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Thursday, October 10, 2024
TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

Modi govt telling businesses to pay staff but cutting its own employees’ salary is untenable

For business hit by lockdown, the MHA served a bigger jolt with its flip-flop over proposed penal action if company employees test Covid-19 positive.

Delhi sees highest recoveries from Covid-19 in single day while cases rise to 3,314

No death was reported for the third consecutive day in the national capital.

How coronavirus vaccines can reach the market faster with the right incentives

Vaccine makers need to be encouraged to develop coronavirus vaccines and get them widely distributed as soon as possible. And it has to be worth their while.

Odisha’s cyclone measures come handy in Covid fight – women’s groups

Around 70 lakh women in Odisha’s self-help groups are making protective masks and distributing food packets during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Zee News on JNU’s mahabharat, Ravish unhappy with police’s Yamraj, Times Now Covid predictions

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

35 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, coronavirus kills 10 survivors who had comorbidities

Ten of 12 Covid-19 patients who died in Bhopal were people suffering from comorbidities on account of 1984 gas tragedy.

India’s tourism needs life support, liquidity to survive Covid crisis: MakeMyTrip founder

The year 2020 could be a complete washout for the travel and tourism industry in India if we don’t take immediate steps – not just to contain virus but also its impact on livelihoods.

Oxygen therapy or ventilators? Indian doctors rethink best option for critical Covid cases

Critical care experts in India suggest that oxygen therapy can be equally if not more effective than ventilators when treating Covid-19.

Plasma therapy still in trial, cannot be used as Covid-19 treatment yet, says govt

The Union health ministry warned that using the plasma therapy to treat Covid-19 patients outside of a clinical trial will be considered illegal.

Private hospitals must not turn away non-Covid patients, says health ministry

Health Secretary Preeti Sudan notes that hospitals have been denying essential services like dialysis, cancer treatment and pregnancy care.

On Camera

News anchors studiously avoided PM Modi’s name on Haryana counting day—until about 10 am

Many Congress leaders would regret their words. From Pawan ‘Jalebi’ Khera to Supriya Shrinate, who told News 24 she would change her name if BJP wins more than '15-20 seats' in Haryana.

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Massive in size & capable of heavyweight strikes. Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik is unlike any other drone

No clarity on whether it was shot down intentionally or accidentally.Some reports suggest that it was purposely brought down to prevent Ukrainians getting their hands on the drone.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?