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Topic: Coronavirus

Delhi hospitals now have vacant oxygen beds as Covid cases dip, but finding ICUs still tough

According to doctors, a well-timed lockdown coupled with increase in resources like oxygen beds and dip in cases has led to fewer hospital admissions in Delhi.

Total number of Covid-19 vaccine doses given in India crosses 18 crore

According to the health ministry, there have been over 42 lakh beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years since the country's third phase of the vaccination drive began.

Covid killed parents, 3 Bihar siblings now fight virus stigma — ‘no one even offered food’

The three siblings lost their parents in the space of a week. They have received Rs 4 lakh as compensation from the state, but fear for what the future holds for them.

It’s 2021, but floating bodies in UP and Bihar have sent us back to 1918

In Bihar’s Buxar, 71 corpses washed up at Mahadev Ghat of the Ganga river. In UP's Hamirpur, local residents fear the floating bodies will pose a new risk to their health.

ZyCoV-D could be India’s next Covid vaccine: Learn the science behind it & how it’s different

Zydus Cadila is expecting approval for India's second indigenously-developed vaccine by June. ThePrint explains how it works.

Central Vista needs revamp. But here are 7 non-Covid reasons why Modi govt has got it wrong

A project that promises better land use, better connectedness between buildings etc has something to say for itself. Does that justify Central Vista project in its current form? No. 

By the rivers of the heartland & across Vindhyas, proof which politics sucks & which works

Politics & economics are at the heart of Covid tragedy in UP, Bihar. The regional imbalance in political power, economic & social indicators is deeply troublesome.

Why the Covid variant from India won’t halt UK’s reopening plans, at least not yet

The variant from India is now evident in most regions of the UK & it is likely to spread further. Yet there are reasons to be hopeful that this time will be different.

Want to learn to manage your diabetes? Free online nutrition course can help with health tips

Beginning today for eight weeks, attendees of these free weekly classes will learn how plant-based foods can reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes.

Mamata Banerjee asks PM Modi to be fair & quick in allotting PSA plants to West Bengal

In a letter to PM Modi, Banerjee said that West Bengal was scheduled to get 70 PSA plants, but now it has been intimated that four such units would be set up in the first phase.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

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.