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Asia Today: India’s gov’t criticized for handling of virus

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Asia Today: India's gov't criticized for handling of virusIndia counted another record daily increase of coronavirus infections Thursday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government faced scathing opposition criticism in Parliament for its handling of the pandemic and a contracting economy that has left millions jobless. Confirmed cases jumped by 97,894 in the past 24 hours, raising India’s total past 5.1 million, 0.36% of its nearly 1.4 billion people, the Health Ministry reported. India’s fatalities are third-most in the world, but experts say India has undercounted the COVID-19 toll.

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