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Friday, September 27, 2024
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Topic: Coronavirus

Johns Hopkins University disassociates from study on India’s possible Covid-19 cases

The study titled ‘COVID-19 for India Updates’ had gone viral on social media last week and predicted that India will have more than 12 crore Covid-19 cases.

Modi calls Kashmiri student, Pune nurse to boost morale during Covid-19 lockdown

Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally called Nizamur Rehman, who returned from China, and Chhaya Jagtap, a nurse treating coronavirus patients.

Tinkle and Amar Chitra Katha, the comics we grew up with that grew up with us

The iconic comics that were our best friends decades ago are still there for us while we self-isolate in lockdown.

Why disease and xenophobia go hand in hand

The central human fallacy is to assume that if international travel helps spread disease, a perceived “foreign” group is most likely to be carriers.

Bengaluru police chief took kickbacks from e-commerce firm, alleges Karnataka deputy CM 

High-level meeting chaired by CM leaves commissioner Bhaskar Rao in tears after deputy CM alleges he received kickbacks for curfew passes offered to a few e-commerce firms.  

Meet the Pune woman behind the first Indian Covid-19 testing kits

Mylab Discovery Solutions sent its kits to 150 diagnostic centres in Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Goa and Bengaluru this week.

OPDs shut, surgeries put off: Private hospitals write to finance minister for emergency fund

Corporate hospitals have sought an emergency relief fund that could be released through pending payments under CGHS, ECHS, exemption of GST & loan moratorium.

Kerala reports its first Covid-19 death

A 69-year-old man, admitted to an isolation ward for treatment at Ernakulam Medical College Hospital, post his return from Dubai, died Saturday.

Scientist says anti-epilepsy drug can be repurposed for Covid-19, writes to ICMR to test it

ICGEB’s Neel Sarovar Bhavesh says the need of the hour is cooperation between researchers and govt agencies, so that a cure for Covid-19 can be found quickly.

‘We live in fear’ — people from Northeast endure racist slurs in Bengaluru

In the midst of the 21-day lockdown, multiple cases of people from the Northeast being called ‘coronavirus’ and other racist slurs have emerged in the city.

On Camera

India has 2 women CMs now. Atishi and Mamata Banerjee are both victims of bad PR

Women look up to women in power as role models. But so far, Atishi’s public image is that of a woman-in-waiting rather than a woman-in-charge.

Tamil Nadu govt & Ford go way back. How carmaker’s return is new chapter in story that began in 1995

High value of 350-acre Ford plant property drove TN to encourage Ford to return over nearly a yr of negotiations. It's expected to reinforce state's resurgence as global manufacturing hub.

A fitness & fighter aircraft enthusiast, who is Air Marshal AP Singh, the next Chief of Air Force

Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh will take over as chief on 30 September. During his service of nearly 40 yrs, he has served in variety of command, staff, instructional & foreign appointments.

Lesson from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan: if you have no patience, you don’t deserve democracy

Sri Lankan transition was smoothly managed. Check Bangladesh for contrast. They forced their incumbent into exile, installed a mostly unelectable govt of non-political people.