The Financial Express

Back to the paddy fields. Covid smashes Indian middle-class dreams

Until late March, Ashish Kumar was helping to make plastic boxes for Ferrero Rocher praline chocolates and the plastic spoons tucked inside Kinder Joy eggs to scoop out the milky sweet cream inside. With a diploma in plastic mould technology,...

South Korea battles worst virus outbreak in months

South Korea warned on Monday of a looming novel coronavirus...

India's Congress seeks probe into Facebook's treatment of BJP

India’s main opposition Congress party called on Sunday for a...

New Zealand’s Ardern postpones election as coronavirus flares up

New Zealand’s prime minister postponed the country’s general election on...

Telephone lines between UAE, Israel open

Telephone lines between the United Arab Emirates and Israel were...

Hundreds join Thai anti-government protest

More than a thousand protesters gathered in Thailand’s capital Bangkok...

South Korea accuses religious sect leader as Covid-19 cases surge

South Korea accused the leader of a religious sect on...

Landslide in Nepal claims 18 lives; 21 missing

The personnel from Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal...

India legend MS Dhoni retires at 39

India great and World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni has retired,...

Maldives receives $197m in aid to fight COVID-19

The Maldives has received foreign aid amounting to 197 million...

WW2 anniversary: Japan pledges never to repeat tragedy of war

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking on the 75th anniversary...

Indian and Nepali PMs speak for first time since land dispute

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepali counterpart KP...

Coronavirus cases in India exceed 2.5 million

India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 2.5 million with another...

Demonstrators protest against Moon as Seoul scrambles to curb Covid-19 resurgence

A spike in new coronavirus cases in South Korea has...

Afghan women’s rights advocate, negotiator injured in attack

A prominent women’s rights advocate and member of the Afghan...

India set to mass produce Covid-19 vaccine

India is ready to mass produce Covid-19 vaccines when scientists...

US loses Iran arms embargo bid as Putin pushes summit to avoid nuclear deal showdown

The United States lost a bid on Friday to extend...

Pranab Mukherjee in coma, vital parameters stable

Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is in a comatose state,...

Militants kill two police in Kashmir

Militants attacked a police team in Kashmir on Friday, killing...

Vietnam to buy Russian COVID-19 vaccine

Vietnam has registered to buy a Russian COVID-19 vaccine, state...

Covid-19: India now 4th worst-hit country

India’s coronavirus death toll rose to 48,040 on Friday, currently...

Afghan govt releases 80 Taliban prisoners

The Afghan government has begun releasing the last Taliban prisoners...

Israel hails UAE deal but Palestinians dismayed

Israel talked of “history” and Palestinians of “betrayal” after Thursday’s...

Malaysia to lift limit on hiring of foreign workers

Malaysia has decided to lift an earlier limit on the...

Back to the paddy fields. Covid smashes Indian middle-class dreams

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