scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

Coronavirus or Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is a viral disease that turned into a pandemic in early 2020. The first known case was recorded in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Coronavirus has multiple variants such as Delta and Omicron, and its most common symptoms are fever, chills and sore throat.

India’s Covid tally crosses 2 crore mark with 3.57 lakh new cases in last 24 hours

PTI -
Registering a steady increase, the active Covid cases have increased to 34,47,133, comprising 17% of the total infections, while the death toll has reached 2,22,408.

Australia fining and jailing its citizens returning from India is a new low, siege mentality

Daniel Moss -
Political desperation seems to be a reason behind the travel ban as Australian PM Scott Morrison's center-right govt is hit by sex scandals and a botched vaccine rollout.

Nepal to suspend all domestic, international flights amid surge in Covid cases

PTI -
Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said that those entering Nepal from India would be allowed to enter only after conducting antigen tests.

Second Covid wave is causing guilt, anxiety, distress, NIMHANS helpline sees 40% spike in calls

Himani Chandna -
Set up last March, the 24x7 helpline run by National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru has been fielding calls from teens to migrant workers.

Tanzanian High Commission’s defence advisor dies due to Covid in Delhi hospital

PTI -
Col Moses Beatus Mlula passed away at Base hospital in Delhi Cantt on 28 April, a day after he was admitted to the facility.

It’s not just India, fierce new Covid waves have hit many developing countries

Jinshan Hong -
From Laos to Thailand in Southeast Asia, and those bordering India such as Bhutan & Nepal, all have been reporting surges in Covid cases in the past few weeks.

Not just NZ & Philippines, diplomats of many more countries hit by O2, beds, vaccine crises

Nayanima Basu -
Foreign missions in India are also facing severe challenges and difficulties when it comes oxygen requirements and hospitalisations for Covid affected diplomats, staff & their families.

2 Delhi civic bodies give nod to use cow dung for cremation as Covid deaths surge

PTI -
With surge in Covid deaths leading to shortage of wood at crematoriums, NDMC Mayor asks cow sheds to install machines that convert dung into cakes that can be used on funeral pyres.

Oxygen tankers ‘held hostage’ at Haryana plant, taking 6x longer to fill, Delhi claims

Aneesha Bedi -
As the country grapples with second Covid wave, Delhi is reporting a grievous shortage of medical oxygen, a life-saving resource for patients.

India’s R value drops to 1.16, lowest since March, state lockdowns likely helped

Mohana Basu -
Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar saw a drop in R value this week, but it still remains over 1. For active cases to come down, R needs to be below 1.
1...241242243...1,000Page 242 of 1,000

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

How startups are falling into lenders’ debt traps

Banudas Athreya -
Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.

India is trying a new China strategy. It’s called ‘managed rivalry’

Labour Codes to QCO—Modi’s third term looks more open to economic reforms

Economy

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

Udit Bubna -
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.

Defence

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

Niyati Kothiyal -
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. 

National Interest

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

Follow us

Copyright © 2025 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.