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Topic: COVID-19

1,114 Mumbai buildings sealed, double since March, as Covid spreads across city

The surge in the number of sealed buildings was accompanied by a spurt in active Covid cases in the city. Mumbai has so far recorded 6,40,507 Covid positive cases and 12,990 deaths.

Higher body weight linked with increased risk of worse outcomes from Covid — Lancet study

The study is based on more than 6.9 million people living in England and included data from over 20,000 Covid-19 patients who were hospitalised or died during England's first wave.

Tamil Nadu wasted 8.8% of its Covid vaccine doses, UP has the largest stock, govt data says

According to govt data, India has stock of 1.06 crore doses as of Thursday. Another 20,48,890 doses are in the pipeline.

Bharat Biotech reduces Covaxin price for state govts to Rs 400 per dose

The move to cut the price from Rs 600 per dose follows widespread criticism of Bharat Biotech's pricing policy as it sold Covaxin to the central government at Rs 150 per dose.

Aerial cremation shots, Modi’s failure — how global media has covered India Covid crisis

PM Modi and his govt have been a frequent target of blame for media outlets abroad as they try to cover the impact of India’s Covid crisis.

Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand postponed amid surge in Covid cases

The portals of the four Chardham temples will open as scheduled but only priests will be allowed to perform daily prayers, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said.

UP increases duration of weekend lockdown, to include Mondays

The weekend closure, during which all shops and establishments are to stay shut, will now be from Friday night 8pm till Tuesday morning 7am.

This Delhi ambulance worker has ferried many Covid bodies. Now, he’s also helping cremate them

Twenty-one-year-old Ankur Singh came forward to help a Delhi journalist cremate his Covid-positive mother when crematorium staff called it a day. This wasn’t the first time.

‘Please let me cremate my father’: Wait for last rites gets longer, Delhi crematoria struggle

Delhi is in the throes of a wave of Covid cases, and its crematoria have been bursting at the seams trying to accommodate the deluge of bodies coming from homes and hospitals.

Russia sends Covid medical supplies to India including 2 lakh packs of medicines

Russian Foreign Ministry said two transport planes will deliver over 22 tonnes of necessary equipment including 20 oxygen production units, 75 ventilators and 150 medical monitors.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

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?