[Daily Maverick] The Eastern Cape Department of Health has confirmed that 80 of a group of 188 seasonal farmworkers who returned to the province from the Western Cape over the past two weeks have tested positive for coronavirus. The taxis were 'intercepted' on the province's back roads near Elliotdale. Some drivers were allegedly in possession of fake permits. The positive test results come as nearly 10,000 people returned home during the window period allowed for interprovincial travel.

[RFI] South Africa's government will assist the authorities in Madagascar to test and analyse an unproven herbal treatment for Covid-19, according to health minister Zweli Mkhize. Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina is promoting a tea infusion based on the artemisia plant, praising its benefits in treating the coronavirus.

[News24Wire] While at least 19 000 inmates inside South Africa's prisons will be eligible for special parole to curb the spread of Covid-19, those sentenced for a range of serious crimes will not make the cut.

[The Herald] AN estimated 4 000 Zimbabweans in South Africa have registered with the embassy for food aid as many have become desperate due to that country's prolonged lockdown.

[News24Wire] Police have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of the murder of an 89-year-old woman in an old age home in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape.

Here are the top names seeking new homes (and those sitting out).

East Tennessee State University is promoting Jason Shay to be head coach of the men's basketball team, replacing Steve Forbes, who left for Wake Forest last week. Shay was on Forbes' staff the past five seasons.

Elite college basketball prospect Donovan Clingan has offers to transfer to better programs, but he wants to stay at Bristol Central to break his mother's records.

Winds are from the West at 15.0 gusting to 20.7 MPH (13 gusting to 18 KT). The pressure is 1010.3 mb and the humidity is 65%. The wind chill is 20. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:56 am EDT.

1 Polish Zloty = 76.8512 Hungarian Forint

1 Qatari Rial = 88.7494 Hungarian Forint

Winds are from the West at 27.6 gusting to 35.7 MPH (24 gusting to 31 KT). The pressure is 1010.6 mb and the humidity is 50%. The wind chill is 25. Last Updated on May 9 2020, 11:53 am EDT.

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1 Pakistani Rupee = 2.0241 Hungarian Forint

1 Sierra Leonean Leone = 0.0328 Hungarian Forint

With his flawless English, he sometimes translated for both American and Chinese officials, making him the “indispensable man.”

1 New Taiwan Dollar = 10.8229 Hungarian Forint

1 Thai Baht = 10.0917 Hungarian Forint

1 Turkish Lira = 45.5827 Hungarian Forint

1 Singapore Dollar = 228.7393 Hungarian Forint

Kyle Larson returned to racing for the first time since he was fired by Chip Ganassi Racing for using a racial slur in an iRacing event last month.

1 Mauritian Rupee = 8.1374 Hungarian Forint

Women's Basketball travels to Dubuque, IA to play in the Clark Classic this Friday, November 1st and Saturday, November 2nd. 

Different players, very different contracts. Some guys have deals that are shutdown-proof. Others? They have more to prove.

1 Nepalese Rupee = 2.672 Hungarian Forint

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 3.8019 Hungarian Forint

1 Moldovan Leu = 18.1222 Hungarian Forint

International and Indian celebrities to take part from home in fundraising event

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Mick Jagger and Will Smith will be among dozens of international and Indian celebrities performing from their homes in a four-hour concert to raise funds for the battle against coronavirus in India, where the number of cases is surging.

The country’s cricket captain Virat Kohli, actors Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan are some of the top domestic names billed to perform or read messages during the event on Sunday.

Related: Mobs stop Indian doctors' burials: 'Covid-19 took his life, why take his dignity?'

Labourers’ plight contrasts with affluent Indians flown home from abroad in coronavirus crisis

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Migrant labourers in Indian cities whose incomes have plummeted as a result of anti-coronavirus lockdown measures have been told that they will have to pay to board special trains taking them back to their homes in the countryside.

The decision has prompted derision in India, where most labourers live off what they earn in a day and have been surviving on state handouts.

A radical new form of universal basic income could revitalise damaged economies

While countries in east Asia and Europe are gradually taking steps towards reopening their economies, many in the global south are wondering whether the worst of the pandemic is yet to come. As economists who work on poverty alleviation in developing countries, we are often asked what the effects of coronavirus will be in south Asia and Africa. The truth is, we don’t know. Without extensive testing to map the number of cases, it’s impossible to tell how far the virus has already spread. We don’t yet have enough information about how Covid-19 behaves under different conditions such as sunlight, heat and humidity. Developing countries’ more youthful populations may spare them the worst of the pandemic, but health systems in the global south are poorly equipped to deal with an outbreak, and poverty is linked to co-morbidities that put people at a higher risk of serious illness.

Without the information widespread testing provides, many poorer countries have taken an extremely cautious approach. India imposed a total lockdown on 24 March, by which time the country had about 500 confirmed cases. Countries such as Rwanda, South Africa and Nigeria enforced lockdowns in late March, long before the virus was expected to peak. But these lockdown measures can’t last forever. Poorer countries could have used the quarantine to buy time, gather information about how the disease behaves and develop a testing and tracing strategy. Unfortunately, not much of this has happened. And, far from coming to their aid, rich countries have outrun poorer nations in the race for PPE, oxygen and ventilators.

Riyaz Naikoo was member of region’s largest indigenous militant group, Hizbul Mujahideen

Indian government forces have killed a top rebel commander and his aide in disputed Kashmir, and shut down mobile phone and mobile internet services during subsequent anti-India protests.

Riyaz Naikoo, 35, was the chief of operations of the region’s largest indigenous rebel group, Hizbul Mujahideen, which has spearheaded an armed rebellion against Indian rule.

(August 1, 1947) 

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Here's why Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma and 22 more teams will have the top offenses through the next three seasons.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has made an open-letter proposal suggesting more flexibility for players considering the jump from college to the NFL, including returning to college if they go undrafted.

Which high school football prospects could be the next big-time college football players?

Which prospect will rise the most between now and next year's draft? Who has some work to do? And what about Trevor Lawrence vs. Justin Fields? Our college experts explain it all.

It will be an away game this weekend for the Indians(0-1) against Tabor College(1-1) in Hillsboro Kansas. Kick-off is at 7:00pm on Saturday the 15th.

New Athletic Director Todd Davis met with 25 players from last year's team on Thursday to discuss the institution's recent decision on football.  Haskell Indian Nations University suspended the program on June 12 and some questions still lingered about the future of football at the institution.  "I just felt like the players needed to hear from the Athletic Department," said Davis.  "Anybody that represents Haskell in intercollegiate athletics has my attention and respect."

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Please join us at Wednesday, November 14, 8:30 am in Navarre Hall Regents room as we send our men's and qualifying women's cross country teams as they head to the National Championship in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

1 Uzbekistan Som = 0.032 Hungarian Forint

The Bruins' Rachel Garcia and Bubba Nickles and the Wildcats' Dejah Mulipola will play for their college teams and Team USA in the rescheduled Olympics in 2021.

Ohio State will pay about $41 million to settle a dozen lawsuits by 162 men alleging decades-old sexual abuse and mistreatment by a team doctor, Richard Strauss.

ESPN's team of college sports writers breaks down the best individual performances they've seen in their collective decades around sports.

1 Russian Ruble = 4.4022 Hungarian Forint

From building more than 10 scenarios for the return of fans to pitches from local entrepreneurs, the Sharks have remained busy while no hockey is being played.

We identify the top trios for each club, including best overall, cult classic and top current group. Let the debates begin!

1 Iraqi Dinar = 0.2715 Hungarian Forint

1 Cayman Islands Dollar = 387.6644 Hungarian Forint

1 Swiss Franc = 332.7971 Hungarian Forint