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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

‘Big Brother’ Germany guests don’t know about coronavirus pandemic, to be told live on TV

Producers of the show defended their decision to not tell contestants earlier saying information blackout is only lifted in emergency situations.

Railways hike platform ticket from Rs 10 to Rs 50 to regulate crowds in view of COVID-19

This has been done by six divisions of the Western railway zone and other zones are likely to follow suit soon.

10-year-old US firm with Harvard and MIT brains begins first COVID-19 vaccine trials

Even if Moderna is successful with the human trials, it will take over a year for the vaccine to become commercially available. 

India is now testing random lung infection cases for COVID-19 to detect community spread

ICMR scientist Raman R. Gangakhedkar says a positive sample among patients without a travel history would mean active transmission of coronavirus in community.

How to bust myths & curb panic — a 6-point guide for journalists covering coronavirus

There’s been a flood of information about coronavirus, with social media easing the proliferation of rumours. It’s a battle journalists have to fight.

From Kashmir to coronavirus, how Modi’s silver bullet Jaishankar is keeping troubles away

Jaishankar understands that crises are the bedrock of opportunities. So before EU leaders held a teleconference on COVID-19, India activated hot lines across South Asia.

Despite coronavirus, lakhs to gather in Ayodhya because this ‘Ram Navami is different’

Across India, the coronavirus pandemic is leading temples to issue advisories asking devotees to stay away, but UP govt won’t ‘defy tradition’. 

Skill centres in Delhi are making 500 masks a day to meet demand amid coronavirus crisis

Eight centres under the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry have started producing cloth masks in Delhi-NCR to meet the growing demand.

India needs to ramp up COVID-19 testing, learn from South Korea & avoid US’ mistakes

The key is for India to expand its laboratory capacity — the turnaround time for test results should be brought down to less than six hours.

SAARC meeting on COVID confirmed 2 things – Pakistan is petty and India isn’t as big as China

Pakistan’s petty behaviour on SAARC conference was a sign it doesn’t take coronavirus seriously. But India’s contribution of $10 million is also a pittance.

On Camera

Nuapada byelection may change Odisha’s political landscape. It should not be ignored

The byelection follows the death of MLA Rajendra Dholakia, a Gujarati businessman-turned-politician of the BJD who also served as a minister in the previous government.

Digital push for grassroots banking: 2 new apps to transform urban cooperative banks for 9 cr users

Cooperation Ministry takes a step towards financial inclusion with Sahkar DigiPay and Sahkar DigiLoan. They will enable faster and seamless access to financial services in small towns.

‘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.