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Topic: COVID-19

Haryana doubles salaries of healthcare officials and workers fighting Covid-19

The move comes amid a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in Haryana, which authorities have attributed to the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi last month.

Here’s what Indians are watching during Covid-19 lockdown. Spoiler: It’s not Friends reruns

According to an industry survey, users are spending around 12% more time on online streaming platforms during the lockdown period than they did before.

Sex determination law won’t be diluted by relaxing compliance rules during Covid-19: Doctors

Concerns were raised that the health ministry’s 4 April notification would dilute the strict PCPNDT Act, but govt and doctors insist this is not the case.

With pots, pans and bagpipies, Britons are ‘clapping’ every Thursday for healthcare workers

The UK campaign began on 26 March when Britons came to their balconies or stood on doorsteps to applaud National Health Service staff battling Covid-19.

We must not return to work for now. Covid’s not over yet, says a virologist in letter to son

If everyone goes back to work as soon as the ‘curve bends downwards’, it's guaranteed you'll get a second wave of infections in Europe.

Eight UK doctors have died fighting coronavirus, all of them immigrants

According to a report by NYT, foreign doctors in the United Kingdom have found work in practises that put them on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Vaccine for TV and Modi-Trump’s ‘bruised’ friendship

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Zoom app is now India’s third lockdown favourite, beats Facebook and PUBG

In the spurt of post-lockdown downloads, Zoom has far surpassed wildly popular apps whose fame predates that of the video-conferencing portal. 

Reruns of 1980-90s classics Ramayan, Shaktimaan, Byomkesh make DD most-watched channel

The jump in the week of 28 March-3 April is significant as DD National was not even among the top 10 channels in the Hindi GEC category the previous week.

Delhi govt to fine, award jail term to those not wearing masks when outdoors

Chief Secretary Vijay Dev issued an order stating violators would be fined between Rs 200 and Rs 1,000 or get a six-month jail term.

On Camera

Why Tejashwi Yadav failed—Bihar changed, RJD didn’t

RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.

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.