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Doctors are discovering coronavirus causes blood clots harming organs from brain to toes

Doctors are noting clotting-related disorders -- from benign skin lesions on the feet to life-threatening strokes and blood-vessel blockages.

Dutch scientists create anti-body that defeats coronavirus in lab

The experimental anti-body may help prevent or treat Covid-19 either alone or in a drug combination, according to study published in Nature Communications.

12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, no compensation: Delhi teachers on Covid duty seek relief

Around 30,000 teachers from Delhi government schools, and 7,000 from municipal corporation schools, have been aiding govt efforts to tackle the pandemic. 

1,074 Covid patients cured in last 24 hrs in India — sharpest daily spurt in recoveries

The health ministry announcement came on a day India began to ease the nationwide lockdown in a staggered manner. 

Study shows you are 4 times more likely to catch coronavirus indoors than outside

The study, conducted between 4 January and 11 February in 320 cities of China, found 318 outbreaks and 254 of them had occurred inside a home.

India sends drugs, medical supplies to 13 nations as govt shifts Covid aid focus to Africa

The Indian government has drawn up a list of 17 medical products, including HCQ, paracetamol and azithromycin, to send to poorer African countries.

Researchers say vaccine for Covid-19 could be ready in a year, to look for ‘signal’ in June

Countries are working on speeding up the process for a coronavirus vaccine as the global numbers continue to rise, especially in US and UK.

Modi govt’s quick, aggressive Covid response kept case numbers low: WHO India representative

Given India's size and diversity, Modi govt could consider shifting decision-making power to states, districts to improve Covid response, Dr Henk Bekedam told ThePrint in an exclusive interview.

India registers record jump of 83 deaths and 2,487 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

The number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 28,070, while 10,886 people have recovered and one patient has migrated.

Bihar ready with 7,500 hotel rooms to screen 25 lakh returning migrants: Health minister

Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey says the recent spike in Covid-19 cases in the state is because of the state govt’s door-to-door screening campaign.

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Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?