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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

Modi’s speech — Goswami & Navika wax eloquent, Sardesai, Vishnu Som ask questions

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

To treat pandemics like COVID-19, start by treating high blood pressure first

Doctors have identified hypertension or high blood pressure as ‘a key dangerous factor’ that leads to distress and death in patients with the coronavirus.

Military’s isolation camps on standby, Army ready to deploy facilities to fight COVID-19

The Army issued fresh guidelines in which it stated location of a quarantine facility should be far away from troops & also emphasised on cleanliness of the isolation camps.

US-China battle heats up again as coronavirus disrupts global strategic order

In episode 420 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains how coronavirus has put the world's two biggest powers — US and China — in a bitter face off.

Trump says China could’ve stopped ‘horrible Chinese virus’ that’s infected the world

Trump’s criticism of China was echoed by Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, who faulted ‘Chinese dictatorship’ for failing to stop virus.

Janata curfew: Brilliant nudge or Modi should’ve assured more about India’s preparedness?

Prime Minister Modi has announced a Janata curfew from 7 AM to 9 PM on 22 March, Sunday to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

Italy overtakes China, becomes world’s deadliest COVID-19 hotspot

Number of Italian fatalities has reached 3,405, hospitals are overwhelmed & the country has been under a nationwide lockdown since earlier this month.

Why even America isn’t testing everyone for coronavirus. Because, it isn’t needed

What’s needed – and what must be a priority – is getting tests for the people who are ill or who at least have symptoms and are in a vulnerable category.

Faced with COVID-19, India chose to protect lives, not livelihoods. And that’s a good thing

Preventing the spread of the coronavirus before it infects more people is critical. If it doesn’t hit the working population badly, the economy will bounce back.

Chaos at Srinagar airport as families of students returning from Bangladesh lathi-charged

Families of the students alleged some students were escorted out of the airport and put under home-quarantine, while others were sent to shabby isolation facilities.

On Camera

Haryana win is redemption, J&K defeat is vindication. BJP is walking out of Lok Sabha poll fog

A leader's charisma is a big plus. But don't underestimate the craft of mounting an election campaign. Haryana is BJP's reward for mastering it. All-round participation and peaceful polling in J&K too is a win.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

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?