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Who are the women powering India's youth-led protests?

Facing online harassment and police detentions, women are taking to the streets of Indian cities in large numbers for the youth-led "Cockroach" protests. Amid a large-scale crackdown, they refuse to be seen as victims.

Health

COVAX Announces new agreement, plans for first deliveries

COVAX announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement for up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine; rollout to commence with successful execution of supply agreements. Additionally, COVAX announced that, pending WHO emergency use listings, nearly 150 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford candidate are anticipated to be available in Q1 2021, via existing agreements with the Serum Institute of India (SII) and AstraZeneca. COVAX is therefore on track to deliver at least 2 billion doses by the end of the year, including at least 1.3 billion doses to 92 lower income economies

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Travel

UK’s India Growth Plan Means Getting Travelers Out of London

The UK may not need to win many more Indian travelers so much as encourage the ones it gets already beyond London. With 94% of direct seats landing in the capital, a $2 billion visitor-spend target by 2030 will depend on regional flights and bookable itineraries.

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