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World Coronavirus Dispatch: World economy to shrink 4.5% this yr, says OECD

The better view reflects the strong economic pickup in recent months and the vast injection of public resources

IBSA expresses 'frustration' over slow pace of progress on UNSC reform

The three countries, in a joint statement, strongly called for expediting reform of the UNSC, saying any failure to do so may have serious implications for international peace and security

Whatever the calculation, India's Q1 GDP contraction is severest among all

Irrespective of whether it is sequential or year-on-year, the inference remains the same; South Africa's 50% contraction is "annualised" and is incomparable to India's 24% fall

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Is South Africa becoming a failed state?

China's vaccine frontrunner says its shots are safe, Canada flight cancelled over child without mask, Auto stocks bounce back in Europe and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Conflicts must be resolved by peaceful means, diplomatic engagement: BRICS

5-nation influential grouping BRICS said conflicts should be resolved by peaceful means and diplomatic engagement through political dialogue and negotiations irrespective of their historic background

India among large EMs set for highest debt burden by 2021, says Moody's

Large emerging market sovereigns will have higher debt burdens for the next few years, says ratings agency.

South Africa 'regrets' Palestine's exclusion from UAE-Israel peace deal

The agreement does not commit Israel to halting of plans to further extend Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian territories and its people

Nearly 300,000 arrested in South Africa for violating lockdown in Covid era

Minister of Police Bheki Cele announced the quarterly crime statistics on Friday

South Africa set to participate in two more Covid-19 vaccine trials

South Africa is all set to participate in two more COVID-19 vaccine trials by leading pharmaceutical companies starting next month. Dr Glenda Gray, president and CEO of the South African Medical Research Council, said in an interview with the public interest health website Spotlight on Tuesday that a Johnson & Johnson product called Ad26.COV2-S and a Novavax product called NVX-CoV2373 will be trialled in the country. The first COVID-19 vaccine trial on the African continent was the Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine VIDA trial, a collaboration with Oxford University, which was started in June in South Africa. It is led by Professor in Vaccinology at Wits University Shabir Madhi. Madhi, who is also the lead investigator for the Novavax trial in South Africa, told Spotlight that the Novavax trial to be conducted in South Africa will be a Phase IIb trial, which would measure efficacy, but not to the extent required for registration, for which a Phase III trial is typically needed. The total of the ...

South African telecom operator Telkom launches life insurance business

Telkom and other mobile operators in South Africa are looking to tap more than 11 million South Africans who do not have bank accounts to offer lending and other financial services

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Russia to start mass vaccination drive

South Africa cases cross half a million, China to help Hong Kong boost tests, Latin America death toll surges past 200,000, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Graeme Smith joins players in taking the knee in support of BLM movement

I am backing South African pacer Ngidi Lungi on the BLM movement which gathered momentum following the death of African-American George Floyd, says CSA director Graeme Smith

Nelson Mandela Day: Remembering Madiba through these sites in S Africa

July 18 (also known globally as Mandela Day) 2020 marks the passage of 102 years since the birth of the great South African revolutionary

South Africa 3TC cricket: Know format, live telecast, squads, timings here

The match is played between three teams of eight players each, and all the action happens in 36 overs which means every team get 12 overs to bat. Check South Africa's 3TC rules, squads, live telecast

India-sponsored computer centre in South Africa cleared out in robbery

Students who relied on the computer training provided at low or no cost have been left destitute after the centre was cleaned out in a robbery recently

Covid-19: 1,500 Indians to be repatriated from South Africa on Sunday

The Indian government has arranged three Vande Bharat mission flights from South Africa, repatriating thousands

South African govt to penalise sports bodies for breaching Covid-19 curbs

Resumption of sporting activities were part of the easing of severe lockdown regulations announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa last week.

This day that year: Kohli made his Test debut against West Indies in 2011

The right-handed batsman did not have a good show with the bat in his first Test as he just managed to score 19 runs in the entire match

India coronavirus dispatch: How state police are battling Covid-19

From commitment to the Directive Principles of State Policy, to a post-pandemic world order, and how state police are battling Covid-19 - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Here are a few stories of how Ebola helped Africa prepare for coronavirus

Ebola prompted the World Health Organization to change its emergency response structure, rapid laboratory testing and changing the design of treatment centres