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Topic: COVID-19

Moderna shares fall from all-time high as euphoria around Covid vaccine data wears off

Moderna's shares, which nearly made an MIT professor a billionaire, began to slide after a report from the health publication Stat highlighted the early nature of the vaccine data.

40 days and counting, no end to quarantine for Nepali workers caught on Bihar border

As many as 300 Nepalese migrants, caught while trying to cross over to their homeland during the lockdown, have been spending their days in quarantine at Sitamarhi. 

3 reasons why Modi govt pushed through economic reforms during coronavirus crisis

BJP leaders say govt took long to come up with a stimulus package because it wanted to shut out any possible criticism a hastily-announced package could have invited.

Surat diamond industry has lost Rs 30,000 crore, but it’s in no rush to restart business

With global economy sinking, safety issues in operations and Covid-19 load, the Surat Diamond Association is focussing on migrants' return and not revival of the industry.

With PPE kits and masks, Mamata govt gets ready to face ‘super cyclone’ Amphan

Thousands of people in Bengal's coastal belt have been evacuated, but it has been made tougher by social-distancing guidelines warranted by coronavirus.

Behind latest migrant crush at Bandra station, a rumour and hope of finally going home

A Shramik train was scheduled to depart from Bandra for Bihar at noon. However, several migrants said there was a rumour that two more trains were to set off later in the day.

Warmer climate does not prevent Covid-19 spread, large number of people still vulnerable

From understanding why smokers are more vulnerable to the virus to a machine that can help critically-ill patients, ThePrint brings you the latest on Covid-19.

Kolkata police take down 1.3 lakh social media posts as ‘fake news’ takes communal turn

Police in Bengal filed 270 cases related to fake news between 18 March and 18 May. At least two dozen of these name BJP members.

Yogi-Priyanka row over migrants: Has Covid crisis brought out the worst in Indian politics?

The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has asked Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi to send 500 buses each to Noida and Ghaziabad for migrant workers.

Oxford’s Covid vaccine, being tested on humans in UK, fails to prevent infection in monkeys

The vaccine is getting mass produced by Pune-based Serum Institute. Study shows it protected the monkeys from developing viral pneumonia.

On Camera

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.