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Topic: COVID-19

CM to sarpanch, how Rajasthan pulled together to beat vaccine fear, become top performer

So far, Rajasthan has vaccinated 1.23 crore people against Covid — out of a population of 8.7 crore, that is nearly 14%.

Polyclinics for defence veterans get more medical staff so they can run 24×7 amid Covid surge

Defence ministry has sanctioned additional staff, including a medical officer, a nursing assistant & a pharmacist, for 51 'high pressure' ECHS polyclinics for 3 months.

‘Not only ultra rich’ — Indians who can afford private jet are fleeing as Covid cases surge

Bollywood superstars were spotted escaping to destinations including the Maldives. There was also a huge surge to London and Dubai before the travel restrictions came in place.

Malaysia bans entry of travellers from India to curb Covid spread

Malaysia is the latest on the list of nations, including UK and New Zealand, that have restricted entry from India. Hong Kong and Iran also banned flights from India.

Don’t just game the system, return to Kautilya’s goal of happiness in Covid 2nd wave

India will soon witness a blame game — the Centre will blame states, govts will blame private sector and citizens. But the gaming of political system won't be discussed much.

The young in these 2 Varanasi villages started to die. That’s when Covid became ‘real’

Varanasi is among the 4 high-burden districts in UP. Villagers said 'fever & cough' had claimed many lives before they realised the deaths had 'something to do with Covid'.

Modi govt’s new vaccine strategy is bad economics. The only correct consumer price is zero

With its Rs 350 billion vaccination budget, it's the government that should be inoculating every Indian. Free of charge.

Mumbai Covid numbers fall but don’t be complacent, it’s thanks to lockdown, experts say

Over the past four days, Mumbai has been adding less than 6,000 cases daily to its Covid tally. Its positivity rate too has fallen to 13.65% as on Monday compared to 20-30% between 4 and 11 April.

US diverted pending orders to support India’s vaccine manufacturing: White House official

In a Twitter thread, White House’s Covid supply coordinator explained how the DPA works. He said the law ‘doesn’t create shortages’.

India, UK review progress in bilateral ties day after London pledges support in Covid fight

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Monday spoke to his British counterpart Dominic Raab and discussed various aspects of the pandemic.

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?