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TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

For these UPSC aspirants, Covid isn’t over. It killed their IAS dream, now a fight unending

Some 40,000 aspirants are asking the government for one more chance. But doors aren’t opening.

Covid kills China’s most influential personalities but Xi goes ahead with New Year address

The deaths resulting from Covid-related complications aren’t just restricted to engineers and scientists; obituaries of celebrities have confirmed the scale of this crisis.

Why China’s Covid crisis could make your dream TV more expensive

India's consumer durables industry is anticipating supply issues if Covid situation worsens in China, although it still hopes for strong growth if there's no major disruption.

Tales of Covid deaths out on Weibo but China playing censor-in-chief

The decision to stop publishing daily data will raise questions about Beijing’s sincerity in informing its citizens, as well as the international community, about the Covid situation.

How to Tali-ban a country back to stone(ing) age & move over nationalism, here comes little bro

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

Karnataka makes wearing of mask indoors mandatory, to conduct test for flu-like symptoms

There will also be coordination with private hospitals and super speciality hospitals for reserving beds to treat Covid patients as existed during the peak of COVID a year ago, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said.

China pushes vaccines as retreat from ‘zero-Covid’ policy turns messy

Analysts say China may now pay a price for shielding a population that lacks 'herd immunity' and has low vaccination rates among the elderly.

Chinese cities ease Covid curbs after historic protests as infections keep spreading

Covid curbs fuelled dozens of protests in more than 20 Chinese cities in a show of civil disobedience unprecedented in mainland China since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012.

Images of scantily-clad women are what Twitter users getting in search for China’s Covid protest

Disinformation researchers say the Chinese government is trying to drown out searches with pornography, spam and even gibberish.

Infections from superbugs have more than doubled after Covid pandemic, EU agency says

A European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control report said that reported cases of two highly drug-resistant pathogens increased in 2020 and then sharply jumped in 2021.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai handholding the billion-dollar desi makeover of global luxury

Pity none of the well-behaved guests attempted India’s favourite 'Nagin dance' when Italian brand Bvlgari 'saap' slithered through The Art House in Mumbai.

Niti Aayog CEO flags India’s trade imbalance — ‘we trade in stuff world doesn’t require in large quantities’

According to the Niti Aayog quarter trade watch report launched Monday, India’s total trade in FY 2025 was at US$1.73 trillion—exports at US$823 billion & imports US$908 billion.

As Starmer begins India trip Wednesday, UK remains hopeful of fighter engine deal

In July, India & UK had announced a defence industrial roadmap that mentioned Jet Engine Advanced Core Technologies Innovation and co-development as a key priority.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.