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Thursday, October 2, 2025
TopicCovid-19. coronavirus

Topic: covid-19. coronavirus

Farmers at Delhi-Haryana border won’t get Covid tested, say vaccine shouldn’t be a compulsion

Agitating farmer union leaders say those at the protest site are free to decide if they want to be tested for Covid or receive the vaccine, agree to 'passively' support govt efforts.

‘Kept pumping brother’s chest for 1.5 hrs’: Man recounts horror that followed Nashik oxygen leak

On Wednesday, 24 Covid patients died at Nashik Municipal Corporation-run Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital after a leak in main oxygen storage tank. Relatives of several patients claim negligence. 

The curious case of MP health minister who went missing for a month amid Covid spike

For a month, right up until second week of April, MP Health Minister Prabhuram Choudhary, a doctor by profession, skipped Covid meetings and was missing from capital Bhopal. 

Bengal sees Covid spike amid polls, but Mamata yet to attend review meeting in 3 months

Mamata Banerjee skipped 2 video conferences between the PM and CMs on Covid — on 17 March and 8 April — with Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay having represented state.

This Chhattisgarh village had no Covid case until 5 April, religious meet changed that to 100

Many villagers believe local youths who attended cricket tournament in Raipur contracted Covid there & spread it in Majhgaon as they attended 9-day 'Bhagwat Paath' event soon after.

Those questioning Covid vaccine exports are short-sighted, ‘really irresponsible’: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said India cannot just expect raw materials for the vaccines from other countries and then not send them the final product.

Congress, AAP’s social outreach shake BJP into action, state units to focus on Covid relief

BJP feedback notes its Delhi unit is particularly not active enough when compared with Youth Congress, AAP. Workers being listed for plasma donations, to publicise Modi govt efforts.

‘We’ll fall sick among family’: Migrant workers in Ahmedabad flock to catch trains back home

With Gujarat crippled by the Covid second wave, hundreds of migrant workers have gathered to return home to Bihar, UP, West Bengal & Chhattisgarh.

Over 2 dozen IAS officers down with Covid, putting strain on already stretched civil service

Ministries have started restricting visitors, virtual meetings replace physical ones and work from home back in vogue in government offices.

Unprecedented crisis: No beds, gasping patients, rising death toll in Chhattisgarh’s Durg

Durg is the second worst affected district in the state in terms of Covid cases, and is among the 15 districts with the highest caseloads in the country.

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More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.