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TopicCoronavirus crisis

Topic: Coronavirus crisis

India registers 55,722 Covid infections in a day, total caseload crosses 75-lakh mark

India's daily Covid cases dropped below 60,000 for the second time this month, while the number of new fatalities dipped below 600 after nearly 3 months.

‘Learned bitterly from 2003 SARS’ — top doctor on why Hong Kong’s Covid fatality rate is low

The 2% Covid fatality rate lends weight to Hong Kong's approach as Prof. Yuen Kwok-Yung says they admit 'any patients, even without much symptoms, into the hospital for isolation'.

Live coronavirus found on packaging of imported frozen fish, China health authority confirms

It is first time in the world that living coronavirus has been isolated from packaging of cold-chain food, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said.

India’s women entrepreneurs look to survive the pandemic by remodeling their business

Bain & Co., Google, & AWE Foundation surveyed almost 350 women entrepreneurs and found that 54% had already made business shifts & another 24% planned to change by December.

Europe is losing the fight to keep economy open as virus spreads

The early sense of victory has given way to disappointment, and led to a deeper crisis with major cities under curfew & central govts clashing with officials on the way forward.

India’s Covid caseload crosses 73.7 lakh with 63,371 new infections in a day

While active Coronavirus cases in India remained below 9 lakh for the eighth consecutive days, the death toll has surged to 1,12,161, according to the health ministry data.

PIL filed in Calcutta HC for stay on holding community Durga Puja to prevent Covid surge

The petition stated that the state govt be prohibited from disbursing grants to community Durga Puja and direction to provide the same to CM's State Emergency Relief Fund.

With 67,708 new cases in last 24 hours, India’s Covid tally crosses 73 lakh

While 63,83,441 people have recovered from Covid-19 taking the national recovery rate to 87.35%, the death toll climbed to 1,11,266 with the virus claiming 680 lives in a day.

India’s Covid tally rises to 72 lakh with 63,509 new cases, death toll reaches 1.1 lakh

There are 8,26,876 active Covid cases in the country with over 63 lakh patients having recuperated from the virus, pushing the recovery rate to 87.05%.

Indian economy to contract 10.3% in 2020, to bounce back with 8.8% growth in 2021, says IMF

With an 8.8% growth rate in 2021, India will regain the position of the fastest growing emerging economy, surpassing China's projected growth rate of 8.2%, the IMF report said.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

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?