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Topic: COVID-19

Singapore to ban pass holders, visitors from India from 24 April due to Covid surge

The ban will also impact people who have prior approval to enter Singapore, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong, co-chair of a multi-ministerial task force handling the pandemic.

India records over 3.32 lakh new Covid cases, 2,263 deaths in 24 hours

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,36,48,159, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.15%.

PM approves Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for next of kin of victims of Maharashtra hospital fire

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the loss of lives in a blaze at a private hospital in Maharashtra's Palghar district and...

How universities are tweaking admission process as Covid surge leads to delayed boards

Govt & private universities consider granting provisional admissions through entrance tests & ‘holistic’ processes, foreign admissions also may not suffer too much.

Canada bans passenger flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days due to surge in Covid-19 cases

Cargo flights are still not banned and Ottawa is hoping that India, which has suspended vaccine exports, will send the bulk of 1.5 million AstraZeneca doses Canada had purchased.

‘Sorry, didn’t know they were Covid vaccines’ — Haryana thief returns stolen vials with note

Police officials state that an unknown man dropped off the stolen vaccines with the apology note at a tea stall, saying it was food for a policeman.

Fighting Covid? Learn from the armed forces as nearly 100% personnel vaccinated already

At a time when the rest of the country is struggling on the Covid vaccination front, over 97% defence personnel have received the first dose and nearly 76% have got both the shots.

‘Double mutant, triple mutant, Bengal lineage’ — Covid variants driving India surge decoded

India has seen emergence of at least two unique mutations of SARS-CoV-2, but there are other infectious variants around the world that could be a factor too.

This is how Modi govt will decide Covid vaccine quota for states

The new phase of the Covid immunisation drive, starting 1 May, will see India open vaccination to all adults.

‘Mahamanav, warrior’ — how BJP leaders describe PM Modi for Covid effort as his govt faces flak

The glowing praise comes at a time when Modi govt is drawing criticism for becoming complacent during the let-up in the pandemic after the first wave.

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?