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Monday, May 13, 2024
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Topic: covid

Delhi schools to stay closed till 5 October, can call staff if required

An official order said all govt and private schools in Delhi will remain shut. Under Unlock 4, schools were allowed to call students from Class 9 -12 on a voluntary basis.

Why Delhi’s private labs conduct fewer CBNAAT and TrueNAT tests despite ICMR push

ICMR had revised its guidelines in May and pushed for a variety of Covid tests, including TrueNAT and CBNAAT systems, which are easily available across the country.

Need to focus on creating effective health systems, says Harsh Vardhan at G-20 meet

The health minister, who was speaking at the Joint G20 Finance and Health Ministers meet, also stressed that access to Covid protection should not be a factor of ability to pay.

Delhi HC declines Deepak Kochhar’s plea to move to private hospital for Covid treatment

The court declined to entertain the plea, saying Kochhar was presently in the judicial custody of a special PMLA court in Mumbai and therefore, it cannot shuffle him from one place to another.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari tests positive for Covid, isolates himself

The Road Transport and Highways Minister tweeted that he took the Covid test after feeling weak and is currently doing well.

Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu tests positive for Covid, under home isolation in Delhi

The chief minister, who went to Delhi on an official visit on 12 September, said he is asymptomatic and feeling healthy.

An epidemiologist does SWOT analysis of India’s Covid fight and calls for a reset button

We have to maintain vigil and practice restraint till summer of 2021. A year may seem long, but the coronavirus will change its behaviour only when we do. 

Modi govt’s 11 Covid empowered panels now replaced by six larger groups

Of the six groups — constituted to look into various aspects of the management of Covid-19 — four are headed by departmental secretaries and one each by NITI Aayog officials.

Why vaccines are a better bet against coronavirus than drugs

In humanity’s millennia-long struggle against viruses, prevention with vaccines has been far more successful than treatment with drugs.

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia tests positive for Covid, goes into self-quarantine

Manish Sisodia says he is not suffering from fever or any other Covid symptoms. He also stayed away from the one-day session of the Delhi Assembly.

On Camera

Disability rights intersects with economy, commerce, health. Policy should reflect that

Another pressing issue plaguing the disability sector in India is the absence of proactive initiatives from state governments. This is despite disability being a state subject.

Brokerages & hedge funds make a killing as India’s inexperienced youth flocks to the equity market

Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.