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TopicCovid-19. coronavirus

Topic: covid-19. coronavirus

No written orders but ambulances from other states are being stopped at Telangana borders 

ThePrint contacted Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and Health Secretary Syed Ali Rizvi, through text and phone calls, but received no response until the publishing of this report.

RSS launches campaign to counter Covid doomsdayers, shifts strategy to relief efforts 

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is slated to address the nation in the second week of May, aimed at creating a positive atmosphere as the RSS feels it is important to counter negativity.

Firm under lens for hoarding oxygen concentrators denies charge, says was helping people

The company, along with Delhi businessman Navneet Kalra, has been accused of hoarding oxygen concentrators.

Now, it’s Gayatri Mantra. AIIMS Rishikesh is trying to find out if it helps Covid patients

Since February this year, researchers at AIIMS Rishikesh have been conducting a clinical trial to see if chanting Gayatri Mantra & doing pranayam can help moderately ill Covid patients.

Armed forces plan to hire 400 retired military doctors to assist in fight against Covid

The forces are looking to hire, on a contractual basis for about a year, medical officers who retired in the last four to five years.

Who should child go to if you both die? Govt wants declaration from Covid parents in hospital

WCD ministry has written a letter in this regard to the health ministry, says the measure is to protect children and ensure they don’t become victims of child labour or trafficking.

Tejasvi Surya ‘communalises’ Covid fight by accusing Muslim volunteers of beds allotment racket

Video surfaces showing Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya in BBMP south war room reading out names of Muslim volunteers who he claimed were taking bribes & illegally allocating beds. 

‘A crowd is a crowd, is a crowd’ — Jaishankar mounts spirited defence of govt’s Covid management

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar says it's not fair to blame Modi govt for India's second wave crisis, adds that poll rallies & Kumbh mela weren't the only reasons for Covid spread.

There’s no unique Andhra Covid strain which is 15 times more virulent, says CCMB chief

CCMB director Rakesh Mishra says prevalence of N440K strain in Andhra Pradesh is less than 5% at the moment and is likely to disappear or be replaced soon.

‘Even we can’t get help’, IAS, IPS, IRS officers say as panic sets in after spate of Covid deaths

Many in the country’s IAS, IPS and other civil services complain that informal networks, which protected them earlier, have all collapsed.

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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?