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Sunday, November 16, 2025
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Topic: COVID-19

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.

No cabinet in MP yet, so BJP forms Covid-19 task force and ex-health minister is part of it

11-member task force includes CM Shivraj Chouhan and former health minister Tulsi Silawat, who was among the Congress MLAs who brought down the Kamal Nath govt in March.

Indian Navy designs air pod for safe evacuation of Covid-19 patients from remote locations

The Rs-50,000 AEP will facilitate the evacuation of Covid patients in a fully sealed patient transfer capsule. It will also aid during normal operations.

China is feeling the heat over Covid-19 — from Japan to Australia. But India’s hands are full

As US and China trade barbs, battle-lines are being drawn. Traditional US allies like Australia and Japan have taken a tone Beijing won’t appreciate.

To meet world average, India must add at least 10 lakh doctors to healthcare force

Doctors can’t be added to fight the pandemic overnight. So each year, India must add 30,000 medical seats. Casual attitude won’t do anymore.

Lockdown extended across India until 3 May, PM Modi says adequate stock of food, medicines

Modi says extensive guidelines will be issued tomorrow. After April 20, govt could allow limited agricultural and economic activities at places with no hotspots.

On Camera

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

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.