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Topic: COVID-19

Delhi officer suspended for Sikkim blunder says he relied on central govt document for ad

Rahul Sudan of the Directorate of Civil Defence (headquarters) was suspended Saturday after an ad portrayed Sikkim as a separate nation. 

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Satish Tripathi on New York Governor’s commission to revive economy

The ‘Blue-Ribbon Commission’ aims to focus on plans that will jump-start New York's crippling economy hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pinjra Tod arrests, Delhi police witch hunt against students show Covid is not a top priority

The Delhi Police has chosen to stay active during Covid-19 by either clamping down on those who protested CAA, or by singing birthday songs for rich brats.

Social media claims this video is of people fighting on Eid. Here’s the fact

Social media users, including one belonging to a verified Twitter handle, shared the video claiming members of a family were engaged in a fight on Eid.

60 districts, 10 cities — how ICMR is going deep into India’s heart to chart Covid course 

Armed with antibody tests, ICMR teams are going around the country to assess Covid exposure, and understand the role of asymptomatic patients in transmission.

Ministers’ panel wants Modi govt to set up ‘hygiene dept’ in all organisations, workplaces 

The department could be an extension of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in which the focus will be to cover personal and social hygiene.

Move over political comedy, Danish Sait’s lockdown humour pokes fun at middle-class Indians

Through short one-minute videos of daily observations, Danish Sait has become the lockdown’s biggest comic star.

No bail for techie who urged people to spread Covid, HC says act threat to India’s integrity 

Karnataka HC says the software engineer’s social media post is ‘likely to cause disharmony, hatred and hostility to humanity… (and) panic amongst the people’. 

China delayed Covid warning by 6 days, there was a ‘cover-up’ going on: Fareed Zakaria report

In CNN investigative report ‘China’s Deadly Secret’, Fareed Zakaria said Wuhan tried to cover up outbreak — 'most likely local officials wanted to remove bad news from moving to Beijing'.

Disabled Indians can’t be afterthought in Covid. Disability secys needed in all ministries

Most quarantine centres in India are inaccessible for the disabled. And those at home are struggling alone. Modi government needs joint secretaries for disability.

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.