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Monday, October 7, 2024
TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

Coronavirus inspires zero contact, only delivery from Swiggy, Zomato, Domino’s, McDonald’s

Food aggregators are letting customers request their delivery to be left off at the doorstep rather than being directly handed over.

UP to AP, what’s stopping India’s temples and mosques from closing down due to COVID-19

Ignoring the advice of Ayodhya chief medical officer, the UP govt has given VHP the go ahead to place lord Ram’s idols or photos in 2.75 lakh villages.

COVID-19 cases in Pakistan rise to 212 amid conflicting statements on nation’s first death

The Punjab Health Minister & National Command and Control Centre had earlier confirmed the first casualty due to virus but the Punjab CM rejected the statements later on.

Govt allows private labs to test for COVID-19, but its appeal for free tests has few takers

Private lab owners say if the govt provides them testing kits, then coronavirus tests can be done for free, otherwise, they will not be able to manage.

Swiss firm Roche gets COVID-19 test license, India’s Mylab and Trivitron await govt nod

Once approved, these kits will be sold to private diagnostic chains such as Dr. Lal Path Labs, SRL Labs, Metropolis Healthcare among others to start community testing.

Evidence emerging coronavirus could slow by summer with warmer temperature, humidity

Evidence is starting to emerge that temperature and humidity do make a difference in the ability of the virus to infect large numbers.

‘Big Brother’ Germany guests don’t know about coronavirus pandemic, to be told live on TV

Producers of the show defended their decision to not tell contestants earlier saying information blackout is only lifted in emergency situations.

GoAir suspends international flights, offers leave without pay to staff in view of COVID-19

GoAir also proposed to give 20 per cent pay cut for staff in a staggered manner to help the airline sustain till normalcy in passenger traffic returns.

Research in China finds anti-viral drug Favipiravir effective in treating coronavirus

The influenza drug which was approved for clinical use in Japan in 2014, is to be included in the diagnosis and treatment plan for COVID-19

Ranjan Gogoi sanitiser, Kerala robot dispenser & empty New York — Twitter reels under COVID-19

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

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?