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US ‘concerned’ over India’s Covid crisis, says will ‘rapidly deploy additional support’

Biden administration has been under pressure from think tanks to ease restrictions on items needed by India to manufacture Covid vaccines.

‘Holy dip will wash away all infections’: Kumbh returnees are driving Rajasthan Covid graph up

From 1,081 new cases on 21 March, the number of new Covid cases in Rajasthan went up to 14,468 on 22 April. As on 23 April, the state had 1,07,517 active Covid cases.

Reforms, asset sales ‘on track’ — Modi govt confident Covid surge won’t hit budget decisions

Modi govt is of the view that 2nd Covid wave won't cause major economic disruption like it saw last year. Officials confident of Air India & BPCL sale 'in next few months'.

No Covid tests for Kumbh returnees, no beds or data — how 2nd wave has hit Indore, Bhopal

Bhopal and Indore are Madhya Pradesh’s two worst-hit districts, making up over 37 per cent of its caseload of Covid infections.

As Modi govt faces up to Covid disaster, BJP learns a tough truth — the virus doesn’t vote

Till February this year, Narendra Modi and the BJP were congratulating themselves on having avoided the tsunami of Covid. Now India is a hare in headlights.

Delhi Police busts 4 for remdesivir ‘black marketing’, says inter-state gangs involved

Delhi Police has so far recovered 81 remdevisir injections and has also tracked down WhatsApp groups of inter-state gangs allegedly running the black marketing racket.

N-E Delhi hits ‘new low’, deputes 6 govt teachers to assist in Covid bodies management

The teachers have been allocated shifts & will be required to coordinate between families of the dead, hospital staff & hearse van drivers, for proper and timely removal of bodies

Emergency financial powers to tenure extension of SSC doctors — how MoD is aiding Covid fight

IAF ramps up its operations and has flown multiple missions taking oxygen tankers for filling besides transporting equipment and medical staff across the country.

Nations offer India help to tackle Covid, but are opposing Delhi’s proposal on vaccines at WTO

WTO members US, UK, EU, Japan, Australia, Canada & Switzerland are offering stiff resistance to India and South Africa’s proposal to waive intellectual property rights on Covid vaccines.

People forgot about Covid as cases dipped, we were not prepared when it returned: UP minister

Speaking to ThePrint, UP Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh acknowledged that the Covid numbers are overwhelming, and the existing infrastructure ill-equipped to handle the crisis.

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?