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Diabetic and on ventilator for a month, Kolkata ‘miracle’ man makes full recovery from Covid

Netaidas Mukherjee worked with West Bengal Police and was involved in distributing relief material among the poor in Kolkata and South 24 Parganas. Then he contracted coronavirus.

WHO to launch coronavirus app targeting ‘under-resourced’ countries

The app will assess if a user has coronavirus symptoms, but WHO is undecided about contact-tracing due to privacy concerns.

How Niti Aayog plans to make India a Covid testing superpower with private help

While India can currently conduct 1.25 lakh RT-PCR tests a day, the majority involve the use of imported kits.

Coronavirus death toll rises to 1,981 in India, cases climb to 59,662

There was an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry.

Covid and swine flu: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and Rajasthan have got the worst of both

According to experts, high rate of testing as well as population density could explain why Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan recorded the highest number of H1N1 and Covid-19 cases.

Yes, coronavirus is mutating but most experts are not too worried

US researchers have identified a variant of the virus that causes Covid-19. It has quickly become the dominant form around the globe.

Kerala’s corona recovery rate is 94% against 9% for Punjab, but here’s why it doesn’t matter

Health ministry data on Covid-19 recovery & fatality throws up stark variations from state to state. But experts caution against reading too much into this data.

Testing numbers absent from Delhi’s daily coronavirus bulletin despite HC order & case surge

Absence of testing data despite HC orders raised concerns among health experts after Delhi registered sharpest-ever single-day spurt of cases Wednesday and the figure went up further Thursday.

We have to learn to live with the virus, says govt as India crosses 56,000 coronavirus cases

Health ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal says India’s doubling rate has gone down to 10 days from 12 days, indicating a jump in the number of cases.

Scientists develop sensor that can help smartphones detect coronavirus in 60 seconds

Low vitamin D levels linked to higher deaths and a dialysis device that gives white blood cells a fighting edge, ThePrint brings you the latest on Covid-19.

On Camera

No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.