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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicCovid-19 testing

Topic: Covid-19 testing

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.