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Topic: Covid-19 testing

Returning migrants spike Bihar’s Covid numbers, state scrambles for faster testing

Dipak Mishra -
Bihar plans to bring back over 2 lakh migrants on 169 shramik special trains, but its current testing capacity is 1,811 tests per day.

Covid-19 testing capacity scaled to 95,000 per day: Harsh Vardhan

PTI -
A total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far in 332 government and 121 private laboratories, said the Union Health Minister Saturday.

How Niti Aayog plans to make India a Covid testing superpower with private help

Himani Chandna -
While India can currently conduct 1.25 lakh RT-PCR tests a day, the majority involve the use of imported kits.

World’s most accurate antibody test has arrived. Or has it?

Sandhya Ramesh -
Most antibody tests have a high rate of either false positives or false negatives, drastically dropping their accuracy.

How well has Modi govt’s Covid strategy worked? Answer lies in 1 million+ tests done so far

Swagata Yadavar -
From doubling rate to positivity rate and infection rate, the data from the results of 1 million samples gives an idea of how India is faring at tackling the disease.

Tata Sons to help make ‘Feluda’, CSIR’s Satyajit Ray-inspired Covid paper test kit

Shanker Arnimesh -
Tata Sons and CSIR have signed an MoU for the ‘licencing of knowhow’, and want to make the kit available for Covid-19 testing on the ground by the end of May.

Covid-19 lockdown, successful or not? There are 5 ways to answer this question

Rukmini S -
We can establish if the Covid-19 lockdown in India was successful or not based on the indicator we choose.

Can’t understand research jargon around Covid-19? Here’s a basic primer to get you started

Sandhya Ramesh -
There's a lot of scientific data flooding the internet on Covid-19. Before you begin reading them, here's the basics to understanding it.

More testing, daily detailed updates — Mamata’s Covid strategy sees major turnaround

Madhuparna Das -
Some attribute the change to pressure from Modi govt, others say discontent among people and top govt officers has made Bengal govt change track.

Residents of Delhi containment zones to be screened thrice in 2 weeks, says Kejriwal govt

Aneesha Bedi -
The directive comes as fresh cases of coronavirus continue to emerge from 75% of the capital’s containment zones. There are 97 containment zones in Delhi.
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People of Assam, we’ll fight to the end until it’s victory for us: Nehru during Chinese invasion

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On 19 November 1962, PM Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the people of Assam in a radio address and spoke of the resolve against Chinese attack, saying India won't tolerate this invasion.

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Economy

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

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New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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