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TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

Ex-IAS officer says lockdown will cost India Rs 8 lakh crore, spells out recovery road map

Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg, suggests a Rs 2 lakh crore support package from the govt for small business.

India has allocated over Rs 200 cr for new Covid-19 projects: Science secretary

The Department of Science and Technology has received over 500 proposals over the last two weeks for developing technologies to fight the Covid-19 crisis.

Not a win-win situation — why we should not work from home after the Covid-19 lockdown

Companies adopted work-from-home policy to contain the spread of coronavirus but the lack of a boundary between work and home can impact family dynamics.

Govt plans to create ‘larger force’ to tackle Covid-19, online training to be launched

The integrated government online training (iGOT) will have courses for doctors, nurses, paramedics, hygiene workers as well as NCC, NSS & Nehru Yuva Kendra.

Air pollution levels and Covid-19 mortality rate are linked, claims new Harvard study

Covid-19 patients in regions with a history of high air pollution are more likely to succumb to the disease, claims the new study by Harvard University.

Over 29 million hydroxychloroquine doses to fight Covid-19 bought from India, says Trump

Over a phone call last week Donald Trump requested PM Modi to lift the hold on the American order of hydroxychloroquine, of which India is a major producer.

20 men, 1 bucket and a Dettol soap cut in two — life in quarantine for UP migrant labourers

There are 20 labourers lodged at the quarantine centre in Pimpri-Shadipur village, who say they are not being provided food by authorities and have to sleep on mattresses.

India’s first drive-through Covid-19 test site in Delhi promises more tests and privacy

Dr Dangs Lab, one of the first private labs allowed to test for coronavirus, has operationalised a drive-through test site in Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to hold meeting with local MPs on coronavirus via video call

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the national capital rose to 576 Tuesday, with 51 fresh cases and two deaths being reported in a day.

Total Covid-19 cases in Delhi reaches 576, death toll rises to 9

Delhi Health Department said 51 fresh cases and two deaths were reported in a day, while 3,120 people are in quarantine at various govt facilities.

On Camera

Bihar is now BJP’s responsibility. Double-engine governance must bring progress

The opposition was unable to erase the image of 'Jungle Raj' and leadership-by-birth remarks. Rahul Gandhi's 'vote chori' campaign added more trouble.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.