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Topic: Covid deaths

Covid pandemic — New South Wales in ‘worst ever’ situation, child hospitalisations rise in US

ThePrint brings you some important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

Over 20,000 OBC, SC families lost their sole earning member to Covid, Andhra tops list

The data is part of surveys conducted by the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation and the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation. 

13 states reply to Modi govt query on oxygen deaths, only 1 reports ‘suspected deaths’

Govt says in some states such as Himachal, UP and Punjab the R-value is going up. Also, 37 districts are currently reporting increasing daily trend in Covid infections, of which 11 are in Kerala.

India records 38,628 new Covid infections, active cases decline to 4,12,153

The Covid death toll climbed to 4,27,371 with 617 fresh fatalities Saturday while the national recovery rate was 97.37%, according to health ministry data.

UP CM hands over cheques of Rs 10 lakh each to kin of 55 journalists who died due to Covid

CM Yogi Adithyanath said the media did the work of sharing true and factual news during the crisis and helped the govt prepare a successful strategy.

No benefits of Doxycycline found in UK Covid patients, write Oxford researchers in Lancet study

According to researchers, the drug that has been commonly used to treat Covid respiratory symptoms does not reduce recovery time, hospital admissions, or deaths related to Covid.

India’s Covid death rate likely to be 7-8 times higher than reported, study finds

A pre-print from the University of Toronto estimates India’s Covid death rate could be 2,000-2,200/million and not 290/million as reported.

Covid-19 pandemic: China reports highest spike since January, Florida now a hotspot

ThePrint brings you some important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

56 Air India crew, including 5 Vande Bharat pilots, died of Covid till July, govt says

The Indian Pilots’ Guild wrote to PM urging annuity at four times normal coverage, if any pilot becomes permanently or temporarily unfit due to Covid or post-Covid complications.

‘Missing out on Covid deaths unlikely’ — govt dismisses report on ‘excess deaths’

The govt said that 'excess mortality' is a term used to describe an all-cause mortality figure and attributing such fatalities to Covid is 'completely misleading'.

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India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?