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China warns of faster spread of Coronavirus as toll climbs to 80
27 Jan 2020
Outside China, Canada reported its first case on Saturday while six cases were reported in Hong Kong; five each in Thailand and Macao; four in Australia; three each in South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal and France; and two each in Japan, the US and Vietnam
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China seals off Wuhan in stepped-up battle against Coronavirus
23 Jan 2020
State television reported 571 confirmed infections, most of them in Wuhan and the surrounding province of Hubei, while cases have appeared elsewhere in China and countries, including Thailand, South Korea and the United States
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Solar Orbiter all set for 6 February launch: ESA
22 Jan 2020
Solar Orbiter will make one gravity assist flyby of Earth and numerous flybys of Venus over the course of its mission to adjust its orbit, bringing it closer to the Sun and also out of the plane of the Solar System to observe the Sun from progressively higher inclinations
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Uber sells food delivery business in India for 9.9% stake in Zomato
21 Jan 2020
The deal gives Uber nearly 10 per cent stake in Zomato, which has a current valuation of $3.55 billion
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India, Russia discuss long-term energy cooperation
15 Jan 2020
India imports over 80 per cent of the crude it processes and almost half of its oil imports are from the Gulf region, which is prone to disruptions because of geopolitical reasons and this often threatens its energy security, both in terms of price and supply volatilities
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China launches world’s largest single-dish radio telescope
13 Jan 2020
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope ( FAST) is the size of 30 football fields and has been hewed out of a mountain in the south-western province of Guizhou
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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