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A Student Faked a COVID Outbreak In Her School to Avoid an Exam
The student circulated fake news of 13 students testing positive after coming to the school for a practical exam.
Some Indians Are Trying To Make Coronavirus Vaccines at Home
India is currently undertaking the world’s largest vaccination drive of its kind.
Indian Students Are Anxious As Some States Reopen Schools Amid COVID-19 Surge
Schools will operate with 50 percent staff capacity and require permission slips from parents.
Indian Politician Who Claimed Mud Baths and Blowing Conch Shells Made Him Immune To Coronavirus Tested Positive
Indian lawmakers who advocated bizarre cures for COVID-19 are now getting infected.
COVID-19 Patients Keep Fleeing From Hospitals in India
Misinformation and stigma around the novel coronavirus has led to more than 100 patients fleeing from COVID-19 care facilities.
This Platform Is Crowdsourcing Information To Visualise How COVID-19 Has Impacted the World
Covid Measures is a citizens’ tracker of governmental measures, guidelines, and human impact of coronavirus with a presence in more than 140 countries globally.
Venezuela's Iconic Motorbike Taxis are Running out of Gas
A staple of Caracas street life is fading as drivers navigate gas shortages and corruption during the COVID lockdown.
Aspiring Indian Doctors and Engineers Protest Entrance Exams By Spamming PM Modi's YouTube Video
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recently uploaded YouTube video has more than 880,000 dislikes, as students push to postpone exams in the country with the highest daily tally of COVID-19 cases.
13 Clubbers Flouting Lockdown Killed in Police Raid, Stampede in Peru
Officials called the incident "willful homicide motivated by profit,” but survivors questioned police tactics during the raid.
Police Nab A Hospital Owner Selling Fake COVID-19 Negative Results
The scam casts doubt on not just official figures of coronavirus patients in the region, but also people’s confidence in the testing process.
The Face of India’s Virus Awareness Campaign Has COVID-19. His VIP Treatment Highlights The Inequality in Healthcare Access
Indian film legend Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek were admitted to an isolation facility with mild symptoms, even as patients needing critical care are unable to access medical treatment.
Pets Continue to be Abandoned in India. Now, Animal Rescuers are Working Overtime
Many bored people got pets to serve as pandemic companions. Then, while some realised keeping a pet is not as easy as they thought, some others were hit by a financial downturn.