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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

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. 

WhatsApp doubles limit on group calls as world is using the platform ‘more than ever before’

WhatsApp said people globally have been spending over 15 billion minutes every day on both voice and video calls in the past several weeks.

Govt estimates show Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata could see big spike in Covid cases by 15 May

The health ministry has made projections on how many new Covid-19 cases and hospital bed shortages India could face in districts across several states.

These are the rules UGC panel wants colleges to follow when they re-open

In a report to the UGC, the expert panel has suggested that colleges should develop a foolproof plan and follow social distancing norms after they re-open to curb spread of Covid-19.

Two ThePrint journalists and driver test positive for Covid-19 in Vadodara

The three have been quarantined at a railway facility in Vadodara. All three are asymptomatic and are doing well.

There’s a zoonotic viral disease in south India and it peaks every summer

While there is no evidence so far that monkey fever is transmitted from humans to humans, it has been known to prove fatal. And humans may be making it worse. 

On Camera

Why the US Congress put its foot down on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files

The US House has effectively drawn a line in the sand and approved the release of the Epstein files despite President Trump's efforts to stop it from happening.

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.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

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.