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Topic: Coronavirus

Apollo Hospitals to charge Rs 1,195 per dose for Sputnik V vaccine

Apollo Hospitals will administer the vaccine from the second week of June. An official of the Apollo Group said Rs 995 will be the vaccine price & Rs 200 administration charges.

Modi gave space for Covid, that’s why I call it ‘Movid’, Rahul Gandhi says

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blames PM Modi for second wave, says he was busy with events & making a spectacle, accuses govt of lying about Covid death toll.

Cash, cows, food & beer — how countries are encouraging people for Covid shots

US companies are offering free food & beer, Serbia is paying people over Rs. 2,000 to get inoculated and a district in Thailand is giving vaccinated residents a chance to win a live cow.

Move over Coronil, AP villagers ditch masks, vaccine after ‘miracle drug’, Jagan govt backs it

Herbal concoction by Krishnapatnam resident Anandaiah ‘isn’t Ayurvedic medicine, can't cure Covid', say officials. Andhra MLA says govt could restart distribution of the mix.

WHO global study on Covid origins ‘important first step’, says India

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also said the follow up of the WHO report and further studies deserve the 'understanding and cooperation of all'.

US to study ‘still-unexamined evidence’ to probe if Covid-19 leaked from Wuhan lab

In a statement, President Biden said while two elements of the intelligence community 'lean' toward the scenario that the virus emerged from human contact with infected animal, another points to a 'lab accident'.

India reports 1.86 lakh new Covid cases, 3,660 deaths in last 24 hours

The daily Covid caseload was the lowest in 44 days as active cases further reduced to 23,43,152. The positivity rate has declined to 9%, according to health ministry data.

India ensured supply of medicines to 123 partner countries despite its own needs: Vardhan

In an interaction with health ministers of NAM countries, Vardhan said India has also been active in global efforts to develop diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines for Covid.

US Congress ‘tremendous pillar of support’ as India meets Covid challenge, Jaishankar says

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in the US now, met lawmakers there and discussed developments pertaining to Quad and cooperation on vaccines.

This Jabalpur banker quit his job to focus on his ‘duty’ — cremating & burying Covid bodies

Ashish Thakur and his team believe in dignity for the dead — they cremate and bury bodies with all rituals, even those that are abandoned or whose families can’t afford it.

On Camera

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

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.