India is set to make the Public Distribution System location independent to ensure that no one, especially the inter-state migrants, is left behind, NITI Aayog CEO has said, citing the 'One Nation, One Card' initiative being implemented by the government as a transformative solution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

India set to make PDS location independent: NITI Aayog CEO at UN forum

A Brazilian couple has gone to great lengths to protect themselves against the threat of the novel coronavirus. The two have made full astronaut suits they wear even when taking a stroll on the beach -- just like astronauts would do while stepping into deep space.

Brazil couple dons astronaut suits to fight coronavirus in style

Thai researchers plan to begin human trials of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus in November and are preparing 10,000 doses, a senior official said on Sunday, aiming for a vaccine that could be ready for use by late next year.

Thailand plans November human testing for potential coronavirus vaccine

Police in Nagaland have set up the north-eastern state's biggest quarantine facility managed by police personnel, a senior official said on Sunday. The 1027-bed centre at Ganeshpur was set up to augment the state government's efforts to check coronavirus, Nagaland DGP T John Longkumer said.

Nagaland police set up, operate 1027-bed quarantine centre

Eighteen personnel at Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai have tested coronavirus positive, a civic body official said on Sunday. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari is fine and has self isolated himself as a precautionary measure, another official said.

COVID-19: 18 personnel at Mumbai's Raj Bhavan test positive

The coronavirus pandemic has already claimed over half a million lives across the world, with case numbers continuing to rise. A new report by Oxfam has warned that the hunger crisis worsened by the coronavirus pandemic could potentially kill more people each day than the infection itself.

Hunger tied to pandemic could kill more people than COVID-19 itself, warns Oxfam

The US Navy has welcomed its first Black female Tactical Aircraft pilot. The Naval Air Training Command tweeted that Lt JG Madeline Swegle is the Navy's "first known Black female TACAIR pilot.

US Navy welcomes first Black female Tactical Aircraft pilot

A Chinese virologist, who had fled Hong Kong, has claimed Beijing knew about the deadly novel coronavirus well before it claimed it did. Dr Li-Meng Yan has specialised in virology and immunology at Hong Kong School of Public Health.

Chinese virologist, who fled Hong Kong, accuses Beijing of coronavirus cover-up

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck the northern Chinese city of Tangshan on Sunday, according to the Global Times, reviving memories of a devastating 1976 quake there that was the deadliest in modern times.

5.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Chinese city of Tangshan

Tenino had become a ghost town, and small businesses were struggling to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic, so local officials revived an unconventional idea from the last century: printing the town's own currency on thin planks of wood.

US town grows money from trees during pandemic downturn

Chinese authorities are considering to sue a researcher and think tank who are behind reports that claim Beijing has been torturing its ethnic minority community -- Uighur Muslims.

China may sue researcher over report on forced sterilisation of Uighurs

Britain's finance minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to introduce sweeping tax cuts and an overhaul of planning laws in up to 10 new “freeports” on the road of the UK becoming fully independent from the European Union in December.

'Freeports,' tax cuts: UK's road to becoming fully independent from EU

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