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Topic: COVID-19

Charged with sedition, 2 Telugu news channels move SC against Jagan govt

TV5 and ABN Andhra Jyothi say FIRs against them have a chilling effect on media, which faces criminal prosecution for reporting news about the pandemic in an 'unbiased manner'.

Sisodia accuses BJP of ‘cheap politics’ on Kejriwal’s ‘new’ Singapore Covid strain remark

The deputy chief minister said that the statements by the BJP and Centre show that they are 'concerned' about their 'image' in Singapore and not about the India's children.

Delhi govt to form special task force to protect children from third Covid wave — Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the decision was taken at a meeting with officials, and will involve 'better management of adequate beds, oxygen and essential medicines'.

As black fungus cases rise, Delhi govt sets up panel for distribution of Amphotericin-B

The four-member technical expert committee will be headed by pulmonologist Dr MK Daga & include Maulana Azad Medical College's Dr Manisha Aggarwal, Dr S Anuradha & Dr Ravi Mehar.

Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand on PIL against Covaxin trial on 2-18 age group

HC bench issues notice to Centre and Bharat Biotech seeking their stand by 15 July on the petition.

Where in the world can you fly to right now? Take a look

Countries that quickly rolled out Covid vaccines are making rapid progress toward the return of flying, including in Europe, where several nations have started to relax restrictions.

Covid pandemic: China administers 15 million shots in a day, virus grips Thailand’s prisons

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe

Over 1.94 crore Covid vaccine doses available with states and UTs, Modi govt says

In a statement, Union health ministry said more than 20.78 crore doses have been provided to all states and UTs so far.

How this IAS officer, a former Chicago risk analyst, is making Tirunelveli oxygen-smart

District Collector Vishnu Venugopal says Indian bureaucracy is like a ‘black box’, but can transform lives. Villagers have named a hamlet after him in gratitude for his work.

India records 4,529 Covid-19 deaths in single day, 2.67 lakh cases

The active cases have further reduced to 32,26,719 comprising 12.66 per cent of the total infections, according to Union Health Ministry data.

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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?