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TopicCovid cases

Topic: Covid cases

UP’s unprepared district hospitals now frontline as Lucknow turns away Covid patients

Lack of hospital beds in Lucknow is seeing patients flock to nearby districts, where hospitals are equally burdened, if not worse off due to insufficient facilities.

Price of West Bengal poll campaign: Covid cases rise 1500% in a month

ThePrint looks at some of the worst-affected districts from different phases of West Bengal elections to see which events may have led to the steepening of the Covid curve.

Alarm as infection rate in Bihar & UP, most populous states, 1.5 times above national average

India's overall R value was a reassuring 1.31, compared to 1.30 last week. But it is the two poorest and most crowded states where infection rates have gone up alarmingly.

‘Congress doesn’t seem to share your view’: Harsh Vardhan replies to Manmohan Singh letter

Manmohan Singh wrote to PM Modi Sunday suggesting ways to fight Covid pandemic. Health Minister Vardhan, in response, slammed Congress for contributing to "vaccine hesitancy".

Modi govt to provide fresh insurance cover to Covid warriors, settle previous claims

The insurance under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package has provided a safety net to the dependents of the Covid warriors who lost their lives to the disease.

Intriguing story of India’s slackening vaccination numbers despite Modi’s ‘Tika Utsav’ push

The number of vaccinations per day has fluctuated through April and shown an overall downward trend, at a time when Covid cases and deaths have been surging.

‘Saw man dying unattended’: PGIMS Rohtak battles staff Covid surge as patient count rises

67 doctors & staffers tested positive for Covid at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Saturday. As many as 174 have tested positive in past six days.

‘Where are ambulances, Covid hospitals?’: Family of UP journalist who died without treatment

Vinay Srivastava died after his oxygen level dipped alarmingly. Hospitals refused to admit him without CMO letter, even though he had symptoms of Covid.

Fear of Covid & another lockdown pushes migrant workers to start the journey home again

Last year's lockdown left migrant workers stranded without livelihood or the means to return home. They are eager to avoid the same fate this time.

2,61,500 Covid cases, 1,501 deaths — India records highest single-day spikes

According to government data, the total number of cases has gone up to 1,47,88,109 and overall death toll stands at 1,77,150.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.