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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicCovid pandemic

Topic: Covid pandemic

Govt to discuss declaring Covid endemic in India, as WHO says global emergency over

With 'pattern of disease' being stable & no alarming spike in hospitalisations and deaths in past few months, govt likely to call meeting of Covid task force soon, it is learnt.

More TB cases being reported but yet to reach pre-pandemic levels: Health ministry report

PM Modi released ‘India TB Report 2023’ in Varanasi along with an initiative which enlists village councils to help combat the disease. TB, he said, will be eradicated in India by 2025.

Accidental lab leak in China caused Covid-19 pandemic, says WSJ report citing US energy dept

The conclusion was a change from the US energy department’s earlier position that it was undecided on how the virus emerged, reported The Wall Street Journal.

‘Recovery complete’: Economic Survey pegs India’s growth at 6.5% in FY24, and faster thereafter

While global headwinds remain, several factors due in large part to management of key sectors in last few years have placed India in strong position for remaining part of this decade.

India plans to make Covid negative test mandatory for passengers from high caseload countries

A day before, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had said that India would start randomly testing 2% of international passengers arriving at its airports for Covid.

Streets around Nizamuddin Markaz are abuzz again as the Tablighi Jamaat HQ reopens after 2 yrs

The Markaz's chief was given the keys to reopen the headquarters — sealed in 2020 after a Tablighi Jamaat congregation was blamed for spike in Covid cases — following a Delhi HC order.

India’s laptop imports surged to $5 bn in first 9 months of 2022. Nearly 73% came from China

Since 2017, China has accounted for around 75 per cent of India’s laptop imports, but the government is now expanding its list of importing partners.

43% students in India had no access to any schooling for 19 months during pandemic, finds study

The study by think tank Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy says educational gaps were worst for kids with prior disadvantages in terms of access to study materials, devices & internet.

Off The Cuff with Dr. Neerja Birla

In the latest edition of ThePrint ‘Off the Cuff’, Dr. Neerja Birla, Founder & Chairperson, Mpower, an initiative of Aditya Birla Education Trust talks...

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.