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A municipal police officer wearing a face mask controls pedestrian traffic on Via dei Condotti shopping street in downtown Rome on November 14, 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
November 15, 2020, 3:33 am
Europe tightens virus curbs as global deaths top 1.3 million
Austria and Greece shutter schools; 26 million people in Italy under tight restrictions; 10 COVID-19 patients die in Romania hospital fire
By AFP
Medical workers prepare at a drive-through COVID-19 screening area in the triage of the San Carlo hospital in Milan, Italy, on October 28, 2020. (MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP)
October 28, 2020, 7:20 pm
Over 500,000 virus cases recorded worldwide in new single-day high
Governments rush to reimpose infection-control measures with pandemic having infected more than 44 million people and killed close to 1.2 million, and counting
By Marianne Barriaux and Tania Lee
An Indian health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a man to test for COVID-19 as a woman waits for her turn in Gauhati, India, September 6, 2020. (Anupam Nath/AP)
September 7, 2020, 11:02 am
India becomes COVID-19’s 2nd worst-hit country amid economic pain
90,802 cases added in past day push total past Brazil’s to 4.2 million, now behind only the US, yet government easing restrictions in effort to resuscitate economy
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
Residents stand in a queue to register their names as a health worker collects a swab sample to test for the coronavirus, at a primary health center in Hyderabad on September 4, 2020. (NOAH SEELAM / AFP)
September 5, 2020, 9:57 am
India becomes 3rd country to pass 4 million virus cases, stretching resources
Coronvirus initially ravaged giant cities, but is now in almost every state; hospital beds and health infrastructure at a shortage; Health Ministry reports 1,089 new deaths
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
Muslims wearing face masks beat drums as they take part in a Muharram procession in Kolkata, India on August 30, 2020. (AP/ Bikas Das)
August 30, 2020, 9:32 pm
India records world’s biggest single-day jump in virus cases
New Delhi registers 78,761 infections, raising total tally to 3.5 million, just as government begins to ease restrictions; India now has world’s fastest growing daily caseload
By SHEIKH SAALIQ
A health worker (C) collects a swab sample from a man for Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing center in Siliguri, India, on August 29, 2020. (DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP)
August 30, 2020, 9:56 am
Global virus cases cross 25 million as India sets grim record
India sees highest daily case rate with 78,761 infections; nearly 843,000 have died from coronavirus worldwide; countries tighten restrictions to stem outbreak
By Glenda Kwek
Dotan Borenstein, CEO of SaliCrop, stands next to a tractor distributing carrot seeds for a field trial near the Gaza border, August 23, 2020. (Courtesy)
August 25, 2020, 5:25 pm
Israeli firm develops groundbreaking method to grow seeds in saline soil
With a fifth of world’s agricultural land now too salty for cultivation, SaliCrop trials in India, Israel, see treated seeds yield up to 32% more crops than regular ones
By Sue Surkes
A health worker stands by a wall before taking nasal swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. (AP/Mahesh Kumar A.)
August 23, 2020, 5:59 am
Worldwide coronavirus death toll passes 800,000, doubling in 2 months
Several countries ramp up restrictions as virus cases surge again in western Europe, sparking fears of a fresh wave of infections
By AFP
A net greenhouse in Los Pinos, Mexico, the largest greenhouse tomato project in the country, developed with Israel's Netafim drip irrigation and greenhouse technology. (courtesy, Netafim)
August 10, 2020, 1:59 pm
Netafim gets $85m irrigation deal to help Indian farmers grow onions, beans
Kibbutz-based drip irrigation pioneer has set up ‘irrigation communities’ in India that create economies of scale by connecting farmers to shared infrastructure, tech
By Shoshanna Solomon
An Indian COVID-19 patient provides samples to a medic helping Israel's coronavirus mission to India. (Defense Ministry Spokesperson’s Office)
August 8, 2020, 5:08 pm
Member of Israeli virus research team in India confirmed infected on flight home
Plane continues scheduled route after person tests positive for coronavirus during refueling stop in Ethiopia; Ashkenazi talks with Pompeo, other FMs about coronavirus fight
By TOI staff
File: Shipping containers at Chennai's port in India, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K)
August 8, 2020, 5:05 am
700 metric tons of ammonium nitrate stuck in Indian port
Beirut disaster leads Indian authorities to order swift review of hazardous materials at ports; local officials say compound is safely stored, in process of auction
By AFP
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs the groundbreaking ceremony of a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Ram, in Ayodhya, India, August 5, 2020 (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
August 6, 2020, 8:29 pm
Indian PM lays foundation of Hindu temple at site of razed mosque
Disputes over the site have sparked deadly riots and communal clashes in the past, though Muslim leaders now say they are resigned to the construction of the new house of prayer
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE and ASHOK SHARMA
An Indian COVID-19 patient provides samples to a medic helping Israel's coronavirus mission to India. (Defense Ministry Spokesperson’s Office)
August 5, 2020, 5:23 pm
Determined to build COVID tests of future, Israel collects 20,000 swabs in India
Israel a step closer to developing coronavirus tests that work in ‘tens of seconds,’ officer says, after finding the large population of virus-positive patients needed — in Delhi
By Nathan Jeffay
Demonstrators working in the hospitality industry protest against lockdown regulations in the streets close to Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday July 24, 2020. (AP/Nardus Engelbrecht)
July 26, 2020, 4:48 am
People losing faith in leaders to fight pandemic as virus surges worldwide
Survey shows many no longer think authorities can deal with crisis, leading to resistance to lockdown measures even as record number of new infections recorded two days in a row
By AFP
Boxes of medical equipment in the Foreign Ministry storage room, waiting to be sent to India, July 2020 (courtesy MFA)
July 23, 2020, 2:46 pm
In India, Israel to test tech that can detect virus ‘in minutes’
Plane carrying some 20 Israeli officials and scientists, plus ventilators and novel devices that are not yet produced on a mass scale, to depart for Delhi in coming weeks
By Raphael Ahren
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