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Sunday, October 6, 2024
TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

Modi faces no political costs for suffering he causes. He’s just like Iran’s Ali Khamenei

It astounds many that Modi didn’t even acknowledge the migrant crisis or the loss of jobs in his Atmanirbhar Bharat speech. And yet there is no anger with him.

Pragmatic for Modi govt to stagger tourism revival plan from immediate survival to recovery

Informal sector predominates travel and tourism industry. Globally, as in India, about 80 per cent of the industry is composed of small and medium enterprises.

What it means for Covid to never go away and become endemic — like HIV, malaria, measles

The WHO has warned that the SARS-CoV-2 virus will not disappear and Covid-19 might become endemic, regularly occurring in humans.

What govt wants in lockdown 4 — Aarogya Setu app in every family, cop in surveillance teams

In a note to states, the Centre has asked for reorganisation of teams as it has been facing trouble in carrying out house-to-house surveillance.

Manipur village builds 80 quarantine huts in a day, complete with toilets and electricity

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Return of migrant workers leads to abrupt rise in Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand

17 people have tested positive since migrants began returning to the state from either Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana or Delhi.

Coronavirus has forced 51% non-STEM Indian students to drop plan to study abroad: QS report

The QS report says the Covid-19 pandemic has overall affected the decision of 48.46% Indian students who aspired to study abroad.

Delhi AIIMS tests popular cancer drug to see if it can prevent mild Covid from getting severe

Results of the AIIMS trial involving imatinib, which received the ethics committee’s nod in April, are likely by July. 

Coronavirus deaths climb to 2,752 in India, cases at 85,940

According to the Union Health Ministry, India registered an increase of 103 deaths and 3,970 cases in the last 24 hours.

Unethical, unreasonable to ignore Ayurveda for Covid treatment & prevention, say researchers

Researchers say refusal to accept evidence in support of the immunomodulatory potential of AYUSH systems is ‘neither in the interests of people nor science’.

On Camera

Is support reducing for Kolkata doctors? Mamata not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?