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In India, the number of corona infections is rapidly going in the wrong direction. On Sunday, the country broke a worrying record.   India had 170,000 new corona infections, more than the United States and Brazil combined. More contagious virus mutations have also been found in the Asian country. Right now, vaccination production is running out. India plays a crucial role in the global fight against the coronavirus. "First of all, because of its size," said epidemiologist Ramanan Laxminarayan. One-sixth of the world's population lives in India. "If it isn't over in India, it won't be over anywhere." In addition, India is the world's pharmaceutical company. 60 percent of all vaccines are produced in India. For example, India has exported 64.5 million doses of corona vaccine to 85 ...

At least eleven people were killed when a flat in India collapsed on Monday evening. Twenty to seventy people were buried under the rubble.   Sixty people have now been rescued from the havoc, including a 4-year-old boy. It was freed from the rubble on Tuesday with loud cheers and placed on a stretcher. Three rescue teams with sniffer dogs worked all night. The residential tower in Mahad, in which approximately two hundred people lived in 47 apartments, collapsed like a house of cards, police said. Family members desperately search for their loved ones under the concrete and stone, calling out their names in the hope of a response. Authorities say many residents have likely been spared for fleeing the city south of Mumbai due to the corona epidemic. No one knows precisely how many...

Death Penalty for Group Rape in India can be Executed. One of the four men sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a woman appealed but was found wrong by the court today.   Asha Devi, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student, was raped by four men in 2012 and beaten on a bus in New Delhi. Moments later, the woman died of her injuries. A year later, the four men were sentenced. The other three men had already appealed and were also wrong. There is nothing to stand in the way of the execution of the sentence now. The case caused a shock wave to penetrate Indian society. But rape is still prevalent in India. The laws on sexual violence became stricter, but the elite escaped. Recently, a 23-year-old woman was set on fire while on her way to the court to handle her rape case. She di...