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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

How AI-powered ships can help us collect valuable data about the ocean

Today, with human activity impacting ocean health, the need for oceanographic data and the ships that collect them has never been greater.

Most countries used ‘Swiss cheese’ model to reduce Covid. In India, the holes were too big

An infectious disease expert writes India’s second wave is the result of the failure of 3 basic measures.

Selling buffalo for a brain scan — Covid has exposed India’s health system

The global average of out-of-pocket healthcare cost is 18.2 per cent, but in India, the number is 62.7 per cent. Don’t forget the decades of underinvestment in health.

Here’s how drones can improve India’s vaccine supply chains

India's Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) is one of the largest in the world, but vaccine logistics remain a challenge.

Delhi Metro suspended as Kejriwal govt extends lockdown by a week till 17 May

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Covid cases have come down in the last few days, but any slackness would squander the gains achieved so far.

India’s second wave sees Covid drug FabiFlu sales jump 600% in April to rake in Rs 351 crore

FabiFlu replaced multivitamin drug Zincovit as the top selling drug as India witnessed the highest number of Covid infections, hospitalisations and deaths in April.

Punjab waits on 1 lakh doses to kick off 18+ vaccinations, but needs 2.63 cr more

Punjab's vaccination programme has been sputtering due to a shortage of vaccine doses. State now considers priority groups and regions to vaccinate vulnerable population first.

Here’s how you can legally adopt a child in India, and it’s not through WhatsApp or Twitter

Several children under the age of 18 have lost both parents to Covid and this has made them vulnerable to illegal adoption or worse, trafficking.

1.34% of India’s Covid cases in ICU, 3.7% on oxygen support — Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

4,88,861 Covid patients have so far required ICU beds, while ventilator support has been administered to 1,70,841, Harsh Vardhan says at Group of Ministers meeting.

These soldiers are serving 24×7 to cremate veterans, dependents succumbing to Covid

From 4 pyres at Delhi's Brar Square cremation ground, the infrastructure is being raised to deal with 20 bodies at a time due to the increased Covid toll.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

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.