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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicCovid pandemic

Topic: Covid pandemic

Over 1 cr kids in Bihar, 30 lakh in Karnataka lack access to digital learning, govt data shows

Education ministry submits preliminary report which shows a wide digital divide among states in terms of children's access to e-learning methods. Several states yet to submit data.

76% parents don’t want to send kids to schools, 69% want them vaccinated by Sept, survey says

The survey interviewed 19,000 people across 293 districts in 23 states, including UP, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Why the end of the pandemic is looking as messy as the beginning

The end of the pandemic is almost here. But the tail is long and — thanks to short-sighted global & national policies — this phase is no more of a 'great equalizer' than the start was.

Smriti Irani hits out at ‘Gyani Baba’ Rahul Gandhi after his white paper on Covid management

Rahul Gandhi released a white paper Tuesday on Modi govt's 'disastrous' Covid management, saying purpose was not to criticise but to help country prepare for possible third wave.

J&K admin cancels Amarnath Yatra due to Covid, devotees can still attend virtual ‘aartis’

Yatra will be symbolic and virtual aartis will allow devotees to pay obeisance while avoiding travel and exposure to the infection, said J&K L-G Manoj Sinha.

As world learns to live with Covid, it may also stop counting every positive case

If hospitalisations & deaths stay low, Covid could begin to look less like an unmanageable pandemic & more like a seasonal disease like influenza. For policy-makers, that’s the goal.

Rich, wealth-flashing drug peddlers NCB is looking for. They are the ‘pandemic brats’

NCB has arrested 102 drug dealers in the past six months – 70% of them in 15-35 age group. NCB says most are inspired by the glamorous portrayal of drug lords on OTT platforms.

Govt open to more measures to boost economy, Chief Economic Adviser says

According to CEA K.V. Subramanian, demands for stimulus should also consider that the Budget this year was presented amid the pandemic and incorporated significant fiscal expansion.

Salaries cut, ‘struggling to collect fees’: Private schools are worried as Covid drags on

Private schools ThePrint spoke to said it's the teachers who are bearing the brunt of the funds crunch, with many not paid full salary for months.

Never signed so many death certificates, says Patiala official, calls it ’emotionally tiring’

In Punjab's Patiala, official issuing death certificates says he never thought a time would come when papers with details of the dead would pile up on his table every day.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

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?