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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicMass testing

Topic: mass testing

Why mass coronavirus anti-body tests have serious limits

It’s good to get better picture of how widespread epidemic is but we should be under no illusion we’ll be able to hand out some form of ‘immunity certificate’.

Without mass-testing support, lockdown won’t go a long way in containing Covid

ICMR plans to have 100,000 tests per day capacity if the disease spreads prolifically. But developing this level of capacity might take at least a month.

On Camera

Hyderabadis deserve better than what Salar Jung Museum’s 75th anniversary offers

The proposed museum’s conference is not featuring some of the best historians in country. Hyderabad, a city with rich history, is never as intellectually active as it should be.

Covid, sanctions, war. Life’s rough for Surat’s small diamond units, salaries ‘not guaranteed anymore’

West Asia war threatens to push already fragile industry deeper into crisis. Latest disruption is playing out differently for bigger and small-scale players in Surat’s diamond industry.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.