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Friday, December 19, 2025
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.

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Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

India’s inflation figures tell a growth story, a cautiously optimistic one

Based on inflation figures for the last three months, RBI is expected to look for confirmatory evidence that can mark the beginning of a sustained decline in core inflation.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.