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Topic: COVID-19

Reports citing LIC IPO data to claim massive Covid deaths are baseless: Govt

LIC life insurance policies taken by policyholders for deaths due to all causes would not imply Covid deaths were underreported, the govt said in a statement Saturday.

India reports 30,757 fresh Covid cases, 541 deaths in last 24 hours

Daily Covid-19 cases have been recorded at less than one lakh for the last 11 consecutive days, while the recovery rate crossed 98% for the first time since 5 January.

Modi kits, oxygen langars, mangrove planting — Lok Sabha MPs list their ‘Covid achievements’

The Lok Sabha secretariat has published a compilation of MPs’ initiatives to alleviate suffering during the pandemic. Full details will eventually be uploaded on the House website.

Have PM Modi or ministers taken third shot? No word from govt a month into booster drive

By Monday, 1,73,29,125 precaution doses had been administered, including to over 80 lakh senior citizens. Govt has made multiple public appeals to take precaution dose.

Covid-19 could undo progress on female genital mutilation. It needs a zero-tolerance approach

Female genital mutilation is practiced in 31 countries around the world. It affects at least 200 million girls worldwide, according to WHO.

Covid crisis isn’t over until it’s over everywhere. Here’s what the pandemic has in store next

In six months’ time, many richer countries will have made the transition from pandemic to endemic. Elsewhere in the world, the pandemic will be far from over.

India reports 34,113 fresh Covid infections, active cases drop below 5 lakh

Active cases have declined to 4,78,882, comprising 1.12% of total infections and the national recovery rate has further improved to 97.68%, the health ministry said.

EC allows campaigning between 6AM & 10PM in relaxation of restrictions in poll-bound states

Citing the rise in Covid-19 cases, the Election Commission had previously imposed a ban on physical rallies, roadshows and padayatras in the five poll-bound states on 8 January.

COVID-19: India logs 50,407 new cases, 804 deaths

New Delhi, Feb 12 (PTI) India saw a single day rise of 50,407 coronavirus infections, which took the tally of cases to 4,25,86,544, while...

India’s 1st Covid nasal spray FabiSpray aimed at high-risk adults, doesn’t let virus reach lungs

Designed to kill the coronavirus in the upper airways before it progresses to the lungs, the nitric oxide spray was approved after clinical trials on 306 Covid patients in India.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.