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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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Topic: COVID-19

West Bengal govt alleges Covid-19 kits supplied by ICMR-NICED are defective

The ICMR-NICED authorities said it could be possibly because the kits have not been standardized and is considering the matter very seriously.

China wants India to revise new ‘discriminatory’ FDI policy, says it violates WTO norms

China has labelled as discriminatory India’s new FDI policy that mandates firms from ‘border-sharing nations’ to seek govt approval before making investments.  

India is fighting Covid-19 like Liberia fought the Ebola outbreak

Community based organisations have mounted Covid-19 responses by supporting quarantine facilities and providing hygiene kits in their areas.

Small pharmacies to private GPs: India must engage informal economies in fighting coronavirus

Indian cities have shown resilience in overcoming challenges. Yet, resilience has not always resulted in improving urban governance and improving lives of urban poor.

These 10 cities have over half of India’s Covid-19 cases. Ahmedabad, Indore among top 5

The 10 cities account for 8,958 of total 17,265 cases in India as of Monday. Most of the 170 districts identified as hotspots across the country are in these cities.

Serious Covid-19 situation in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata: Home Ministry

The Union home ministry noted several incidents of violence against healthcare workers, violation of social distancing norms & movement of vehicles in urban areas.

This is what the world looks like when everyone stops driving

Enjoy the stillness. Cities around the world have become noticeably quieter with far fewer cars out on the roads.

Covid-19 cases in India climb to 17,265, death toll rises to 543

The highest number of fatalities was reported from Maharashtra with 223 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh (70), Gujarat (63), Delhi (45) and Telengana (18).

Home Ministry objects to easing of lockdown curbs by Kerala govt

The Home Ministry said Kerala's decision to allow opening of restaurants and MSME industries, and bus travel in cities amounts to dilution of its lockdown guidelines.

Rich Americans escaped to bunkers in New Zealand as coronavirus struck

For years, New Zealand has featured prominently in doomsday survival plans of rich Americans worried that, say, a killer germ might paralyse the world.

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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?