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Thursday, October 3, 2024
TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

PMO asks ministries to submit reform plans for next 6 months as Covid hits routine work

The Prime Minister’s Office has also asked the National Disaster Management Authority to document every work carried out by ministries and states to fight Covid-19.

Coronavirus death toll in India rises to 1,074, total cases climb to 33,050

The number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 23,651, while 8,324 people have recovered and one patient has migrated.

Zee News, India TV, News18 India have OCD. They are still stuck on Tablighi Jamaat

Hindi news channels are not listening to the pleas of Modi and Bhagwat who urged people not to stigmatise any particular community during the Covid crisis.

July exams, classes from August, 6-day week — here’s India’s post-lockdown college calendar

The UGC has issued fresh guidelines for colleges and universities on restarting sessions after the coronavirus lockdown, and a jam-packed calendar awaits students.

Punjab sees spike in Covid cases, 4 students brought back from Kota among fresh cases

As pilgrims and students returning to Punjab contribute to the spike in Covid-19 cases, CM Amarinder Singh has extended the state's lockdown to 17 May.

India’s R0 lowers further to 1.29, say scientists, predict Covid cases at 30,000 by 3 May

The R0 calculations made in the first week of April had predicted 1 lakh active Covid cases by 27 April. However, now, a lot depends on lifting of lockdown.

Students, workers stranded across the country will soon be ferried home by states

States have been asked to make necessary arrangements for migrant workers and students’ return aboard road transport.

The difficulty of being Rakesh Rathore, or why the BJP’s caste coalition in UP is rocky

Leaked phone conversations of a BJP MLA speak the truth behind the Yogi government’s PR.

With just biscuits and water, migrants on highways walk, cycle to homes hundreds of miles away

On the way from Delhi-Agra-Lucknow, migrant workers complain of no transportation, and lack of food and government support.

IIT-Mandi study lists 8 states that shouldn’t lift Covid-19 lockdown on 3 May

A team of researchers at IIT-Mandi has developed a short-term forecasting model to analyse which states should be able to lift the lockdown after Sunday. 

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

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?