scorecardresearch
Monday, May 27, 2024
TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

India, UK school to conduct study on Ashwagandha to investigate efficacy on Covid patients

All India Institute of Ayurveda, and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will conduct clinical trials of Ashwagandha on 2,000 people in Leicester, Birmingham and London.

Why ‘model state’ Kerala is accounting for more than half of India’s daily Covid cases

Centre has rushed a team to Kerala, the second one this month, to take stock of the situation and work with the state health department.

3 athletes among 24 new Covid cases reported at Tokyo Olympics, total rises to 193

Tokyo recorded an all-time high of 3,865 positive cases prompting the organisers to defend the Olympics stating they were not responsible for the city's Covid surge.

June slowdown, slow recovery seen pushing RBI to hold interest rates next week

There was a contraction in both manufacturing and services sectors as curbs to control the virus spread hurt consumer demand and business activity.

65.5% beneficiaries eligible for 2nd Covid dose have got the jab, says govt

The health ministry also said that as on 25 July, about 34.04 crore persons have received at least first dose of Covid vaccine based on data collected from CoWIN portal.

Centre advises states, UTs conduct serosurveys to generate district-level data on Covid

The surveys conducted in consultation with ICMR can produce findings that can be used to guide objective and evidence-based public health response to Covid, the health ministry said.

Health ministry seeks details on fake Covid tests from states

Minister of State for Health Bharati Pawar also said they were aware that several states have reported instances of private firms involved in fake Covid tests, endangering people's lives.

Why states/UTs didn’t report Covid deaths due to lack of O2 despite ‘oxygen shortage’ crisis

As the second Covid wave ravaged India, shortage of oxygen emerged as a major crisis. But Union govt told Parliament that ‘no state/UT had reported death due to oxygen shortage’.

Reliance, HUL, TCS, Infosys top list of vaccinating workers as India Inc aces vaccine race

While private sector has been efficient in procuring shots to speed up India's vaccine drive, it accounts for less than 20% of the workforce, underscoring the wide disparity in vaccine access.

Covid-19 pandemic: China reports highest spike since January, Florida now a hotspot

ThePrint brings you some important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

On Camera

Govt has reduced time taken to finalise GDP data by an entire year. Here’s inside story of how

This year, govt announced that 2nd and not 3rd revised estimates would be final. Here’s inside story on how this was achieved without compromising on quality of data.

Army chief Gen Pande gets extension, Govt seeks merit over mere seniority

Last time such an extension was granted was in the case of former Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw when he was Army chief for period of six months.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?