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The Worst Sufferer, United States of America, Donald Trump, Narendra Modi

The Worst Sufferer

The paradox has indeed been one of the puzzles of the coronavirus pandemic; the world’s richest country is said to be structurally ill-equipped to cope with the dreadful affliction.

BJP, GTA, GNLF, Ajoy Edwards, Bengal

GTA provides succour to gardens, frontline workers

“These thermal scanners would also be sent to all closed tea gardens under the GTA,” Mr Thapa said in a press release from Kalimpong where he is currently overseeing and coordinating preparations to fight the novel coronavirus.

Ill-timed bang, North Korea, Kim Jong-un, South Korea

Ill-timed bang

Arguably, President Kim has also obfuscated reality as he turned up at the testing site without a face mask, even as South Korea has been battling the scourge.

The Pearl Killers, Sindh High Court, Omar Saeed Sheikh, Daniel Pearl

The Pearl Killers

The intrepid South Asia bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal had been abducted and beheaded in Karachi while probing the alleged links between the ISI and Al Qaida.

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Power dept gears up for grid disruption

The Prime Minister yesterday urged citizens to switch off the lights at their homes and light up lamps, candles or mobile phone torches for nine minutes at 9 pm on 5 April to display the country’s “collective resolve” to defeat coronavirus.