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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.