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Topic: Covid cases

Betty White’s illustrious legacy, and a wish for 2022

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

Delhi, Mumbai’s R value crosses 2 for first time since pandemic began, India’s climbs to 1.22

Delhi's R for Covid has jumped to 2.54 between 23 & 29 Dec from 1.12 around 17 Dec. R values are higher than those reported at start of pandemic, when people were not vaccinated.

Urgent need to scale-up public health, social measures to curtail Omicron spread: WHO

The focus must be to protect those at high risk as Omicron appears to spread faster than Delta variant, Poonam Khetrapal Singh of WHO South-East Asia Region says.

India records 7,350 new Covid cases, 202 deaths in last 24 hours

The number of active cases has declined to 91,456, the lowest since March 2020 and the recovery rate was recorded at 98.37%, the highest since March 2020, the health ministry said.

India records 8,503 new Covid cases, 624 deaths in last 24 hours

Active cases count has risen to 94,943 comprising 0.27% of total infections, while the recovery rate was recorded at 98.36%, highest since March 2020, the health ministry said.

Slight uptick in cases in Bengaluru but don’t expect 2nd wave kind of scenario: Civic body chief

BBMP Commissioner Gaurav Gupta says 'finding source of Omicron' is very difficult, but 'task at hand is to test, isolate patients and trace contacts of every case'.

39% Indians paid bribe for Covid treatment at hospital during 2nd wave, survey finds

Of those who paid bribe, 32 per cent paid it for 'getting an admission/bed/ventilator/medicines either for self or someone'.

India logs 6,990 new Covid cases, lowest in 551 days

The active cases comprise 0.29% of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national recovery rate has improved to 98.35%, the highest since March 2020.

4 Covid clusters in Karnataka schools & colleges, 281 cases in one of them. CM calls for review

Most of those found positive are asymptomatic, but state Health Minister Dr K. Sudhakar says samples have been sent for genome sequencing over Omicron variant worries.

India records 9,119 new Covid cases, active infections lowest in 539 days

The death toll climbed to 4,66,980 with 396 fresh fatalities, including 308 from Kerala, according to the health ministry data.

On Camera

How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.