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Sunday, September 14, 2025
TopicCovid pandemic

Topic: Covid pandemic

Covid and containment worsened women’s mental health, increased food insecurity in India

Researchers from California, Pennsylvania and Chicago universities surveyed households in Rajasthan, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, MP, and Maharashtra to also find a drastic fall in monthly income.

Covid pandemic mask rules are making less sense by the day

Studies have shown that the virus travels on small airborne particles which means the longer people spend indoors together, the more likely transmission will occur.

Private sector administered 6% of Covid vaccines since May, Maharashtra tops list, says Centre

In a weekly briefing, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan says Centre has decided to allow door-to-door vaccinations for those with mobility issues & has written to states in this regard.

Covid-19 pandemic: Australia tightens security amidst protests & Welsh ambulance crew struggles

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

Vaccination, ration distribution to continue in schools after 1 September, says Kejriwal

The Delhi government Friday announced that schools for classes 9 to 12, colleges, and coaching institutions will reopen from 1 September.

Biden criticizes China for not aiding US investigation into origins of Covid-19

The Chinese Embassy in the U.S expressed “strong condemnation” to the White House statement, and again called for investigation into the U.S. biological defense site Fort Detrick.

People recovered from Covid may not need second mRNA vaccine shot, US study suggests

Researchers studied 36 people who had never had Covid, and 11 people who had recovered from the disease prior to vaccination, to reach the conclusion.

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.

Lockdowns in India saw women get fewer meals than men, feel unsafe, depressed, US study finds

Study by National Bureau of Economic Research notes that women's status in families resulted in them being more vulnerable during lockdowns, suggests targeted policies to ensure well being.

How Tamil Nadu’s training thousands of nurses to handle kids with Covid as it preps for 3rd wave

Since July, Tamil Nadu has been organising virtual and in-person training for nurses to handle young Covid patients, apprehending a spike in infections among kids and infants in the 3rd wave.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.