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Thursday, October 3, 2024
TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

Short trip, virus screening hotel, social distance on beach – this is the future of holidays

It’s becoming painfully clear that our next vacations will be close to home and overshadowed by concerns about health precautions.

Indian courts will have to prepare for a different kind of a Covid crisis

The massive disruption in trade and commerce will flood the already burdened courts with various Covid-19 induced cases. Is Indian judiciary ready?

12-year-old dies of ‘stomach pain’ after 6 Agra hospitals refuse treatment over Covid scare

Nihal Singh’s family ran from hospital to hospital, even sought help from police & authorities. But the child succumbed to the pain early Saturday morning.

Loyalty and performance: Why Modi appointed trusted men to helm crucial ministries amid Covid

The reshuffle announced Sunday has brought some of the PM’s trusted lieutenants to helm crucial ministries such as finance, health and MSMEs.   

Gujarat is wrong. There’s just 1 strain of coronavirus and all mutations are as dangerous

Studies have shown there aren’t different strains of the novel coronavirus, just different mutations. None of them is more or less dangerous than others.

3 top IRS officers stripped of charge after report on super rich tax, Covid-19 cess

I-T department has issued charge sheets to the officers for their complicity in a report that was prepared by 50 IRS officers, and causing "embarrassment" to govt.

Relaxed lockdown between 3 and 15 May but no public transport likely, PM Modi tells states

PM Modi told chief ministers in a video conference that Covid-19 hotspot zones need to be made smaller, economy needs to be given a boost.

In crisis, 3 govt organs legislature, executive & judiciary should act in harmony: CJI Bobde

Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde said the judiciary is ‘not taking rest’, and is ‘doing whatever it can’ in this crisis.

‘Wide variation’ in results: ICMR asks states, UTs not to use rapid testing kits from China

ICMR has asked states, UTs to withdraw use of rapid antibody test kits acquired from two Chinese firms — Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics.

How can Modi govt revive economic activity when CMs want migrant workers to return home?

While the Modi govt looks to gradually restart the economic activity, states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have started bringing their migrant population back.

On Camera

Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


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?