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India's forces have met two major challenges along disputed Kashmir borders with China and Pakistan, two neighbors with increasingly close ties.

Chinese and Indian officials say they're capable of handling an uptick in border clashes but a reported increase in personnel and equipment could raise the stakes at the flashpoint.

The foreign ministry spokespersons of both China and India said the two countries could handle their border issue without the help of the United States.

The director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday insisted there is "no harm" in taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19, despite the World Health Organization halting a study of the drug over increasing safety concerns.

Skirmishes between China and India ignited new tensions among the world's two largest populations and sparked fears of a wider conflict between two major, nuclear-armed powers in Asia.

Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital said only three of the babies born at the hospital tested positive for COVID-19, but two women have died while in hospital.

Previously a Category 5 storm, Cyclone Amphan was reduced to Category 1 after causing significant damage in areas of Bangladesh and eastern India.

More than 2.5 million people have been evacuated from coastal districts in India's West Bengal and Odisha states, as well as areas of Bangladesh, in response to Wednesday's severe storm.

Heavy rainfall is expected in the sub-Himalayan region of West Bengal as well as the Indian states of Sikkim, Assam and Meghalaya through Thursday.

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Disaster management teams in India are evacuating more than 1 million residents of coastal areas ahead of the category 5 storm's landfall on Wednesday.

India recorded its highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, as the country began to ease resections and allowed international migrant workers to return home.

Nitin Gadkari, India's minister of road transport and highways, provided no evidence to support the theory, which has been largely rejected by experts worldwide.

"The Chinese military helicopters were flying very close to the Line of Actual Control," according to Indian news outlet ANI.

The two nations share a border some 2,520 miles long, parts of which remain disputed and have prompted fighting in the past.

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"We're working with our friends in Australia, in India, in Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, and Vietnam to share information and best practices as we begin to move the global economy forward," said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday.

Over the past weekend, the Thanneermukkom village in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India, made it mandatory for residents to carry an umbrella when stepping outside, as an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

"It is unfair and irresponsible for certain individuals to label Chinese products as 'faulty' and look at issues with preemptive prejudice," a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in India said on Tuesday.

The retailer is experiencing issues in Italy, France and India.

"The pandemic is a reminder that there is no separation between humans and the environment," researcher Karen O'Neill said.

"I have never seen aerosol values so low in the Indo-Gangetic Plain at this time of year," said NASA scientist Pawan Gupta.

Health experts fear the actual number of infections in India may be higher than the reported figure due to a lack of testing.

On Sunday, an Indian police officer's hand was chopped off with a sword while he was trying to enforce lockdown measures implemented due to the novel coronavirus.

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"This kind of vilification is dangerous," warned historian Rana Safvi.

In response to COVID-19's mounting global impact, leaders across the world are imposing nationwide lockdown policies to combat the virus' spread.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has now said quarantine facilities will be reviewed in order to improve amenities and facilities.

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons defined China, France, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S. as nuclear states, but India, Pakistan, North Korea and, though officially neither confirmed nor denied, Israel have since acquired such weapons.

Chinese authorities say locusts could reach the country from a number of entry points but for the moment, the risk remains low.