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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
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Topic: Testing

Gaining weight despite eating healthy? Get this test done

Excessive weight gain despite a healthy diet and following a regular exercise routine can be a sign of hypothyroidism. In such cases, it's highly advisable to get your thyroid tested.

Indian cars no longer dependent on foreign designs. Maruti promises to boost it further

As the world’s third-largest car market after China and the US, India could also become a hub for enhanced design and engineering facilities.

Narendra Modi is selling a failed Covid lockdown as a success

The idea of a lockdown was to ‘flatten the curve’ of growth in coronavirus cases and deaths. India failed miserably on that central purpose of the lockdown.

India’s digital workforce needs secure software. Testing, not banning apps, is the answer

Modi govt's recent orders implicating digital platforms such as Zoom and WeTransfer without revealing the technical details don't address cybersecurity concerns.

When lockdown ends, these steps are key because delaying Covid spike isn’t flattening it

India incurred huge economic and human costs during the Covid lockdown and we must ensure that the spread of coronavirus is reduced after it ends.

Kaushik Basu says avoid ‘permit raj’ and Omkar Goswami on Covid-19’s ‘S’ curve

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Ameeta Mulla Wattal, Pratibha M. Singh, Krishna Kumar and many others.

Why some Covid-19 tests are more meaningful than others

Testing to detect the coronavirus is improving but the results can lead to wildly different conclusions.

Does India need more Covid-19 testing or is it an uninformed argument?

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday joined a battery of health experts who have said that India’s testing rate was very low, urging the Modi govt to increase it.

India set to receive 6.5 lakh Covid-19 testing kits from China today

5.5 lakh rapid antibody testing kits from Wondfo Biotech Co and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics Inc and 1 lakh RNA extraction kits from MGI Shenzhen have been shipped.

Modi govt approves made-in-India rapid test kits after Chinese supply is delayed

New list of approved kits includes 3 made by Indian firms and more from other countries. The first 7 lakh kits from China were supposed to arrive by 8 April.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.