In episode 434 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta analyses the first 50 deaths in India and how constant exposure to pathogens puts the country's population in unique position to fight Covid-19.
Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Luv Aggarwal said Covid-19 was still in the local transmission stage in the country, as total number of cases reached 1,071.
In a series of tweets, Principal Scientific Advisor K. VijayRaghavan has shared what scientists in India are doing on Covid-19 and what their efforts are likely to lead to.
ICMR also says unnecessary to test asymptomatic patients at this incubation stage as even if they are carrying the virus, lower loads will result in negative tests.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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