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Thursday, October 3, 2024
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Topic: Coronavirus

UV light booth, nasal gel & other innovations India’s working on to battle Covid-19

The science ministry's science & tech department has been pushing institutes to work on innovations that improve India's response to Covid-19.

Coronavirus could be ‘reactivating’ in cured patients, Korean CDC says

Rather than being infected again, virus may have been reactivated in cured patients as they tested positive again shortly after release from quarantine.

How will you restart the economy? There is no perfect answer

There are likely to be unknown unknowns and, with that, a high risk of collateral damage & unintended consequences.

Most New York city coronavirus cases came from Europe, genome researchers say

The virus appears to have been imported to New York from UK, France, Austria & the Netherlands, genome researchers at NYU Langone Health say.

Coronavirus spread in China was twice faster than earlier assessment, US study says

Each person infected early in epidemic in Wuhan probably passed virus to average of 5.7 other people, says analysis by Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Many in J&K’s Sopore booked for lockdown violation as they attend Jaish militant’s funeral

J&K Police says case was registered against the people for violating Covid-19 protocols and government advisories to maintain social distancing.

Understanding potential Covid-19 vaccines and how they can defeat the virus

In episode 439 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains how the Covid-19 vaccines under trial can potentially contain the pandemic.

Global economy faces a $5 trillion hit due to Covid-19. That’s more than Japan’s GDP

The downturn is predicted to be short-lived, but it is unlikely to return to its pre-crisis trend until at least 2022.

‘First quiet Shab-e-Barat, but for right reasons’: Delhi Muslims mark prayer night indoors

The 'night of forgiveness' is marked by Muslims visiting graveyards and mosques to pray for the deceased. But Delhi streets wore a deserted look Wednesday.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘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?