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Thursday, October 3, 2024
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Topic: COVID-19

Reserve right to invoke misinformation law on Kejriwal’s Covid comments: Singapore envoy

Singapore High Commissioner to India Simon Wong said his country is satisfied with Modi govt's clarification on the issue and wants to put the 'unfortunate chapter' behind.

Vaccination after 3 months for those recovered from Covid, says health ministry

The health ministry said it's advisable to receive both doses irrespective of past history of infection as it will help in developing a strong immune response against the virus.

Plea filed in SC seeking PM Cares fund details, links with Centre

The petition also sought a direction to furnish the details about PM Cares Funds allocated and progress made towards Covid-19 relief.

India’s Covid death toll may continue to rise for another week, warn health experts

Experts noted that the severity of the infection that is directly affecting the SOPs in a very short span is responsible for deaths in the second wave.

Politicians, bureaucrats find difficult to accept failure in handling Covid crisis: Delhi HC

The court was expressing concerns over the condition of subordinate judiciary's judicial officers who are at risk of contracting Covid owing to the nature of duties.

In this AP district, isolating at govt Covid care centre instead of home could win you lottery

Krishna District Collector Md Imtiaz launches lottery to boost occupancy at its Covid care centres, where less than 10% of 3,200 beds are currently occupied.

Black fungus declared an epidemic in Rajasthan

Currently, Rajasthan has around 100 black fungus patients and a separate ward has been made at Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur for their treatment.

Not just Covid, India’s junior doctors are also struggling with pay cuts & delayed salaries

Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital is hiring residents for Rs 25,000-35,000 less than pre-pandemic stipend. Doctors across states say govts are insensitive to their financial instability.

This showpiece Bihar govt hospital has all facilities, but patients keep waiting for ‘treatment’

Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Medical College and Hospital was inaugurated in 2020, as part of Nitish govt’s promise to strengthen Bihar’s healthcare.

Delhi HC seeks AAP govt’s stand on plea to treat ration dealers as frontline workers

The plea has also sought the deployment of civil defense volunteers for managing the crowd and ensuring social distancing outside their shops in the national capital.

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?