Mass testing helped authorities identify thousands of infected individuals, but it also strained labs, slowed results and complicated the next crucial step — contact tracing.
ThePrint visited Bakarpur and Sahnewal villages in Punjab where health workers in mobile testing vans have been going about motivating people to get tested for Covid-19.
Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Prahlad Patel tested positive for Covid-19 recently. Both had attended the ongoing Monsoon session of the parliament.
The number of people calling UK's Covid-19 phone helpline and visiting the government website totaled three to four times the number of tests, the govt was told.
Several states, including Delhi, West Bengal and Kerala register an increase in their R values, while other high burden states such as Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu see a dip.
Within the modern-day Samudra Manthan lies the opportunity for India to redefine its role on the world stage by building a robust, adaptive security architecture.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
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.
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?
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