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Topic: COVID-19

Modi govt invited bids for 150 oxygen plants in October. Today, just 33 are up

While oxygen produced by PSA plants is believed to be less pure than liquid oxygen derived from cryogenic tech, they could have helped ease ongoing medical oxygen crisis.

Tweets on AstraZeneca have disinformation, Hyderabad-based portal among sources, claim researchers

Titled ‘#AstraZeneca vaccine disinformation on Twitter’, study was conducted by researchers from Poland’s Kozminski University & was uploaded on preprint portal Medrxiv on 16 April.

Why tax and spend could be the new mantra for Modi government

Like all fashion, intellectual fashion too moves in circles. With economic disruption, growing inequality, & lack of government resources, economic practice is coming full circle.

Delhi Police busts 4 for remdesivir ‘black marketing’, says inter-state gangs involved

Delhi Police has so far recovered 81 remdevisir injections and has also tracked down WhatsApp groups of inter-state gangs allegedly running the black marketing racket.

PM Modi tells oxygen manufacturers to use tankers of other gases to meet medical demand

PM Modi holds virtual meeting with leading oxygen manufacturers as rapid rise in Covid-19 cases drives massive demand for medical oxygen by states and hospitals.

Nations offer India help to tackle Covid, but are opposing Delhi’s proposal on vaccines at WTO

WTO members US, UK, EU, Japan, Australia, Canada & Switzerland are offering stiff resistance to India and South Africa’s proposal to waive intellectual property rights on Covid vaccines.

States should ensure no oxygen tanker is stopped or gets stranded, says PM Modi

Chairing a high-level meeting with CMs of 11 states and UTs, PM Modi said Railways and Air Force are being deployed to transport oxygen tankers and urged all states to work together.

Oxygen shortage may lead to big tragedy: Arvind Kejriwal warns during PM meet

In a meeting chaired by PM Modi on the Covid situation, Kejriwal suggested Centre govt should take over all oxygen plants through the Army.

Max Hospital in capital’s Saket receives emergency oxygen supply after ‘SOS’ tweet

In a tweet, the hospital had said it was awaiting fresh supplies from INOX since 1 am. The delivery arrived around 9 am.

Covid-19 pandemic: Israel could share surplus vaccine, Canadian province leader under fire

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

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

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?