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Nearly 170 dead amid heatwave in N India

A scorching heatwave in two of India's most populous states has overwhelmed hospitals, filled a morgue to capacity and disrupted power supply, forcing staff to use book

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Indian PM cautions against 3rd wave of COVID-19 as religious pilgrimage allowed

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday cautioned against callousness regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, a day after an annual mass religious pilgrimage is officially

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Here’s what’s happening on day 1 of TC Sessions: Space 2020

T-minus 3…2…1…liftoff! Day one of TC Sessions: Space 2020, our first conference dedicated to space technology, early-stage startups and the brilliant minds forging a new era of space exploration, is o

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Trump should stop fighting a losing battle

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War on love? India's 'love jihad' legislation

/Reuters Jihad in love?"Love jihad is a calculated agenda of invasion on the demographics," said Alok Kumar, central working president of the Vishva Hindu Prishad (VHP), at the launch of the "

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Yankees Hall of Famer Whitey Ford dies at 91

Former New York Yankee Whitey Ford salutes the crowd during Old Timers Day ceremonies before the Yankees play the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York

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Door-to-door COVID-19 screening launched in Indian state

The local government in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh Thursday launched a special campaign to carry out door-to-door screening of people for COVID-19 patient

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Lightning strikes kill 5 in India's Uttar Pradesh

At least five people were killed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh due to lightning strikes, officials said Thursday. The lightning struck during the past

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Here’s how TechCrunch is keeping our brains busy while we’re stuck at home

This is a difficult time. Whoever and wherever you are, your life is likely already changing in ways you never could have anticipated as the world grapples with the fast-spreading global outbreak of a

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Molekule hopes to clear the air with $58 million in Series C funding and Berkeley Lab’s seal of approval

Silicon Valley air purifier startup Molekule was born out of an idea Dr. Yogi Goswami had back in the ’90s using photo-voltaic technology to kill air pollutants. His son, a young boy at the tim

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India's ruling party lawmaker threatens to shoot protesters

The head of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of West Bengal has threatened to shoot and jail people who prote