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Friday, October 4, 2024
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Topic: Coronavirus

Think you can prove yoga, meditation ward off Covid-19? Modi govt has an offer for you

The central govt is seeking research by experts on how yoga & meditation can boost immunity, improve the respiratory system and alleviate depression and anxiety. 

We have a new problem — America is drinking its way through the coronavirus crisis

Alcohol may be essential for some, but too much of it is dangerous for many, both now and into the future.

A war room, drones, CCTVs — how ‘hotspot’ Agra became Covid-19 model town 

Agra has been lauded by central government for successful cluster containment that it credits with controlling the spread of coronavirus in the UP district.

Andaman & Nicobar has started conducting ‘pool tests’ for Covid-19 — first in the country

Five samples per testing kit, that's what a "pool test" looks like in the Andaman & Nicobar islands for the past 10 days. Rest of resource-poor India may follow suit.

A woman reads the Quran, 13-yr-old says ‘I’m scared’: How Jaipur is dealing with Covid-19

Doctors and policemen take oral swabs from residents in the Muslim-dominated Ramganj locality of Jaipur where over 150 people have tested positive for coronavirus.

Move over Contagion. Board and video games on virus apocalypse are the new obsession

Games in which players are pathogens out to destroy humanity or healthcare workers battling an outbreak, are all the rage during the coronavirus lockdown.

In coronavirus crisis, are RWAs helping or becoming vigilantes?

The coronavirus lockdown has empowered Resident Welfare Associations to ensure social distancing norms to curb the spread of infection.

Coronavirus death toll reaches 273 in India, confirmed cases climb to 8,356

According to the Health Ministry, as many as 34 new deaths have been reported since Saturday evening while 715 patients have been cured of the virus till now.

Soren urges Patnaik to help migrant workers stranded in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Saturday requested his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik to help workers stuck in the neighbouring state due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

Railway converts 5000 coaches into isolation wards, likely to deploy them in rural areas

There will be 10 coaches in each train with the capacity to hold 16 patients each, and one AC coach for doctors and other medical staff.

On Camera

Sweden’s Indo-Pacific strategy has an India-sized gap. Piggybacking US allies won’t work

The strategy is expected to create further opportunities for investment across Indo-Pacific capitals, including India, which must be strategically leveraged with firm intent.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

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?