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Topic: covid

Overruling HC, SC backs insurance claim for ‘requisitioned’ doctor who died during pandemic

Overruling Bombay High Court, Supreme Court said pandemic realities made formal appointment letters impractical, not needed to prove that a doctor was requisitioned during COVID-19.

Lockdown-like curbs can drastically reduce air pollution in Delhi, says study

A new study highlights that the problems are primarily due to delays in implementation, not to gaps in scientific understanding or policy design.

Indians turned to ancestral ingredients during Covid—a country revisiting its food map

The story of millets, makhana, and mahua is one of agricultural revival and of communities and policy-makers working together.

Goa’s digital nomads get a reality check—working from paradise needs more than just good vibes

Remote workers who arrived in Goa after 2020 are now leaving their sunshine dreams behind. They are questioning whether the infrastructure ever existed to sustain them in the first place.

Millions are still living with this Covid symptom & Japanese hot springs hold key to early life’s secrets

New Delhi: A study led by the National Institute of Health and published in JAMA Network on 25 September has revealed that many people...

BJP calls Siddaramaiah ‘anti-science’ for linking cardiac-related deaths in Hassan to COVID vaccines

BJP accuses Siddaramaiah of deflecting attention from string of cardiac-related deaths in Hassan, says ‘questioning vaccine is anti-science, anti-people’.

7 new Covid cases found in Assam, no improvement in 24 hrs

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website, there are 20 active cases in the northeastern state and 7,131 active Covid cases in India.

163 cases of the new Covid variant XFG detected in India, highest in Maharashtra

The recombinant XFG variant harbours four key spike mutations and has achieved rapid global spread following its initial detection in Canada.

Kerala health dept issues updated guidelines after spike in COVID-19 cases

The department has directed all hospitals to conduct mock drills through a Google Form & asked high-risk individuals to wear masks in public places.

Active Covid cases jump from 44 to 51 in Haryana, 11 fresh cases from Gurugram, Faridabad

Active Covid cases jump from 44 to 51 in Haryana, 11 fresh cases from Gurugram, Faridabad

On Camera

MGNREGA was democratic state-building. VB-GRAMG turns welfare back to mai-baapism

MGNREGA empowered citizens to engage the state on equal terms. VB-GRAMG recasts them as labharthis, who must prove eligibility to receive the largesse of a benevolent leader.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.