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Topic: Sanitisers

4.80 lakh in Jan from 24 lakh in July — sanitiser sales drop as ‘Covid complacency’ sets in

Himani Chandna -
Data by a lobby of over 8.5 lakh chemists show sanitiser sales kept falling after registering a peak in July. Experts blame the trend on Covid complacency.

Hand sanitiser-related eye injuries rose 7-fold among children in 2020, French study finds

Revathi Krishnan -
According to French Poison Control Centers, cases of alcohol-based hand sanitiser exposure increased to 232 in 2020 from 33 in 2019. Gel-based sanitisers are more abrasive on eyes.

Yoga mats, BBQ grills, fish oil — what Delhi shopped most besides masks, booze to survive 2020

Taran Deol -
ThePrint takes a look at some of the most sold products in India in the year that saw a pandemic force a major shift in consumption patterns and habits. 

Covid can survive on skin for 9 hours, inactivates in 15 seconds with ethanol, study says

Kairvy Grewal -
A study by researchers from Japan's Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine reveals that this could increase risk of contact transmission.

Shillong university library unveils first-of-its-kind book sanitising machine

Myithili Hazarika -
Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

India could soon be making sanitiser dispenser pumps — an item imported from China

Remya Nair -
The domestic demand for dispenser pumps during Covid is estimated at 50 lakh units. Of these, 90% have been imported from China.

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

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

Open kitchens, hygiene perception & plexiglass: How restaurants might remodel post-Covid

Pia Krishnankutty -
With many restaurants eyeing 8 June to reopen, proprietors are coming up with innovative ways to remodel and adapt to Covid.

Centre limits export ban on alcohol-based sanitisers to only those with dispenser pumps

PTI -
Most of these pumps are imported from China as of now & efforts are underway to encourage domestic players to manufacture them locally under the govt's Self Reliant India Mission.

Retired Army man, grandmas, students — everyone on the special trains has a lockdown story

Revathi Krishnan -
ThePrint's journalists, who travelled in special trains to Chennai & Secunderabad, bring you an eyewitness account of the experience.
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Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

Mayank Kumar -
As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Defence

Wang Yi to visit India this month, Modi to travel to China, Putin comes in later this year

Snehesh Alex Philip -
PM could visit Japan on 30 August before heading to China. Sources say, bilaterals being planned with Xi and Putin on SCO sidelines in China.

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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