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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

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?