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Topic: COVID-19

Nepal overwhelmed by Covid, needs help, says Prime Minister Oli

In an opinion piece published in The Guardian, Oli said the rise in number of infections posed a serious challenge to the country's citizens and the entire health service system.

Twitter donates $15 million for Covid relief in India

Twitter CEO Jack Patrick Dorsey Monday announced that the amount has been donated to three non-governmental organisations Care, Aid India and Sewa International USA.

Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine cleared for use on adolescents aged 12-15 in US

A group of advisers to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet Wednesday to make recommendations for administering the vaccine. Kids could begin receiving them Thursday.

WHO classifies Covid strain in India as ‘variant of concern’

Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said the Epi team and WHO lab team has been discussing and circulation information with the WHO virus evolution working group about the B-1617 Covid variant.

After spate of deaths of professors, Aligarh is on the edge over ‘AMU strain’ of coronavirus

From April 2020 to April 2021, Aligarh had reported 11,500 confirmed Covid-19 cases. There have been over 7,000 in the days since, taking the total to 18,629 as of 9 May. 

Delhi firm ‘hoarding oxygen concentrators’ made profit of Rs 42,000/machine, police say

Delhi Police makes claim in status report filed Monday in Delhi High Court, which is hearing a petition filed by Matrix Cellular against the former’s hoarding probe.

‘Kaun Banega Cowin-pati’ — Mumbai turns to humour as it struggles to find vaccine slot

Mumbai is seeking to import millions of doses of Covid vaccine. State authorities have also urged Modi govt to allow them to develop their own apps for the vaccination programme.

Haryana’s crematoria need more wood, so govt allows forest dept to continue tree-felling

Haryana govt has put tree-felling in a list of activities permitted during the lockdown imposed to slow down the surging Covid-19 wave, which has been extended till 17 May.

Hit hard by 2nd wave, Bengaluru is using Mumbai’s Covid management idea to prepare for 3rd wave

Taking a micro approach, Karnataka govt orders Bengaluru civic agency to set up Ward Decentralised Triage & Emergency Response panels for a decentralised Covid handling.

BBMP reinstates 16 Muslim workers suspended after Tejasvi Surya row, but 5 refuse to return

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya had read out names of 17 Muslim workers on a visit to Bengaluru’s south zone Covid war room. They were suspended & probed by police, one was arrested.

On Camera

Tirupati is the story of us. It’s more than laddus

The temple rituals take from multiple Hindu sects: Vaishnava, Shaiva, Kaumara, and Shakta. This integrated vision has made Tirupati the most popular temple of our time.

#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?