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Monday, September 15, 2025
TopicCovid-19 testing

Topic: Covid-19 testing

Anurag Kashyap, Kunal Kamra, others to auction awards, perform live to fund Covid testing kits

The move has found support from poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar, director Neeraj Ghaywan, singer Vishal Dadlani & more from entertainment industry.

Discrepancy in Delhi Covid data: Is Arvind Kejriwal govt being transparent enough?

Delhi health secretary Padmini Singla has highlighted the unusual trend of rising Covid cases in the national capital and decreasing number of containment zones.

Delhi violating ICMR, WHO norms by not Covid-testing the dead. But it’s not the only state

Experts are divided on testing dead bodies for Covid but say classification of death is important. West Bengal is another state that is not testing patients after death.

US firm Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate shows ‘potential’ in first phase of trials

Phase 1 of the trials involved 45 healthy volunteers aged 18-55 yrs. Moderna says interim data shows the vaccine candidate 'has the potential to prevent Covid-19 disease'.

What govt wants in lockdown 4 — Aarogya Setu app in every family, cop in surveillance teams

In a note to states, the Centre has asked for reorganisation of teams as it has been facing trouble in carrying out house-to-house surveillance.

With Covid cases nearing a lakh, India to check prevalence of ‘asymptomatic’ carriers

The ICMR will conduct a 'serosurvey' across red, orange and green zones. The results of the study could see a re-designation of districts under the three zones.

ICMR to fast-track WHO’s Solidarity trial roll-out in India, test 4 treatments for Covid

The Solidarity trial is an international clinical trial launched on 18 March by WHO to compare untested treatment options for Covid-19.

Renu Kohli calls labour reforms a caricature, Shyam Saran on China’s move to digital money

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Prashant Bhushan, Shyam Agarwal, Shyam Saran, R. Jagannathan and more.

From India to S. Korea, social stigma & harassment are hurting Asia’s virus testing efforts

Harassment and prejudice could undermine the goals of all the disclosure about Covid-19 cases in the first place: Containing community spread.

ICMR issues new guidelines to record Covid deaths, says this will help build robust data

The new guidelines are an attempt to streamline the Covid mortality surveillance in the country.

On Camera

Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.