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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

This is the team advising PM Modi in India’s battle against coronavirus

Over 30 doctors & scientists are part of Modi’s team, divided into 2 groups. Niti Aayog member V.K. Paul and PSA to PM K. VijayRaghavan are leading them.

3 critical steps Modi govt must take to protect people and economy during Covid-19 lockdown

Lockdown will help health system be better prepared, but there’ll be many jobless & destitute. The Rs 1.7 lakh crore package announced Thursday is a start.

India’s use of chloroquine to prevent Covid-19 based on data from Chinese studies

Niti Aayog member V.K Paul, head of national task force set up to fight Covid-19, says suggested dosage of hydroxychloroquine was “well thought expert opinion”.

Railways ready with plan to convert coaches into isolation wards, ICUs for Covid-19 patients

PM Modi has instructed the railways to turn some coaches into isolation wards, so that people in remote areas without medical facilities can be reached.

Medanta nurse who tested positive for Covid-19 went to Panipat against advice: Hospital

Medanta Hospital clarifies nurse wasn’t part of team treating a group of Italian Covid-19 patients, but had developed mild fever after returning from leave.

Covid-19 casts shadow on 60-year-old India-Pakistan tradition that survived Uri, Pulwama

The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty mandates that the Indian & Pakistani commissioners meet once every year, a tradition that hasn’t been broken in 60 years.

Coronavirus death toll in India rises to 16, positive cases surge to 694: Health Ministry

According to the data, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country stood at 633, while 44 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated.

BJP to set up roti banks, give 5 crore meals per day to the needy during Covid-19 lockdown

BJP chief J.P. Nadda has instructed workers to link up community kitchens, or provide meals prepared at their homes to daily wage workers and others in need.

How states are delivering mid-day meals to students during Covid-19 school closure 

While West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are delivering dry rations to beneficiaries of mid-day meals, Delhi is learnt to be still struggling to find a way.

Health minister rebuts Mamata claim: Bengal has conducted under 10% of 2,500 tests available

In a report to Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan says 40 Covid-19 testing kits doesn’t mean 40 tests.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

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.