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Topic: COVID-19

Covid crisis has shown India’s food policy must have buffer stocks at community level too

Easing of lockdown restrictions to revive Indian economy may suggest end of Covid-19 ordeal for agriculture. But gaps in food value chains show fight is far from over.

Covid growth rate is now falling in worst-hit states. But it’s not all good news elsewhere

While slow growth rates are encouraging, the number of Covid-19 cases may increase as lockdown restrictions are eased around India. 

HCQ breakthrough: ICMR finds it’s effective in preventing coronavirus, expands its use

Three studies find that hydroxychloroquine reduces chances of contracting Covid, so ICMR allows more frontline workers to take it as a preventive drug.

Mamata, Uddhav, Omar attend Sonia-led meet to devise ‘common action plan’ against Modi govt

As many as 22 opposition parties banded together Friday amid the Covid crisis and issued a charter listing multiple demands for the Modi government.

Extended JEE Mains window is a hit as 15,000 students register in 3 days. Last date 24 May

The JEE Mains registration window was reopened this month to provide an alternative to students forced to cancel their plans to study abroad because of Covid-19.

Govt apologises for ‘misconception’ month after graph said India to halt Covid spread by May

The graph presented by Niti Aayog member V.K. Paul on 24 April had suggested the number of Covid-19 cases would start declining from the first week of May.

CDC new Covid guidelines: Was lockdown necessary or did epidemiologists get it wrong?

The US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a 60-page document revising its Covid-19 guidelines and offering suggestions on how the US can reopen.

Indian politics scripts modern-day Raag Darbari in Covid

If you thought India's leaders would rise above personal and political gains and people's miseries during Covid will change their behaviour, then you were mistaken.

Interspecies social distancing — we need to give nature some space to save biodiversity

On International Day of Biodiversity 2020, we must recognize that biodiversity is the ‘toolbox’ that can provide us cures & solutions to crises like Covid-19.

Ignore hype and euphoria over any Covid vaccine news for next 2-3 months: Adar Poonawalla

At ThePrint's Off The Cuff, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said efficacy and yields of production can be established only after Phase 3 trials.

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.