Topic: covid
Raging Delta variant poses challenge for China’s strategy to tackle Covid
With most Covid vaccines proving less effective against Delta variant, state-owned Sinopharm said its inactivated Covid shot, given widely in China, is 68% effective.
Active Covid cases rising. Slow vaccination shows lessons of second wave haven’t been learnt
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India needs more private insurance companies. Govt must use Covid trigger to make this happen
More players could make the market more competitive as they would vie to offer accessible and low-cost insurance products.
Why ‘model state’ Kerala is accounting for more than half of India’s daily Covid cases
Centre has rushed a team to Kerala, the second one this month, to take stock of the situation and work with the state health department.
SC instructs states to ensure continuation of schooling of children orphaned due to Covid
30,071 children have been orphaned, lost a parent or abandoned mostly due to the pandemic, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights had informed the court last month.
28% Indians plan to travel in Aug-Sept amid fear of 3rd Covid wave, survey finds
According to LocalCircles survey, of those who plan to travel, 13% said they will visit a holiday destination, 39% want to visit family & friends, and 22% have 'other travel' plans.
Can’t cancel, can’t hold – Tokyo Olympics was going to help Brand Japan, now it’s a headache
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 is a tale of loss – for many infected players, for Japan’s economy that really needed a boost, and the fight against a hovering virus.
Give India’s e-commerce the wings to soar like unicorns and start-ups, revise contentious draft clauses
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Fearing Covid, 3 Andhra women ‘self-isolate’ for 15 months, come out malnourished & depressed
A family in Andhra’s Kadali village isolated itself in March 2020. On Monday, all three women in the family were found in a severe ill-health.
Modi govt finally raises vaccine prices, will pay Rs 215 for Covishield, Rs 225 for Covaxin
The govt has placed an order for 66 crore more doses to be supplied between August and December for a little over Rs 14,500 crore.
Cybersecurity breaches are on the rise. What can we do to become more resilient?
Effective collaboration between private and public sector leaders is key to ensuring a nation is cyber resilient. They must take a proactive stance.
Modi govt defers sale of 2 public sector banks to next financial year due to delays
Finance ministry is yet to finalise modalities to seek approval in Parliament for the sale, which leaves little time for the process to be completed this year.
Defence
Talks ‘constructive’, India & China say remaining issues to be resolved in expeditious manner
In a joint statement Monday, Indian Army and PLA said 12th round of Corps Commander level talks 'further enhanced mutual understanding' and resolved to maintain momentum of negotiations.
Why Mizoram vs Assam is a BJP project to ‘integrate’ northeast gone wrong
Assam-Mizoram violence is an outcome of BJP trying too hard to ‘integrate’ distinct northeastern states. This has unleashed latent regionalism.