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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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