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TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

BJP mocks Rahul Gandhi for using ‘strategy, strategic, strategically’ 34 times in 57 mins

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi held a media interaction on the Covid-19 pandemic Thursday, and offered suggestions to Modi govt on how to deal with the crisis.

Mamata gives Rs 10 lakh insurance cover to journalists, asks them to report positive news

Mamata Banerjee showered praise on the media for their work covering the Covid-19 crisis, and said journalists should not be fired.

2 Karnataka officials suspended, 5 men held after 1,000 attend chariot event in ‘hotspot’

Kalaburagi is a Covid-19 hotspot, but devotees insisted on conducting an annual chariot procession at Siddhalingeswara Temple in Revoor village Thursday.

Lockdown slowing virus spread, Covid-19 cases doubling in 6.2 days instead of 3, says govt

India has been under a nationwide lockdown since 25 March as part of a massive effort to restrict Covid-19 transmission in the country.

Daughter of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ distributes Covid aid packages for cash-strapped Mexicans

Alejandrina Guzman, daughter of drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, and other Mexican cartels are providing aid packages to residents.

Andhra Pradesh imports 1 lakh Covid-19 rapid test kits from South Korea

The kits, manufactured by SD Biosensor of South Korea, were presented to CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy at a review meeting on Covid-19 at his camp office on Friday.

UK begins world’s biggest Covid-19 trial to zero in on treatment, results likely by June

The RECOVERY trial will be conducted by Oxford University researchers, and has already enlisted around 5,300 coronavirus patients.

50 military hospitals prepared for Covid-19, 6 viral testing labs up and running

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviews Armed Forces Medical Services’ preparedness to assist civilian authorities in battling the novel coronavirus.

Factories set to open in some areas, states scramble to figure out how to transport workers

Modi govt has allowed select industries to reopen on 20 April, but not given guidelines about how they would commute or where they would be put up.

Does India need more Covid-19 testing or is it an uninformed argument?

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday joined a battery of health experts who have said that India’s testing rate was very low, urging the Modi govt to increase it.

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.