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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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Topic: COVID-19

Kerala rolls back lockdown relaxations after Centre raises objections

The Centre wrote a letter to Kerala govt criticising its decision of relaxation, saying it amounts to dilution of lockdown guidelines and also a Supreme Court observation.

Asymptomatic coronavirus patients in Delhi to be kept in Covid care centres

Covid care centres are only for cases that have been clinically assigned as mild, very mild or as suspect cases and can be set up in hostels, hotels, schools.

No end to Modi-Mamata row, MHA slams Bengal with 3rd letter in 8 days over Covid crisis

Modi govt has sent two inter-ministerial teams to 7 places in Bengal where the situation 'is serious' but Mamata says show me criteria for list first.

German daily sends $165 bn bill to China as Covid-19 damages, Beijing calls it ‘xenophobia’

German newspaper Bild's editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he was endangering the world.

A look inside Rajasthan’s closed highway dhabas when lockdown leaves no one to feed

Speaking to ThePrint, owners of several dhabas along Kota-Chittorgarh-Udaipur highway in Rajasthan said they're out of business. Many didn't know they could reopen from 20 April.

How an engineering dropout posed as woman on Facebook for 8 yrs, ‘peddled hate’ & misled all

Among the nearly 15,000 followers and friends of 'Nisha Jindal' were some IAS and IPS officers too. Chhattisgarh Police arrested him after recent 'communal' posts.

53 mediapersons test positive for Covid-19 in Mumbai

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) spokesperson Vijay Khabale said that most of those who tested positive are asymptomatic at present.

Kerala hospital begins HCQ clinical trial even after ICMR says no basis for such studies

The trial assumes the ICMR-recommended HCQ regimen is an ‘effective treatment’. However, ICMR chief epidemiologist says there isn’t enough evidence behind this.

This Indore hospital ‘first in India’ to try TCZ in critical Covid cases, claims good results

Pulmonologist Dr Ravi Dosi, who leads 100-member team at the Indore hospital, tells ThePrint TCZ fights off 'cytokines' blamed for causing mortality in critically ill Covid patients.

BCG vaccine trials to begin in 2 weeks on high-risk Covid-19 groups in Maharashtra

Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India, said if the BCG vaccine proves its efficacy against Covid-19, it will provide a far safer alternative as it lacks side effects.

On Camera

You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

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?