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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Topic: covid

Apple’s iPhone, iPad designers develop special face masks for employees

In typical Apple style, the mask looks unique with large coverings on top and bottom for the wearer’s nose and chin. Made up of three layers, it can be washed & reused up to five times.

8,000 Boeing 747 cargo planes will be needed to reach Covid vaccine to entire world

Global airlines body IATA is working with airlines, airports, global health bodies and pharmaceutical firms to pull together plans for the industry’s 'largest single transport challenge ever'.

Cipla, Optimus get nod for phase 4 trials to check efficacy of Covid drug favipiravir

Study will note clinical improvement of Covid patients & assess safety of favipiravir. It will also see ‘mortality, disease progression & viral clearance’ at given stages.

India, Bangladesh foreign ministers to ‘meet’ this month as they look to take ties forward

The discussions between S. Jaishankar and A.K. Abdul Momen later this month will mostly be around cooperation with regard to tackling the Covid pandemic.

US college towns new hotspots, Costa Rica trials antibodies from horses and other Covid news

S - As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Andhra villages see big drop in dengue, malaria, typhoid cases after pilot sanitation drive

Andhra govt data shows cases of seasonal diseases like dengue, typhoid, acute diarrhoea & malaria fell 97.4%, 96%, 81.7% and 50.4%, respectively, after the sanitation drive.

Govt lockdown ban leaves few options, will start awareness drive on masks — Assam minister

Himanta Biswa Sarma concerned over a possible scarcity of oxygen in Assam as consumption by Covid-positive and other patients could soon exceed state's production capacity.

62% of 8,31,124 active cases in five states alone, India records 1,096 deaths in 24 hours

ThePrint’s daily Covid tracker that brings you the numbers that matter — from total cases, tests done and recoveries to positivity rate and deaths.

Govt says no need for mask if you are in car alone. But this is why you can still get fined

Several states have issued guidelines mandating wearing a mask in a ‘public place’. But is a private car a 'public place'? A Supreme Court ruling holds the answer.

High Covid fatality in states linked to elderly population, peak a month away — SBI report

Report correlates high Covid fatality rate in Tamil Nadu, Punjab, J&K, Maharashtra & West Bengal to their high elderly population. But experts refute this assertion.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.