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Topic: COVID-19

Punjab govt orders closure of shops by 5pm, extends night curfew by 2 hours due to Covid

Addressing the media after a cabinet meeting Monday, Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar said the night curfew will now be imposed from 6 pm in the state as opposed to 8pm.

Modi govt to set up 13 oxygen generation plants in 5 Northeastern states amid shortage

These are among the 551 dedicated Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen generation plants to be set up inside public health facilities across the country, an official said.

No need to panic as India has enough stock of medical oxygen, says MHA

The main issue is of transporting the oxygen from producing states to high-demand areas, which the govt is addressing, Goyal said.

Tamil Nadu govt to allow Sterlite to produce oxygen for 4-month period amid Covid crisis

Vedanta's Sterlite Industries in Thoothukudi was sealed by the state government in May 2018, after 13 agitators were killed in police firing during a violent anti-Sterlite protest.

IISER Bhopal develops affordable oxygen concentrator to tackle shortage amid Covid surge

According to the team, the device, called 'Oxycon', is estimated to cost less than Rs 20,000 in contrast to the current price of Rs 60,000-70,000.

IAF aircraft to bring 7 empty cryogenic oxygen containers from Dubai

The IAF said the C-17 aircraft has already landed in Dubai and is likely to arrive in West Bengal at 5:30pm.

Deve Gowda writes letter to Modi, calls for postponement of local polls to curb Covid spread

All large public gatherings should be banned for next six months and election victory celebrations curtailed, the JD(S) supremo said, offering suggestions to contain the spread.

Karnataka announces lockdown for 14 days from Tuesday night, free vaccines for all over 18

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said shops selling essential commodities will be allowed to remain open only from 6am to 10am.

Covid-19 pandemic: Philippines health system ‘under siege’, hospital blast kills 82 in Iraq

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Not vaccine supply, distribution by states also the problem in slowing phase one, says govt

Going forward, vaccine allotments will now be on disease burden and performance of states. States that waste more will lose out.

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Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party mustn’t be AAP of Bihar. Let’s hope no anarchy, corruption

Prashant Kishor must have learned a lot from the political parties that were his clients in the past. Can he succeed amid the uncertainties of Bihar's electoral landscape?

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.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

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?