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Topic: COVID-19

Not going to jail, says singer Meesha Shafi, couple trolled for renting lion cub at wedding

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines.

China opens mass domestic Covid inoculation drive to diplomats, foreign journalists

A notice issued to foreign journalists in Beijing Wednesday said they can get the Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, developed by Sinopharm's China National Biotec Group.

Not just turmeric milk, protein powders also became health fad in Covid times, survey finds

Protein supplements are prescribed to patients who have survived extreme illness, such as severe Covid-19, or were in ICU. But people can also self-prescribe.

India’s early Covid vaccines near expiry, questions arise on pace of vaccinations & exports

India has administered 3.48 crore doses to recipients in the country. Meanwhile, govt has commercially exported over 3.39 crore doses to countries around the world.

Covid vaccine nationalism is threatening WHO’s 2021 goal of 2 bn doses, Adar Poonawalla says

The Serum Institute of India CEO reiterated concerns over impending bottlenecks caused by 'raw materials nationalism' after the US invoked an act to safeguard supplies.

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine safe and works extremely well, says UK PM Boris Johnson

Amid reports that doses were causing blood clot-related complications, Johnson said that six months since its discovery, multiple countries like India are producing the vaccine.

China to start issuing visas to travellers who have taken Chinese-made Covid vaccine

The Chinese embassy said it will facilitate measures for people wanting to travel to China to carry on their employment contracts, resume work and do other relevant activities.

How Covid-19 is striking back with a second wave — lessons from the three worst-hit states

In episode 703 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta analyses data to explain how Maharashtra, Punjab and Kerala have contributed to the spike in India's Covid cases.

Night curfews don’t work, focus on tracing & vaccination, Modi govt tells Maharashtra

In letters to Maharashtra and Punjab, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan flags vaccination pace. He also calls for genome analysis to understand high death rates in Nashik & Aurangabad.

No lockdown in Maharashtra but restrictions to be made stricter, says health minister Tope

Though the number of Covid cases has seen a rise in the last few days, the mortality rate remains low, Rajesh Tope noted. Maharashtra recorded a spike of 16,620 new cases Sunday.

On Camera

Read the Kashmir verdict. It’s time to stop treating it like a national security crisis

Election after election has seen Kashmir’s people demonstrate that, like other Indians, they seek a future shaped by democratic rights and norms

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Massive in size & capable of heavyweight strikes. Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik is unlike any other drone

No clarity on whether it was shot down intentionally or accidentally.Some reports suggest that it was purposely brought down to prevent Ukrainians getting their hands on the drone.

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?