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Thursday, May 9, 2024
TopicCovid testing

Topic: covid testing

India crosses 10 lakh daily Covid tests milestone within month of boosting screening process

The health ministry said the increased number of tests would help bring the positivity rate down eventually.

Israel develops new Covid pool testing method that can screen nearly 50 samples at once

Called P-Best, for Pooling-Based Efficient SARS-CoV-2 Testing, Israel's method is based on an algorithm that is used to detect rare genetic mutations.

India’s Covid tally rises to 26.47 lakh with 57,981 new cases, death toll crosses 50,000

The total number of tests in India for detection of Covid-19 has crossed the 3-crore mark, the health ministry said.

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CEA Nageswaran says India’s FY24 growth could hit 8%, but World Bank warns this is ‘above potential’

Speaking at an event, World Bank country director Auguste Tano Kouamé said growth above potential would result in high inflation.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.