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Topic: Coronavirus

Onion prices could make you cry again, a surge is expected before Diwali

Govt agency officials are worried that Cyclone Tauktae and then monsoon rains will increase moisture content, making a large quantity of onions useless as buffer stock.

270 doctors across India succumbed to Covid in second wave of pandemic, says IMA

According to the Indian Medical Association, Bihar saw the maximum number of 78 deaths of medical practitioners, followed by Uttar Pradesh (37), Delhi (29) and Andhra Pradesh (22).

Why Bhagwat lecture wasn’t a ‘snub’ for Modi govt but had larger RSS message to fight Covid

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat highlighted 6 key points for Covid management, but only one, that administration was caught off guard, was highlighted and spun as snub for Modi govt.

India records 2.63 lakh new Covid cases, 4,329 deaths in last 24 hours

The active cases further reduced to 33,53,765 comprising 13.29 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate has improved to 85.60 per cent.

India now drops plasma therapy from Covid management guidelines, says its ‘not beneficial’

The decision came after a meeting of the ICMR where members were in favour of removing plasma therapy from the guidelines citing its ineffectiveness & inappropriate use in many cases.

US to share 20 mn more Covid vaccine doses with other countries ‘by the end of June’

While Indian-Americans in US have welcomed the move, White House Press Secy Jen Psaki said decision on which countries will receive the vaccine doses will be taken in due course.

Why Singapore’s lockdown is a smart combination of the blunt and the precise

Authorities are now scrambling to deploy a mix of scalpels and hammers to contain a recent outbreak. Mastering this balance will be the key to any economic recovery.

Rural India is witnessing a Covid carnage as entire families are being wiped out

Many people said the scale of the crisis is much bigger than official numbers reveal, with villagers afraid to leave their homes even if they have Covid symptoms.

Entire medical system is ‘Ram bharose’ in UP small towns, villages — HC says on Covid mess

HC bench made the observation while taking into account death of a man in a Meerut hospital where doctors failed to identify him and the body was disposed of as unidentified.

Antibody tests can’t measure Covid ‘immunity’. But this is how they can help you

Antibody tests indicate past exposure or immune response to vaccine. They, however, cannot detect neutralising antibodies which protect against future infections.

On Camera

DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

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.