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Topic: covid

Death & the Covid vaccine: Why SC has directed govt to frame a ‘no-fault’ compensation scheme

SC was hearing pleas by grieving families who claimed their loved ones died due to adverse events linked to Covid vaccination. Govt denied direct link between vaccines & deaths.

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’.

Excess Covid deaths for 2021 stand at 15.7 lakh, not 21 lakh, analysis by MoHFW & Niti Aayog shows

According to the analysis, for 2020 and 2021, there were an excess of 15.54 lakh COVID-19 deaths in India. These included reported, unreported, direct and indirect deaths.

SC stands by Madras HC’s rent waiver for TN shopkeepers during 2020 Covid lockdown. What it said

2-judge SC bench also dismisses a set of appeals filed by various municipal bodies of Tamil Nadu that had challenged multiple High Court orders passed in 2022.

UK appoints board to tackle unemployment due to ‘long-term sickness’

The Labor Market Advisory Board will advise on plans to drive growth, create jobs.

On Camera

Trump either ends Iran conflict quickly, or sky-high energy costs will force him to do so

Trump can waive some environmental rules for gasoline and diesel. These measures would buy time at home. But, internationally, the damage from rising prices would continue.

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.