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Topic: Coronavirus

Tamil Nadu’s showpiece primary healthcare is on display here in Thoothukudi in 2nd Covid wave

Far from being overwhelmed by Covid-19, this primary healthcare centre in Kulathur, Thoothukudi district, has equipped itself for any emergency, & even helps vaccinate villagers.

Modi is now a visibly diminished PM, has run out of what he had in plenty these 7 years — luck

Modi govt has failed citizens on vaccines, testing kits, oxygen, hospital beds. PM’s image can recover, but he needs to show he can steer a ship in a storm, not hide in his cabin.

‘Look into possibility of implementation’: SC stays Allahabad HC order on Covid management

The SC bench said there are some observations in the order which may be well-meaning but passed by the court in anxiety to provide relief to the general public.

PM Modi gets teary-eyed talking about lives lost to Covid virus

During a video conference with doctors, PM Modi pitched doorstep treatment for those affected by covid with a new mantra ‘Jahan bimaar, wahin upchaar’

‘Vaccine tourism’ resurfaces after Indians scramble to book Moscow trip for Sputnik jabs

Dubai-based travel agency Arabian Nights Tours has been inundated with calls after a draft flyer of their Delhi-Moscow vaccine tour package was leaked on social media.

DMCH calls ThePrint report on terrible conditions ‘baseless’, our reporter narrates what she saw

ThePrint stands by the report. Darbhanga hospital's allegation that the correspondent misbehaved with officials is untrue. There was no altercation or unpleasant argument.

Days after PM’s ‘baal mitra’ call, CBSE invites students to join awareness programme on Covid

CBSE, in association with the health ministry and UNICEF, launched ‘Young Warrior’ programme that seeks to engage 50 lakh young people in spreading awareness about the pandemic.

Another novel coronavirus detected in humans, and it likely came from dogs

A novel coronavirus was isolated from pneumonia patients in Malaysia in 2018. It could be the 8th coronavirus to have entered the human population but poses no pandemic risk yet.

Pfizer shot after AstraZeneca is safe, could induce better immune response, researchers find

India isn’t looking at a mixing option just yet as Pfizer is unavailable in the country so far and there is no data on mixing Covaxin and Covishield.

Ready to strengthen dialogue, scale-up tech collaboration with India amid pandemic: IMF

IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice said it sees speeding vaccination campaign, providing fiscal resources to the health sector and social support as immediate policy priorities for India.

On Camera

New HAL CMD doesn’t have to be an ‘insider’. Let merit decide

India’s premier defence public sector undertaking, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, will have a new Chairman and Managing Director in May 2026. The selection process has...

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.