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Topic: COVID-19

Why the Indian health minister didn’t even offer a chair to this vaccine firm executive

In ‘Braving a Viral Storm’, Aashish Chandorkar and Suraj Sudhir examine India’s vaccine journey during the Covid-19 pandemic

‘There was so much covered up’: NYT probe finds China ‘stifled’ research on Covid-19

A review of over a dozen retracted papers by NYT has revealed that China revised or suppressed research on early cases and censored topics 'that could make the govt look bad'.

Soumya Swaminathan is now making science and policy work together. Her WHO lessons helping

WHO's first chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan learned to deal with a room full of high-income nations. But her work as the chairperson of MS Swaminathan Research Foundation is just getting started.

US nominee for World Bank, Ajay Banga, tests positive for Covid; cancels India meetings

Indian-born former Mastercard CEO was due to meet PM Narendra Modi as well as ministers of finance and external affairs during his 23-24 March visit.

WHO questions China on ‘delay & transparency’ as Covid data from 2020 is uploaded in 2023, then deleted 

WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus also says he is ‘confident that this year we will be able to say that Covid-19 is over as a public health emergency of international concern’. 

FBI director says lab leak from China’s Wuhan likely caused Covid-19 pandemic

Christopher Wray accused Chinese govt of ‘doing its best to try to thwart and obfuscate’ efforts by US and others to learn more about the pandemic's origins.

Hong Kong to scrap Covid mask mandate from March to restore business & tourism, says John Lee

The move comes after promotional campaign called "Hello Hong Kong" this month. In high risk places, administrators can decide whether to require staff and visitors to wear masks.

China leaders declare ‘decisive victory’ over pandemic as Covid cases decline

Nearly 8 lakh severe cases were treated, but leaders cautioned that the virus is still spreading globally and continues to mutate, according to state media.

China reports 60,000 Covid deaths since early Dec, study says toll might hit 1 million in 2023

5,503 have died in China from respiratory failure caused by Covid since Dec, 54,435 from other ailments along with Covid. A US institute projects 3rd of country will be infected by April.

For these UPSC aspirants, Covid isn’t over. It killed their IAS dream, now a fight unending

Some 40,000 aspirants are asking the government for one more chance. But doors aren’t opening.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?