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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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Topic: COVID-19

30% of India’s Covid-19 positive caseload linked to Tablighi Jamaat meet, says govt

The states worst affected by the March congregation of Tablighi Jamaat are Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

India to get over 3 lakh PPE this month, Reliance, TikTok, Red Cross among major donors

A consignment for 2 lakh PPE from Singapore is on its way while Reliance Industries and Red Cross together have donated over 60,000 equipment this month.

Instagram founders build website which gives live updates on spread of Covid-19

RT.live uses a statistic called an effective reproduction number, which tracks the average number of people who catch the virus from a single infected person.

Pregnancy in a pandemic — lockdown triggers anxiety, doctors advise patience and caution

Limited medicine supplies, inadequate healthcare support and no transport have led to fears of infant and maternal mortality.

How will Covid-19 crisis shape world order and relations with China

In episode 447 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains how the democratic world will respond to China once the Covid-19 crisis ends.

Indian health data will miss recording many Covid and lockdown deaths

Covid-19 impacts are assessed based on case fatality rate. But how will government effectively respond if one in five deaths in India are not registered in any database?

Aarogya Setu download rate is faster than Facebook. Can it keep India ahead of Covid curve?

Aarogya Setu is at the centre of Modi govt’s contact tracing efforts to contain the Covid spread. Govt must allay concerns around its privacy provisions.

Satyajit Ray’s ‘Feluda’ will soon detect coronavirus in minutes, thanks to CSIR scientists

Scientists at Delhi’s CSIR-IGIB have developed a paper-based test strip for Covid-19, and named it after the fictional detective created by Satyajit Ray.

June Almeida — the woman who discovered first coronavirus but was told she was wrong

June Almeida, who dropped out of school at 16 because she couldn’t afford it, went on to become a pioneer in virology.

UP’s decision to evacuate students from Kota irks Bihar while MP, Chhattisgarh follow suit

Uttar Pradesh sent 300 buses to Rajasthan’s coaching hub to evacuate students, but Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, who refused to take back students, has cried foul.

On Camera

We celebrate Harappa excavation—and dismiss Keeladi, Sinauli archaeological digs as politics

In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.

Naidu matches Jagan’s Rs 13L crore investment playbook, with a ‘speed of doing business’ caveat

Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.

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.