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Thursday, October 2, 2025
TopicCovid-19. coronavirus

Topic: covid-19. coronavirus

Bengaluru Covid bed shortage isn’t about availability but hospitals flouting rules, says govt

Seven teams of IAS and IPS officers have found that the city’s private hospitals were either not reserving 50% of beds for Covid cases as ordered by the state or hiding information.

Mumbai’s elite ‘SoBo’ sees Covid spike as cases move from slums to apartment towers

Over the last month, the high-end Malabar Hill & neighbouring localities in South Mumbai now have the highest number of sealed buildings, 285 in all, across Mumbai’s island city areas.

Gujarat doubles daily Covid tests as alarm bells ring after central govt team visit

The team, headed by AIIMS director Randeep Guleria, was in the state due to an alarming rise in cases and the country’s highest fatality rate.

Longer interval, row-wise exit, no pat-down search likely when PVR, INOX, other cinemas reopen

Customers will also be required to show their health status on the Aarogya Setu App while entering the premises.

Three reasons why Kerala’s Covid success is beginning to get a reality check 

Kerala has seen a surge in Covid cases this week — 1,322 in just 3 days — particularly in Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam district, sparking fears of community transmission.

Why ventilators, once the need of the hour, are now a last resort among doctors treating Covid

Hospitals have been witnessing a high mortality rate among its Covid-19 patients on ventilators, forcing doctors to rethink its use.

The ‘thick skinned’ civil engineer behind ‘Dharavi model’ and Mumbai’s footpath challenge

The ‘Dharavi model’ has made international headlines, and perhaps, just as talked about as the model is the face behind it — assistant municipal commissioner Kiran Dighavkar. 

25 Bihar BJP leaders test Covid-positive, party says it has nothing to do with e-rallies

Opposition was quick to attack BJP, with RJD's Tejashwi Yadav saying the party is interested in obtaining power and is least concerned with the well-being of the people.

Video messages by Abhijit Banerjee nudged Covid symptom reporting in Bengal, report says

Working paper authored by Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and 7 others says celebrity messaging managed to get more people to report Covid symptoms, practise hygiene.

How coronavirus is exposing the ‘autocratic’ leadership of ‘missing’ CM KCR

Since the formation of Telangana, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao or KCR has governed with an authoritarian streak and the pandemic has changed little.

On Camera

Why Modi’s supporters fear ‘proud Hindu’ MK Gandhi and venerate his murderer Godse

Every Gandhi Jayanti, we witness a contradiction in Hindutva position — PM Modi hails ‘beloved Bapu’ while his supporters attack and abuse him.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

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.