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Topic: COVID-19

Covid-19 death toll in India rises to 4,337, total cases reach 1,51,767

The country registered an increase of 170 deaths and 6,387 cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union health ministry.

How patients in Mumbai are losing crucial hours running between hospitals for ICU beds

Mumbai has over 25,000 active Covid cases and death toll has crossed 1,000 mark. Though not every patient requires critical medical attention, there is shortage of ICU beds across the city.

We analysed HCQ risks and benefits, will continue to recommend for prevention: ICMR chief

ICMR DG Balram Bhargava’s statement comes amid rising concern on hydroxychloroquine increasing mortality rate when used as a treatment in Covid-19 patients.

How Mumbai Raj Bhavan has become centre of political activity amid Maharashtra Covid crisis

Civil servants give inputs on Covid situation to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, while BJP leaders have approached him with complaints about govt’s 'failure' to deal with crisis.

Yogi vs Uddhav vs Piyush Goyal: Will politics over migrant workers hurt economic revival?

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s accusation that the Railways is not running enough trains to ferry migrant workers sparked a Twitter war with Railway minister Piyush Goyal.

Source code & privacy — how Aarogya Setu compares with contract-tracing apps of 5 nations

India is the only democracy among these six countries to keep the software source code of its Covid contact tracing closed to public scrutiny.

Relaxed travel restrictions, movement of migrants behind surge in Covid-19 cases: Experts

According to former president of the Indian Public Health Association, partial resumption of travel is like creating an enabling environment for the virus to spread like wildfire.

Rahul Gandhi distances Congress from Maharashtra Covid crisis, says ‘play supporting role’

Addressing a press conference Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also described the Modi govt’s Covid-19 lockdown as a failure.

Testing smartly, community care part of Kerala’s Covid strategy: Health Minister Shailaja

Speaking to ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on Off The Cuff, Kerala's health Minister K.K. Shailaja discussed how Kerala responded to Covid-19 from the get-go.

Vir Das incident proves rogue sneezing and coughing are the new guns during Covid-19

Comedian Vir Das’s Twitter post showing a neighbour threatening to sneeze on him points to a growing global trend of people using sneezes & coughs as threats.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.