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The number of people infected with the coronavirus crossed 22,000 in densely populated South Asia on Friday driven by a rise in cases in India as the tiny Indian Ocean island nation of Maldives locked down its capital.

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The purple ink marked on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui's hand by Indian health and wellness workers was meant to ensure he stayed home under quarantine.The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui's hand by Indian wellness employees was intended to ensure he stayed at home under quarantine.

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India has brought charges of culpable homicide against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding a gathering last month that authorities blame for a big jump in coronavirus infections, police said on Thursday.

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck near the border of Myanmar and India on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, shaking buildings in Myanmar's Chin state and causing minor damage.

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At least 32 ethnic Rohingya died on a ship that drifted for weeks after it failed to reach Malaysia, Bangladesh coast guard officials said on Thursday, following the rescue of 396 starving survivors.

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Sri Lanka's main bank declared on Thursday it will certainly as soon as possible transform its monetary establishment price, the emergency funding rate for company financial institutions, to 10%, a trustworthy reduction of 500 basis points, to straighten it with drops in key prices thinking about that last May.Sri Lanka's primary banks mentioned on Thursday it will right away transform its financial institution rate, the emergency situation financing price for industrial banks, to 10 %, an efficient reduction of 500 basis points, to straighten it with drops in essential prices since last May.

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