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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicCovid-19 pandemic

Topic: Covid-19 pandemic

Include past years in student assessment, recover learning loss: Teachers in Premji Univ. study

Study is based on responses of 363 primary school teachers across 5 states, and aimed to find ways to integrate students back into the classroom as schools start opening.

In Covid year, UP dispatched 3 midday meal rations, but some students are still waiting

After two Covid waves, the long wait for dry ration and absence of cooked meals have started defeating one of the purposes of midday meal scheme — luring poor students to school.

Over $157 bn deployed in last 15 months to fight ‘unprecedented crisis’, World Bank says

The bank's group president David Malpass said they would continue to provide assistance to developing countries amid pandemic to achieve a more broad-based economic recovery.

What happens if hockey finalists catch Covid before match? New rules set for pandemic Olympics

IOC devises sport-specific regulations as a contingency measure that will be put in motion in case a confirmed Covid case is reported in any sport.

PM Modi reviews progress of oxygen augmentation, availability amid fears of 3rd Covid wave

The prime minister asked officials to coordinate with state governments and ensure that PSA oxygen plants are made operational as soon as possible.

Kanwar Yatra to begin in Uttar Pradesh from 25 July

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked state officials to coordinate with Bihar and Uttarakhand to ensure Covid guidelines are followed during the yatra.

How the pandemic can help make digital currencies truly global

We know that digital cash will be a direct claim on a central bank, just like its physical counterpart. But there the similarity ends.

India needs time for penance and prayer. Naysayers are baying for blood

While we desperately try to make amends, all the while admitting to possible lapses and inadequacies, are our leaders to be condemned as haughty or callous?

Off The Cuff with Iqbal Singh Chahal

Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal was our guest at ThePrint’s latest Off The Cuff. In a conversation with Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Chahal spoke...

On Camera

Munir wants Pakistan military to be taken seriously. He was impressing Imran’s supporters

Operation Sindhoor came as a blessing for Asim Munir. He could claim to have “won a war” and get promoted to a field marshal’s post. But the narrative hasn’t held.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.