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Topic: COVID-19

Jaishankar thanks Qatar NSA for Gulf nation’s support to India’s Covid fight

Jaishankar, who is on a 3-day visit to Kuwait to hold meetings with his counterpart Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, had a brief stopover in Doha.

Ganga Ram Hospital successfully treats 2 Covid patients with monoclonal antibody therapy

Doctors said that both the patients who were given the therapy showed improvement within 12 hours and asserted that it could be a game-changer if used at the appropriate time.

Centre should take ‘surgical strike’ approach to fight Covid, says Bombay HC

The court was hearing a plea seeking a direction to the govt to start a door-to-door vaccination programme for senior citizens above the age of 75 and specially-abled persons.

DRDO invites bids to transfer technology of anti-Covid drug 2-DG for bulk production

According to the Expression of Interest document, applications should be submitted before 17 June for the drug that aids faster recovery of hospitalised Covid patients.

Govt updates CoWIN website, allows users to make corrections in vaccination certificates

CoWIN certificates are used to allow access to various premises and a 'blue shield' with a double tick appears for those who are fully vaccinated after 14 days of the second dose.

No clinical exposure due to online classes compromising quality of India’s future doctors

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

One thing people want Modi govt to do right away, six-state survey gives us the mood

The Prashnam survey clearly demonstrates the enormous tragedy in terms of lives and livelihoods that Covid-19 pandemic has inflicted on India.

WhatsApp ‘cures’, easy access: India’s hypochondriacs make self-medication deadly 2nd wave issue

Doctors say self-medicating patients can end up with disastrous side-effects, and often keeps them from seeking critical hospital care at the right time.

Modi govt places orders for 44 crore doses of Covishield & Covaxin after new vaccine policy

The 25 crore doses of Covishield and 19 crore doses of Covaxin will be delivered between August-December 2021, the Union Health Ministry said.

Door-to-door vaccination not possible, will start ‘near-to-door’ centres: Centre to Bombay HC

'Near to home' vaccination sessions can be conducted in non-health facilities and will be linked to an existing Covid vaccination centre, said the affidavit submitted by Centre.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Air Marshal A.P. Singh takes over as IAF chief, task cut out

Air Chief Marshal Singh took over from incumbent V.R. Chaudhari Monday afternoon. His top priority will be strengthening the fighting capability of the IAF, it is learnt.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?