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Topic: Coroanvirus

SC issues directions to Centre on Covid management, asks to resolve oxygen shortage in Delhi

The apex court also said that no patient shall be denied hospitalisation or essential drugs in any state for lack of local residential proof.

The biggest Covid challenge now for India & what world must learn from its experience

Virologist Shahid Jameel answers questions on the causes of India's devastating second wave, misconceptions about the virus, and how the country can get out of its Covid nightmare.

Ambani’s Reliance flags economic pain as Covid 2nd wave devastates India

Footfalls in Reliance’s retail stores dropped to 40% of pre-Covid levels in April compared to 88% in the March quarter.

India records 3,86,452 new cases in 24 hrs pushing tally past 31-lakh mark

The death toll increased to 2,08,330 with 3,498 daily new fatalities, and people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1, 53,84,418.

Serum Institute cuts Covishield vaccine price for states from Rs 400 to Rs 300 per dose

The decision follows widespread criticism of SII's pricing policy as it has sold the initial doses of Covishield to the central government at Rs 150 per dose.

Admit journalist Kappan to govt hospital in Delhi, SC tells UP after seeing his medical reports

SC says Siddique Kappan, who tested positive for Covid last week, can be moved back to Mathura jail after he recovers.

B.1.117 to B.1.618, India has many Covid variants causing infections. Here are the dominant ones

Covid lineages, which are sets of genetic mutations, have been circulating across India with a varying range of prevalence. A look at the ones that have emerged during the pandemic.

Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh dies of Covid at 89

Ghosh, who suffered from several comorbidities, tested positive for Covid on 14 April, and died Wednesday morning while he was in home isolation.

Qatar approves emergency use of Moderna shot, Hong Kong to ease restrictions & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

WHO team probing Covid origin visits China market where virus ‘jumped from animals to humans’

Coronavirus is believed to have first infected humans at Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Market, where many animals were traded until it was shut down in 2019, when Covid began to spread.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.