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Thursday, December 4, 2025
TopicCovid pandemic

Topic: Covid pandemic

Shouldn’t have gone to Kumbh, ‘Covid-guilty’ mela returnees now say in MP’s Vidisha

From MP, it was Vidisha district that sent highest number of devotees to Kumbh. Many tested positive for Covid on return. Cases surged in MP after people returned from Kumbh.

Can Covid spread through bathroom pipes? Here’s what scientists say

While experts are yet to conclusively understand whether the virus can spread through plumbing in high-rise apartments, some say it's possible in theory and so precautions may help.

VK Paul — teacher, paediatrician, top technocrat & the face of Modi govt’s Covid battle

A paediatrics professor at AIIMS, D V.K. Paul, is member (health) in the NITI Aayog. He heads at least four Covid-19 panels and is part of one empowered group.

MP’s Damoh voted when Covid surged, and school teachers on poll duty paid a big price

Assembly bypoll was conducted in MP's Damoh on 17 April. Many teachers on poll duty died of Covid, or lost family members to the virus, after that.

It’s 2021, but floating bodies in UP and Bihar have sent us back to 1918

In Bihar’s Buxar, 71 corpses washed up at Mahadev Ghat of the Ganga river. In UP's Hamirpur, local residents fear the floating bodies will pose a new risk to their health.

IFS body asks states to identify their staff as frontline workers, seeks early vaccination

Indian Forest Service Association in a letter to states has said that many of their staff have lost their lives to Covid in the line of duty.

A Bengaluru woman returned from Kumbh, tested positive for Covid & ‘infected 33 people’

The 67-year-old is suspected of having passed on the virus to others in her family, including her psychiatrist daughter-in-law, who likely unknowingly infected patients and colleagues

‘Save kids from 3rd wave’: Twitter campaign picks up after teen calls for vaccinating children

With Covid cases rising among children in India's second wave, a class 11 Gurgaon student began a campaign on Twitter, urging the govt to vaccinate children.

Modi’s only respite now is to adopt Kautilya’s doctrine. But first, own up your mistake

Rajdharma coupled with Anvikshiki, the philosophical foundation of Arthashastra, is the need of the hour.

Armed forces procure oxygen, medical supplies as Covid cases go up in rural areas

The armed forces have identified states and regions which need more help, based on existing capacities and number of cases, and are also preparing for a possible third wave.

On Camera

Why Bihar migrates has a 500-year old answer — from Mughal taxpayers to peasant warriors

Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

From nuclear cooperation to defence, trade to oil, what is expected from Putin’s two-day India visit

New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.