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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

Modi govt again advises homoeopathy for COVID-19, suggests sipping water boiled with tulsi

The advisory by the Ministry of AYUSH was sent to chief secretaries of all states and UTs. This time, govt also attached supporting evidence.

Now, Italy and Austria are tracking mobile phones to check if virus lockdown is working

Italy and Austria are the latest after China, Israel and Vietnam to use mobile phone tracking to help contain the pandemic.

Bengal’s first COVID-19 patient evaded test for 2 days while IAS mother met top officials

The revelation has angered CM Mamata Banerjee, sent top officials into self-quarantine, and caused the state secretariat Nabanna to be scrubbed clean.

Migrant worker camps in Qatar on lockdown as coronavirus cases spike among community

Workers from countries like India, Nepal and Bangladesh make up much of Qatar’s blue-collar labour force and typically live in camps on the edges of Doha.

Modi wants COVID-19 video chat with G20 leaders, but his SAARC plans are yet to take off

The COVID-19 fund proposed to be set up with contributions from SAARC countries is yet to see the light of day. No timeline given for other proposals.

Facebook wrongly blocks coronavirus news as spam but it’s not the first time

After multiple users reported that articles on COVID-19 were taken down for violating community standards, Facebook said it was a bug.

M Katju’s jibe at Gogoi, and Mehbooba wants internet restored in Kashmir

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Ex-CJI Gogoi’s job amidst unemployment crisis, and Rahul Gandhi’s tsunami warning

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint

‘Public needs to trust officials’ — paper shares dos and don’ts to tackle coronavirus crisis

An article in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the strategies that have been successful in containment of coronavirus.

‘Need people to cooperate’ — officials defend chaos at Delhi airport over COVID-19 screening

Several passengers complained that their passports were seized, and they were made to wait in long queues increasing risk of infection.

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

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?