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Saturday, October 5, 2024
TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

Modi’s Goldilocks moment: Hong Kong model of lockdown, Wuhan or South Korea

McKinsey estimates that a prolonged lockdown, such as the one in Wuhan, could decrease India’s GDP by 8 to 10 per cent.

New research shows how silent carriers spread coronavirus

Silent carriers of coronavirus may play a significant role in spreading the disease, according to research conducted in Iceland.

It took India 74 days to cross 10,000 Covid-19 cases — much slower than US, UK

The number of deaths in India as it crossed 10,000 Covid-19 cases stood at 358, higher than US and China but lower than Sweden, Spain and Italy.

Bandra migrant crowd: Arnab, Rahul Shivshankar see conspiracy, Sardesai on ‘healing touch’

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

India will have a second contagion if it doesn’t finance economic recovery

Allowing credit contagion to take hold is a serious error, especially as India’s under-capitalised lenders were swamped by corporate defaults before Covid-19.

How well lockdown has worked so far, & bizarre case of a virus-hit state with one-man cabinet

In episode 444 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains how the nationwide lockdown worked and delves into the political crisis in MP.

ICMR plans plasma therapy clinical trials in 2 weeks to treat critical Covid-19 cases

ICMR has invited hospitals, health institutions to participate in 2 randomised controlled trials — convalescent plasma therapy & plasma exchange therapy.

Amul to SpiceJet to Railways — Supply chain heroes are making sure India runs in lockdown

How do you ensure sex workers in Sonagachi get food and a crucial hazmat suit gets to Coimbatore? India’s lockdown is seeing many unlikely heroes.

Who really is ‘king’ in US? Governors defying Trump raises questions on power structure

US President Donald Trump claiming he has unilateral power to lift the Covid-19 restrictions has snowballed into a potential constitutional battle.

Modi govt approves made-in-India rapid test kits after Chinese supply is delayed

New list of approved kits includes 3 made by Indian firms and more from other countries. The first 7 lakh kits from China were supposed to arrive by 8 April.

On Camera

Idol worship an eyesore to Bangladeshi islamists. Durga Puja to be toned down this year

Manindra Kumar Nath, vice president of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, said Hindus are afraid of celebrating Durga Puja as they did before.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

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?