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Topic: PPE kits

Rude customers, long hours, PPE in Delhi heat: A day in life of frontline Covid paramedics

Paramedical staff involved in collecting and testing samples for Covid face big risk of infection but their work is crucial in the fight against the pandemic.

Eyebrow threading device, kaadha instead of tea: Mumbai’s beauty salons reopen with tweaks

At some salons, customers can only get their nails painted if they buy the whole bottle of colour. At others, both clients and staff wear PPE kits.

Modi govt to allow PPE, ventilator exports as Indian companies are mass-producing them now

Govt is learnt to be working on a proposal to allow PPE, ventilator manufacturers to export surplus equipment after domestic demand has been taken into account.

Chinese sanitiser dispenser — big hurdle in India’s path to self-reliance in Covid battle

MSME ministry is working with firms to see how India can manufacture sanitiser dispenser pumps within the country and at competitive pricing.

Patients say Delhi pvt hospitals charging huge PPE fees, hospitals say it’s within norms

Patients call the fees ‘exorbitant’ but hospitals explain they need nearly 8 PPE kits per patient per day. Delhi govt has allowed them to charge according to their discretion.

Defence Ministry patents low cost PPE developed by Navy in move toward mass production

The low cost PPE has been developed by a Navy doctor posted at the new Innovation Cell at Institute of Naval Medicine Mumbai, said a statement issued by the Navy.

Delhi HC rejects plea alleging authorities failure to provide PPEs to health workers

A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula observed that the Centre and Delhi government are doing satisfactory work and the Supreme Court has already dealt with the issue.

Surat, a textile hub, has switched from designers clothes to ‘designer’ masks

A day at a garment factory sees tailors stitch up protective gear like bodysuits and masks, and produce about 500 PPE kits daily.

Give Covid-19 health workers a rest period

WHO informed that in some countries, 10% of the health workers are getting infected by the coronavirus and training is required for their protection.

‘Made in China’ PPE kits, jaws of death in Kalburgi & Rahul Gandhi to be tested

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.