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Thursday, October 3, 2024
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Topic: COVID-19

Changes in menstruation after Covid vaccines should also be studied, not just blood clots

There’s ample evidence that sex differences matter in responses to the vaccine and need more study. Women are more likely to report mild or moderate side effects, and suffer severe ones.

Former Rajasthan CM Jagannath Pahadia dies of Covid, PM Modi pays tribute

The Veteran Congress leader died Wednesday at the age of 89. Jagannath Pahadia was chief minister of Rajasthan in 1980-81 and also a former governor of Haryana and Bihar.

Ex-NSG chief JK Dutt, who led 26/11 Mumbai counter-terror operation, dies of Covid

J K Dutt was admitted to Gurgaon's Medanta Hospital on 14 April after his oxygen saturation started declining. He passed away Wednesday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest.

Why Indian exports are doing well in 2nd Covid wave and how new restrictions can hurt them

A revival in global demand has seen exports of engineering goods and gems and jewellery surge. Exports in April rose 196% compared to 2020 and 17% when compared to 2019.

US has given over $500 million in Covid relief to India, White House says

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have been impacted by Covid.

Some vaccines are helping countries exit the pandemic faster than others

Countries like Israel are seeing a dip in new cases after vaccinations, but in countries like Seychelles, which has fully inoculated a large population, cases continue to increase.

Singapore orders Facebook, Twitter to correct ‘online falsehoods’ about Singapore variant of coronavirus

The move follows an earlier spat between the Singapore govt and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who claimed that a new Covid strain discovered in Singapore was harmful to children.

At least 60 Delhi doctors have died in 2nd Covid wave & families are left to pick up pieces

The list of doctors who have succumbed to the virus is still being compiled. The families of several of them say they had been fully vaccinated against Covid.

India to get 267 cr Covid vaccines, can inoculate all adults by year end: Harsh Vardhan

The health minister said that 51 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses will be made available by July and 216 crores more between August and December.

MHA extends deadline for NGOs to open FCRA accounts to get foreign funds

The Centre, citing the pandemic, has given a four-month extension to those whose FCRA registration has already expired or will expire between 29 September 2020 and 30 September 2021.

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

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?