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TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee to give insurance to staff providing Covid relief

Life Insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh will be given to 2,500 workers including sanitation & security staff, cooks preparing langar, religious preachers & distributors.

2 of Assam’s biggest hospitals shut after teenager dies of Covid, doctor tests positive

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

Migrants, lockdown rules and Indira canteens have made Yediyurappa a ‘U-turn’ CM

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has rolled back several decisions since the lockdown kicked in 25 March, making his govt appear fractured. 

WHO to launch coronavirus app targeting ‘under-resourced’ countries

The app will assess if a user has coronavirus symptoms, but WHO is undecided about contact-tracing due to privacy concerns.

Modi gained popularity in Covid, but real test comes later. Don’t judge a leader in crisis

During the 2008 financial crisis, leaders like Gordon Brown, Tara Aso and Kevin Rudd gained popularity, but vanished after the rise of nationalist populism.

Drones are delivering PPE and test samples to clinics in Covid-hit Africa

China used drones to disinfect streets and Chile used them to supply medicine to small communities. Now Africa is using them too.

Cases of children with Covid far fewer, but significantly threaten world’s ability to reopen

As countries weigh reopening economies — along with their schools — new research suggests virus transmission via children could worsen the pandemic.

Why Air Force won’t be a part of India’s massive Covid evacuation for now

India plans to bring home over 2 lakh Indians stranded abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic. But unlike earlier evacuations, the IAF is on stand-by.

How Niti Aayog plans to make India a Covid testing superpower with private help

While India can currently conduct 1.25 lakh RT-PCR tests a day, the majority involve the use of imported kits.

Coronavirus death toll rises to 1,981 in India, cases climb to 59,662

There was an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry.

On Camera

India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

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.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.