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Saturday, September 28, 2024
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Topic: Pandemic

Saturday Night Live returns with surprise host Tom Hanks and a remote episode on Zoom

Latest episode of Saturday Night Live, late-night comedy show, had cast perform sketches on Donald Trump & Bernie Sanders from their homes.

Lakshman rekha between covidiot and coronapocalypse. Pandemic brings a new language in town

Coronavirus lockdown is changing people's lexicon — one strange word at a time.

Move over Contagion. Board and video games on virus apocalypse are the new obsession

Games in which players are pathogens out to destroy humanity or healthcare workers battling an outbreak, are all the rage during the coronavirus lockdown.

India would’ve had 8.2 lakh cases without lockdown & containment measures: Health Ministry

As Modi govt prepares to extend lockdown, health officials talk of successful Agra model, 1,035 cases recorded in last 24 hours.

Bhopal’s health dept, led by its IAS secy, becomes new corona hotspot, half city’s cases linked

More than 30 officials of the city's health department have tested positive for Covid-19, and more than 50 cases in the city are related to it.

In pandemics, forensic pathologists deal with morgues, mass graves and infectious remains

There is an assumption that dealing with the deceased doesn’t require the same urgency as working with an ill patient. Normally that is true, but not in Covid-19.

Migrant crisis could’ve been averted if Modi’s One Nation One Ration Card scheme was ready

Currently, the scheme is operational only in 12 states, but the govt says it will meet its June 2020 deadline for the rest of India.

This is how India’s Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan spent his Good Friday

Online & offline meetings with health ministers & global experts, daily briefings - no rest for Dr Harsh Vardhan during Covid-19 pandemic.

Kolkata-born Miss England Bhasha Mukherjee swaps crown for stethoscope to fight pandemic

The trained doctor returned from overseas after hearing from former colleagues at an English hospital about the problems they’re facing.

Can China be brought before an international court over Covid pandemic? Yes

The court action would require significant international cooperation and willpower to implement. But to avoid another pandemic, it must be done.

On Camera

Ingredients of Tirupati laddu row—Christian Jagan, Hindu temple, and beef panic

A humble laddu shook politics this week. Add India’s richest Hindu temple and beef panic to the mix, and things quickly became inflammatory. And Andhra Pradesh...

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?