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TopicFace masks

Topic: face masks

76% Indians want mandatory mask rule inside malls, cinema halls, places of worship, finds survey

Amid a surge in Covid cases across China, the survey by LocalCircles also found that 57% Indians support compulsory masking inside aircraft and in airports.

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.

Face masks have changed our use of language. It’s affecting how children understand speech

A new study found that children process masked speech up to 8% less accurately and 8% more slowly than normal speech.

DGCA asks airlines to deboard passengers who refuse to wear face mask

The aviation body also said airport operators must increase announcements & surveillance to ensure passengers follow Covid-appropriate behaviour at all times.

How to avoid Covid in a mostly mask-free world as rules ease

Calculating and managing one’s personal risk of Covid in a community might be getting trickier, but it’s still possible. Here are the most straightforward ways to minimise your risk.

Rs 500 fine for those not wearing masks in Delhi, schools may remain open

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority met Wednesday to find answers to the big spurt of cases seen recently in the national capital region.

Govt revokes strict Covid restrictions under disaster act, face masks to continue

Rules relaxed from April 1; Home ministry advisory to states, UTs has, however, warned that we still need to be watchful of the situation.

Covid endemicity isn’t a promise to safety. Experts tell you why

Endemicity refers to a state in which total number of infections is not dropping or growing — though an endemic disease can have big, predictable seasonal fluctuations.

Not just RT-PCR tests, now your ‘smart’ masks will also tell you if you have Covid-19

Researchers in Japan are using ostrich antibodies to detect Covid-19 under ultraviolet light, something they say will help pick up asymptomatic cases.

Mask use in India below 60%, even lower than months before Covid 2nd wave: VK Paul

Such 'collective carelessness' cost us dearly in the past, says Niti Aayog member V.K. Paul. Health ministry says international travelers hampering contact tracing by giving incorrect addresses.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.