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India's most populous state seeks to promote two-child policy

NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has proposed legislation that aims to discourage couples from having more than two children, becoming the second state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party to make such a proposal. If Uttar Pradesh were a country, its 240 million people would make it the world’s […]

Bangladesh secures vaccine boost after coronavirus cases pass one million

DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh has sealed deals for 17.5 million more coronavirus vaccine doses, its health minister said on Saturday (July 10), as the country battles record deaths and its caseload passed one million. The country of 169 million people has imposed its harshest lockdown as it seeks to curb a major surge in cases and record […]

Estonian President to make first visit to Singapore from July 11 to 13

SINGAPORE – Estonia’s President Kersti Kaljulaid will make her first visit to Singapore from July 11 to 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday (July 10). Elected in 2016, Ms Kaljulaid is the first female – and youngest-ever – president of the tech-savvy Baltic state.  During her visit, she will participate in an invitation-only summit at […]

‘Mother, When Will You Come?’: The Covid Orphans of India

PATTAPUR, India — In a small, colorfully painted house on India’s eastern coast, G. Sonali Reddy cooks meals and feeds her younger siblings by day and rocks them to sleep at night, hoping to assuage their fears, just as her mother would. Sonali, still a child at 14, is her family’s caretaker. Several years ago, […]