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Monday, September 30, 2024
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Topic: COVID-19

Separated & restless, Delhi’s lockdown violators being kept in shelters just want to go home

A govt school in Sarai Kale Khan & Yamuna Sports Complex, both of which are now shelter homes for migrants and homeless, are also housing lockdown violators.  

India showing unwavering commitment in fight against Covid-19 pandemic: WHO

WHO's South-East Asia Regional Director, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh said India's six-week lockdown would go a long way in arresting the spread of Covid-19.

It took a pandemic to make millennials save money. Hope Nirmala Sitharaman doesn’t blame us

At the start of Covid-19 pandemic, millennials were criticised for crowding bars, holding corona house parties or sensing an opportunity for cheap vacations. Not anymore.

Honey-pepper and water boiled with tulsi-haldi — Modi bats for Covid-19 ‘home remedies’

In his address to the nation Tuesday, PM Modi recommended the observance of an Ayush Ministry advisory that suggests many ‘home remedies’ for Covid-19.

Survey of India’s new app will map geo-tagged Covid-19 data to help fight the pandemic

The new app, SAHYOG, will help crowdsource and integrate data on a web portal that will help government agencies make location specific decisions while responding to outbreak.

Can BCG vaccine protect against Covid-19? Here’s why the excitement needs to be tempered

Studies have drawn correlations between immunisation with TB vaccine & slower spread of Covid-19. But experts say it might just be a correlation, without proof.

Covid-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh reach 473, death toll at 9

The state's Guntur district, where the first Covid-19 case of a Tablighi Jamaat attendee was reported, alone has 109 confirmed cases.

Waiting for food, dodging cops — ragpickers in Lucknow slum live on crumbs, no water

Migrant labourers and ragpickers at Dalibagh, Lucknow’s biggest slum, rely on food from strangers while evading police implementing the lockdown.

‘Raj Bhavan ignored’: Governor Dhankhar says CM Mamata didn’t brief him even once on lockdown

Governor Dhankhar says CM Mamata Banerjee hasn’t given him any updates on how Bengal is dealing with Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.

Without mass-testing support, lockdown won’t go a long way in containing Covid

ICMR plans to have 100,000 tests per day capacity if the disease spreads prolifically. But developing this level of capacity might take at least a month.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Air Marshal A.P. Singh takes over as IAF chief, task cut out

Air Chief Marshal Singh took over from incumbent V.R. Chaudhari Monday afternoon. His top priority will be strengthening the fighting capability of the IAF, it is learnt.

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?