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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.

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.

US brewery accuses Indian tech billionaire Arun Pudur of ‘lifting photos’ for self promotion

Taran Deol -
Pudur has come under criticism earlier for allegedly lying about being a billionaire and about his various business interests.
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Strait of Hormuz crisis shows limits of US, say Chinese. ‘India most vulnerable’

Sana Hashmi -
Chinese online discourse situates the crisis within a broader geopolitical context, particularly the hesitancy of US allies to support Washington.

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Economy

Amid supply crunch, govt offers 10% additional commercial LPG to states. But there’s a condition

Udit Bubna -
India faces LPG shortage amid supply disruptions from Strait of Hormuz closure due to prolonged West Asia conflict.

Defence

Indian borders to US schools, Indian firm bags orders to supply surveillance drones to Texas schools

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The company had secured orders worth over Rs 100 crore from the Indian Army in November last year. Its UAVs are deployed along India’s borders with Pakistan & China.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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