look at what life is like in the country and what lessons India can learn from neighbouring China. The challenges…

Reuters

India says new IT fact-checking unit will not censor journalism

A proposed Indian government unit to fact-check news on social media is not about censoring journalism nor will it have any impact on media reportage, a federal minister said on Friday.

Wales Online

Expert answers questions about new Arcturus Covid variant as fresh symptom emerges

The new variant has seen officials in India reintroduced mask rules

Irish Mirror

New Covid variant Arcturus has rare symptom, doctor explains, as first cases found in UK

A more infectious Covid variant has been surging in India, while cases have also been confirmed in the UK, and a doctor has revealed an unusual symptom that has been found

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