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Saturday, September 20, 2025
TopicFace masks

Topic: face masks

Wear glasses, make up and don’t enjoy masks? This new product can change all that

New start up designs MaskAid+, a support frame that aims to rid one of discomforts such as slipping masks, fogging up of glasses and muffled speech.

4.80 lakh in Jan from 24 lakh in July — sanitiser sales drop as ‘Covid complacency’ sets in

Data by a lobby of over 8.5 lakh chemists show sanitiser sales kept falling after registering a peak in July. Experts blame the trend on Covid complacency.

Cloth masks may look better, but they don’t work better in thwarting spread of Covid-19

Cloth masks have been shown to be effective at stopping small particles, but they are highly unlikely to provide as much protection as surgical masks.

Imposing night curfews to fight Covid absurd, real crackdown should be on maskless crowds

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More people in masks day after govt announces hike in fine, say Delhi officials

ThePrint visits Connaught Place and Lajpat Nagar market to see impact of Delhi govt hiking fine for not wearing masks to Rs 2,000. Many residents welcome the move, but others call it 'open loot'.

Not wearing masks in Delhi will cost you Rs 2,000 as Kejriwal govt hikes fine amid Covid surge

CM Kejriwal also chaired an all-party meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss Covid-19 situation in Delhi where cases and deaths have registered an increase in recent days.

Cloth masks highly effective Covid prevention for wearer, others — top US health body

CDC says multi layered cloth masks can block up to 50-70% of aerosols, blocks most large droplets and helps reduce inhalation of these droplets by the wearer.

Should you wear masks during exercise? ICMR chief says yes, doctors, coaches disagree

ICMR chief Balram Bhargava stated at a briefing that masks should be worn even during exercise, but doctors and coaches say this can hinder airflow and also elevate heart rate.

Wear masks while exercising, says ICMR chief — his own ministry advises otherwise

ICMR director general Balram Bhargava says emerging data shows that masks don’t alter blood oxygen levels and so should be worn while exercising & walking.

Swiss cheese model — a combination of ‘interventions’ experts are suggesting to combat Covid

According to the Swiss cheese model, no intervention is 100% effective but multiple layers of interventions can make up for individual deficiencies.

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Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.