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Topic: COVID-19

India made incorrect assumption, opened up prematurely — Anthony Fauci on 2nd Covid wave

US' top infectious disease expert Fauci said one of the important things is to not underestimate the situation and the lesson that this global pandemic needs a global response.

Second Covid wave seems to have flattened but may last till July: virologist Shahid Jameel

Addressing an online event organised by the Indian Express Tuesday, eminent virologist Shahid Jameel noted that it is a little too early to say if the Covid wave has peaked.

No stone will be left unturned to provide timely supply of oxygen: Cabinet Secretary

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba reviewed the Covid situation in the country Tuesday and emphasised prioritising the second dose of Covid and minimising vaccine wastage.

Dr Reddy’s inks licensing pact with Eli Lilly for Covid treatment drug Baricitinib

The agreement between the two firms comes days after Eli Lilly signed voluntary licensing agreements with Indian drug companies— Sun Pharma, Cipla and Lupin.

Funeral queues, grieving families, gasping patients — these photos tell how Delhi is suffering

I have never seen a crematorium this full, people waiting in queues for hours. A worker told me how two families abandoned the bodies, fearing for own lives standing amid burning pyres.

Nepal records highest single-day deaths due to Covid-19, receives aid from China

Nepal received 400 oxygen cylinders, 160 oxygen concentrators & 10 ventilators from China Tuesday as a deadly second wave of Covid-19 sweeps the small Himalayan nation.

India records 4,205 Covid deaths in single day, recovery rate rises to 83.04%

3.48 lakh new cases were recorded in 24 hours and total tally of Covid cases in country now stands at 2,33,40,938, as per health ministry data.

Speed up NEET, bring in MBBS students — how doctors can be helped after 1 year of Covid duty

If students had already taken the NEET exam, it could have injected a dedicated pool of young doctors into hospitals at this time.

Out on Covid parole, 65% undertrials in Delhi absconding, many returned to crime

At least 180 inmates released on emergency parole went back to committing crime and were re-arrested in cases of robbery, snatching and theft.

B.1.617 ‘double mutant’ Covid strain first found in India now detected in 44 countries: WHO

Early analysis suggests B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 have a substantially higher growth rate than other circulating variants in India, suggesting potential increased transmissibility.

On Camera

I met Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2005. He told me he was an admirer of MK Gandhi

Shuttle diplomacy at a high level is indicated, along the lines of the famous Kissingerian shuttles following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

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?