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Topic: covid

Spurt in 3rd dose uptake after China Covid surge prompts Modi govt to review India’s readiness

Number of daily doses (including 1st & 2nd) roughly doubled between 18-25 December and crossed 1 lakh-mark end of last week. Over 68,000 doses administered till 3 pm Monday.

States, UTs to conduct mock drills at hospitals, medical colleges amid Covid surge in China

The exercise on Tuesday, will focus on availability of health facilities, oxygen-supported beds & optimal availability of doctors, nurses, paramedics & other frontline workers.

Eye on China Covid spike, 57% Indians demand mask mandate on flights, at airports

Local Circles survey based on responses from over 20,000 participants in 312 districts also found 65% want Covid testing for all international passengers in airports.

‘Someone’s trying to hide something’: Urdu press slams govt’s ‘silence’ on India-China border row

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took

China’s chicken-and-egg conundrum & the ‘political’ variant that has no cure

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately. In today’s featured cartoon, Sandeep...

Nasal vaccine from today, mock drill in hospitals next week as govt ups Covid preparedness

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will visit a government hospital when this drill is taken up on 27 December, Tuesday.

Modi govt has done a perfect job battling Covid so far. Now preparedness, caution are key

India should have learnt by now that Covid won't wait for the people, governments and the industry to prepare and become 'pandemic-proof'.

PM Modi to review India’s Covid situation at high-level meeting today

In the last six months, India reported four cases of the BF.7 Omicron sub-variant, which is driving the current surge of infections in China.

Why ‘border’line social distancing won’t cut it & how motormouths are outgunning machine guns

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

3 cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7, driving China’s Covid spike detected in India

The first case of BF.7 was detected in October by Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre. Two cases have been reported from Gujarat & one case from Odisha, according to officials.

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Vietnam & China cutting into India’s footwear exports, NITI Aayog calls for tariff cuts, R&D push

With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.