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69% say govt should issue ‘Covid Warrior’ certificate to those recovered, finds survey

About 61% of the respondents to the survey conducted by LocalCircles said that the system to issue 'Covid Warrior' certificates should be linked to a citizen's Aadhaar number.

Tripura holds open-air ‘neighbourhood classes’ for students who can’t go online

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Modi govt has run out of excuses to delay disinvestment — even stock market is ready

Modi government is unlikely to earn the money it had hoped to this year due to Covid. The last thing it needs is slowing down on Rs 2.1 lakh crore disinvestment plan.

Covid impact has ‘severely diminished’ space for govt to support demand, says RBI report

RBI favours a ‘credible consolidation plan’ with specific action points to reduce the Centre’s debt and deficit levels. It adds states may need to cut growth-giving capital expenditure.

Central team set to visit Kashmir this week as Covid cases spike in 3 districts

Niti Aayog member Dr V.K. Paul and NCDC chief Dr S.K. Singh will be in J&K on 27 August to take stock of the situation in Srinagar, Baramulla and Pulwama.

Covid testing in UP rises nearly nine times since June, govt now targets 1.5 lakh tests a day

On Sunday, UP reported the largest share in national testing at 1,30,445 tests. This is a nine-fold increase from 23 June when 14,676 tests were conducted.

80% Covid patients in India are asymptomatic, health ministry analysis finds

Analysis of cases across India until 23 August shows about 25.93% of the of the symptomatic patients reported with fever and 17.18% with cough.

On Ganesh Chaturthi, less than 500 people line up for Mumbai’s Lalbaugcha Raja health camp

In view of the Covid pandemic, the Lalbaugcha Raja organising committee has set up a blood and plasma donation camp in place of its usual towering Ganpati idol.

This is how Karnataka’s Covid War Room is fighting the big battle, one app at a time

Karnataka govt has developed 8 in-house apps as part of its pandemic management. IAS officer Munish Moudgil, the Covid War Room chief, has been at forefront of this effort.

Risks of antibody tests, Mali coup first in pandemic era & other global Covid news

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

On Camera

Bumble CEO says get ready for AI dating. Are humans just algorithms now?

This is not a boomer rant against AI. Although ChatGPT is immensely useful in certain things, my issue lies in using AI over emotional intelligence.

What’s the job like for today’s RBI Guv? Subbarao says balancing growth & inflation less testing now

In contrast, he said, the fear in 2012 was one of possible stagflation, where growth was falling and inflation was high.

Retired Indian Army Colonel working with UN killed in Rafah, Israel orders probe

Eight months into the war, this is believed to be the first 'international' casualty to be reported. 46-year-old Waibhav Kale joined UNDSS two months ago ‘to make a difference’. 

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.