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Trump-Modi’s ‘TikTok’ tactics against China, and India’s ‘real’ Covid graph

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India’s Covid fatality rate one of the lowest in the world at 2.18%, says Harsh Vardhan

Chairing the 19th meeting of Group of Ministers on Covid-19, Vardhan said India has achieved the milestone of more than 10 lakh recoveries with a recovery rate to 64.54 per cent.

India has one of world’s lowest Covid infection & death rate, says Harsh Vardhan at SCO meet

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan also emphasised on how Indian traditional system of medicine has contributed substantially in boosting the immunity of general population.

Early Covid detection resulted in India having low fatality rate, says Harsh Vardhan

Our success can be seen in the recovery rate which is almost 63 per cent with more than 5.3 lakh patients recovered, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan added.

Harsh Vardhan shares blog on depression posted by AIIMS doctor who committed suicide

In a Medium blog put up last month, Dr Anurag Kumar said he was diagnosed with severe depression and has been looking for options to kill himself.

Health ministry website takes down paper that said community transmission was on since April

Govt move to pull down document comes after Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan again denied there was community transmission of Covid in India.

AIIMS director says mortality rate remains low as India’s Covid tally crosses 5 lakh mark

Dr Randeep Guleria also added that although the number of cases has been rising, it is not as high as compared to those in other countries like in the US.

India’s Covid-19 recovery rate more than 58 per cent: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan

The health minister also said India's mortality rate is near 3 per cent and doubling rate has also come down to nearly 19 days from 3 before lockdown.

India notifies over 24 lakh tuberculosis cases, 79,144 deaths in 2019: Annual TB report

According to the India TB Report 2020, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the govt was committed to eliminating TB from the country by 2025.

BJP questions, BJP answers — party’s new social media experiment as Modi govt completes a year

BJP has launched what it calls a new experiment, as its spokespersons interview Union ministers. Four such interviews have been done so far.

On Camera

In Great Game for Kabul, India plays a patient hand. Multi-alignment to compartmentalisation

Pakistan’s reported air strikes on Kabul last night, coinciding with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, seem intended to send...

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.