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Topic: COVID-19

Preacher who was Punjab’s 1st Covid-19 death could have been a ‘super-spreader’

Health officials in Punjab suspect three people, including a religious leader and the preacher, who defied quarantine advice may be ‘super-spreaders’.

Modi govt’s Gareeb Kalyan: Does India have the ability to deliver amid Covid-19 lockdown?

Finance Minister has announced a three-month relief package worth Rs 1.7 lakh crore for India’s urban & rural poor to help them during the coronavirus lockdown.

Army starts Covid-19 testing in its hospitals, issues fresh guidelines to fight pandemic

The IAF, meanwhile, has designated Command Hospital Air Force, Bengaluru, to conduct Covid-19 testing.

Jodhpur jail inmates on hunger strike for 3 days now, want parole due to Covid-19

The inmates, self-styled godman Asaram Bapu among them, have cited crowded cells, poor sanitation and lack of proper medical facilities in support of their demand.

With social boycott and fines, Covid-19 is the new ‘untouchability’ in Maharashtra villages

In several villages across Maharashtra, gram panchayats have ‘warned residents’ with a social boycott if they let relatives from cities into the precincts. 

Free LPG, cash aid — Modi govt’s Rs 1.7 lakh crore plan to ease Covid-19 lockdown for poor

Besides cash transfers, the package announced by FM Sitharaman also offers free foodgrains for poor & migrant workers hit hardest by the Covid-19 lockdown.

Greta Thunberg says it’s likely she contracted Covid-19 during trip to central Europe

Climate activist Greta Thunberg says she has not been tested for Covid-19, in line with the policy in Sweden, but had quarantined herself.

83 doctors ‘suspected’ of Covid-19 want to quarantine, not allowed: Doctors’ body to PM

URDA’s letter claims doctors came in contact with a Covid-19 patient at Patna’s Nalanda Medical College, alleges they’ve been denied proper protective gear.

Big Basket unsure of service in Delhi even after police assurance but Grofers to resume ops

Not operational in Delhi due to lockdown, Big Basket says its delivery partners are still facing strict restrictions.

AgustaWestland accused Christian Michel moves Delhi HC for bail citing Covid-19 threat

Michel says he’s 59 years old and has ‘pre-existing’ health conditions, and keeping him locked up would amount to ‘violation of human rights’.

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.