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Topic: COVID-19

HC orders Delhi govt to re-register 5 lakh construction workers, grant them Covid relief

So far, the Delhi govt has provided Rs 5,000 each to 39,000 workers, but high court says the others must be re-registered within four days and granted relief.

Why India saw only 4 pharma products launched in April, its lowest count ever

The pharma industry has seen a fall of about 99% in new product launches since April 2019, when 349 products were launched.

India’s ‘R’ value falls to 1.22, but active Covid-19 cases could reach 1 lakh by 30 May

The ‘R’ number, which stands for how many people can be infected by one person, has declined after remaining at 1.29 for a couple of weeks.

Anurag Kashyap, Kunal Kamra, others to auction awards, perform live to fund Covid testing kits

The move has found support from poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar, director Neeraj Ghaywan, singer Vishal Dadlani & more from entertainment industry.

Urjit Patel & Amartya Lahiri on possible boom in biomedics, Ram Madhav says move on in J&K

Today's political, economic & strategic punditry from Amartya Lahiri, Urjit R Patel, Ram Madhav & more.

In WHO, India must look past pressure to corner China

As the head of World Health Assembly’s executive board, India can drive the Covid-related efforts to ensure countries have wide access to drugs, diagnostics and vaccines.

This is why some young Indians are at higher risk of Covid complications

Metabolic disorders are increasingly common among younger Indians, so the age at which Covid-19 becomes a higher risk could be much lower than 65-plus.

Won’t accept ‘artificial enlargement’ of territory — India hits back as Nepal redraws map

Nepal opens up new front as its map now shows three disputed areas in its territory, a day after PM Oli says ‘Indian virus’ is leading to Covid spike.

Green zone Wardha to hotspot Mumbai — a ‘fulfilling’ frontline test for 45 medical students

These 45 MD students are from Wardha's Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences who are helping doctors in Mumbai fight Covid-19.

India’s battling its biggest migrant labour crisis. And labour minister Gangwar is ‘missing’

Labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has said little on the 8 crore migrant workers displaced because of the crisis. Colleagues say low profile is part of his working style.

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India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.

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.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

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.