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TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

India’s support to probe Covid origin: Pressure to join anti-China group or strategic move?

India and 62 other countries have backed a draft resolution led by Australia and the EU to 'identify the zoonotic source' of Covid-19 and its 'route of introduction' to humans.

Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bengal angry as Modi govt sets conditions with higher borrowing limit

While Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has said her government 'won’t bow down', Kerala FM Thomas Isaac has claimed the step 'sets a bad precedent'.

Kala-azar elimination target could be missed 4th time in 10 yrs, Covid being blamed this time

All four states where the disease is endemic — Bihar, West Bengal, UP and Jharkhand — are running nearly behind schedule on spraying insecticides that starts in March.

Swiggy lays off 1,100 employees, offers 3 months’ salary and help in career transition

The firm's lay offs have come just days after its rival and contemporary, Zomato, was forced to take similar steps of dismissing 13 per cent of its workforce.

Modi govt’s Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package won’t give immediate boost, economists say

Many economists have concluded that the additional spending boost is far less than the 10% of gross domestic product that the headline number suggests.

Warm water, ‘kadha’, yoga — Calcutta HC orders AYUSH measures for children in migrant camps

There are 3,502 children in migrant labourers’ camps in Bengal, and court directed district magistrates to file a report on their mental & physical condition.

Americans are willing to pay $5 trillion to stop Covid-19 and save lives, study shows

The average person in the US is essentially willing to pay $15,000 to reduce the rates of infection through social distancing, shelter-in-place and other interventions.

Is Modi govt trying to decongest Indian cities? Its economic package gives that impression

Economic package assumes people will go back to villages, and rural incomes need to be boosted. Modi govt seems to be trying to give them employment there.

Singapore reports 305 new Covid-19 cases, total number crosses 28,000

The Singapore Health Ministry said that the vast majority of new cases are foreigners on work permits and residing in dormitories.

US brewery accuses Indian tech billionaire Arun Pudur of ‘lifting photos’ for self promotion

Pudur has come under criticism earlier for allegedly lying about being a billionaire and about his various business interests.

On Camera

Royals to Republicans—Epstein files have exposed fault lines across power circles

Donald Trump, who has nurtured the MAGA movement for the last decade, has been perceived to have lost control over the movement, particularly with the release of Epstein’s records.

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.