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TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

Lung damage found in recovered Covid patients though CT scans didn’t show, Oxford study says

Researchers from Oxford and Sheffield were able to establish this using a different technology, called a Xenon MRI scan.

You can’t treat severe Covid, black fungus but can prevent risk factor in both — diabetes

A study found that the prevalence rate of diabetes in rural and urban India has increased about six times from 1972 to 2017. Targeting changes in lifestyle is the need of the hour.

Over 100 cases of inflammatory syndrome in kids as post-Covid reaction found in north India

Indian Academy of Pediatric Intensive Care has come out with the numbers. Doctors say multi-organ inflammatory syndrome can affect all organs including lungs, kidney, brain.

Global supply of COVAX has suffered big blow due to Covid crisis in India: Top US official

Serum Institute, which had planned to supply over 140 mn doses by June, had to pull back because of the domestic emergency, USAID administrator Samantha Power told US lawmakers.

News to celebrate from Jammu & Kashmir, two-thirds of 45+ vaccinated, leads in India

J&K has inoculated more than 67% of its 45-plus population, far more than the national average of around 44%. It also has three districts with 100% coverage in that age group.

‘Why ask CMs to attend video call if you won’t let them speak?’ Jharkhand’s Soren asks PM Modi

In an interview to ThePrint, CM Hemant Soren says ‘PM attacked heart of India’s federal structure’ in recent video call, wants Centre to ‘take responsibility’ in handling Covid.

Stock markets are soaring but so is grief — Indian traders grapple with surreal disconnect

Booming markets have left the industry swamped with work when employees have been sickened by Covid. Contrast of pandemic pain & financial-market euphoria has nowhere been so extreme.

Modi govt needs a Covid cushion. RBI must transfer more of its surplus funds

The RBI has held back Rs 20,000 crore as provisions. This could have helped the Modi government further at a time of tremendous fiscal pressure.

New DNA vaccine by Taiwan triggers immune response in mice & hamsters, could help fight Covid

DNA vaccines can be produced more quickly, at a lower cost and do not require cold temperatures for transportation. But no such vaccine has been approved for human use yet.

Govt’s infection fatality claim shows India missing 23 infections for every reported Covid case

Niti Aayog member Dr V.K. Paul says govt estimates that India has an infection fatality rate of 0.05%. But there's no sero survey data after January to back this claim.

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.