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Topic: COVID-19

HC questions inadequate aid for kin of polling officers who died of Covid after UP poll duty

Hearing a PIL on spread of Covid in UP, two-judge HC bench said state EC and govt must rethink amount of compensation and come back to court on next hearing.

Modi govt expert panel recommends Covaxin for phase 2/3 clinical trials on 2-18-yr-olds

Covaxin, indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research, is being used on adults in India's ongoing Covid vaccination drive.

UP, Maharashtra, Odisha shop for foreign vaccines, but it could be a while before they get any

Modi govt is in talks with Pfizer, Moderna and J&J to diversify India’s vaccine basket, which currently includes Covishield, Covaxin & the yet-to-be-deployed Sputnik V.

Indian companies are going out of their way to help employees ‘heal’ in Covid crisis

Several Indian companies' management had initially opposed lockdowns, which would hurt output and profits. However, the destruction's scale and vaccine shortage forced a shift.

Indonesia finds China’s Sinovac 100% effective against death in 28-day real world study

Indonesia tracked 25,374 health workers in Jakarta for 28 days after receiving their second dose. Health Minister Budi Gunadi said 94% of them had been vaccinated.

India’s new Covid cases have peaked, Cambridge tracker shows

The projections are based on reported numbers and are in line with those from some other experts, including PM Modi's advisers. India reported a record 4,14,188 new cases on 7 May.

Why the world needs to help Modi govt figure out the risk from Covid variant B.1.617

The longer it takes to tame India’s second wave, the higher the risk of a variant that does escape vaccine protection.

372 FIRs, 91 arrests — Delhi Police bust Covid cons who duped those on oxygen, drug hunt

The accused allegedly floated leads for oxygen, home ICU and remdesivir on social media. Delhi Police say they bought SIM cards in one state and used them in another.

Sri Lanka sends goodwill via radio, airs Buddhist chants to bless India’s Covid patients

SLBC, earlier known as Radio Ceylon, began a week-long broadcast of ‘Ratana Sutta’ on 6 May. It’s available on medium wave transmitters & online every evening.

US boost for vaccine production in India aimed at neighbours too, says envoy Daniel Smith

US Chargé D'Affaires Daniel Smith says it will take time for them to ship the readymade vaccines doses of AstraZeneca and J&J to India and other countries

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?