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Insanity is doing the same thing again: Rahul Gandhi on Covid-19 lockdown
The coronavirus cases in India have crossed the 300,000-mark, with positive cases increasing daily
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How companies can maintain employee mental health in the time of Covid-19
Very few have been able to cope with a sudden, prolonged shift to WFH; Zoom fatigue has set in, causing burnouts and low productivity
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Remdesivir reduces hospital stay, doesn't show benefit in mortality: AIIMS
AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria explained the ways in which Covid-19 patients are being treated
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Robot 'Captain Arjun' to screen passengers while boarding trains: Railways
Captain Arjun is equipped with a motion sensor, one PTZ camera (Pan, Tilt, Zoom Camera), and one Dome Camera
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Let them send details: Delhi Health Minister on MCD's Covid-19 death toll
The Delhi govt, in a statement on Thursday had said the Covid-19 death audit committee is "working impartially"
 "Let them send details: Delhi Health Minister on MCD's Covid-19 death toll")
Record spike of 2,137 Covid-19 cases in Delhi; tally crosses 36,000-mark
Total number of Covid-19 positive patients under home isolation stands at 17,261 in Delhi
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Encourage cycles, cashless payments to curb Covid-19, Centre advises states
In order to avoid resurgence of car and other private vehicle usage, the ministry has recommended using non-motorised transport in urban areas
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WHO concerned about Covid-19 impact on women, children, adolescents
Speaking at a virtual press conference from Geneva on Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the indirect effects of Covid-19 on these groups might be greater
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Covid-19 Factoid: India is doubling its tally at double the global pace
While Brazil has added its eighth lot of 100,000 cases in just 3 days, in India Punjab stares at a second wave of Covid-19 infections
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NHA starts empanelling ICMR-registered labs for coronavirus testing
During the crisis of Covid-19 pandemic, these laboratories will help PMJAY beneficiaries to get the Covid-19 testing facility, according to a senior NHA official
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DRDO develops 'GermiKlean' to sanitise uniforms of police, security forces
The sanitising chamber has been set up at Parliament Street Police Station
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Covid-19: Unable to get raw material, Indore idol makers stare at losses
There are many sculptors in Indore who start preparations for the Ganesh Utsav from Holi. That they have not been able to do this time in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
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Line and length: Indian capital is an orphan, and so is Indian labour
India is a textbook example of a contradiction of Hegelian proportions: a highly desirable liberal political world view that has led to highly undesirable and utterly illiberal economics
Coronavirus LIVE: Delhi reports over 2,000 daily cases for the first time
Coronavirus latest news: The US, which remains the worst-hit country with 2,077,567 cases, is followed by Brazil, Russia and India. Catch coronavirus live updates here
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Divided by virus: When leaders exploit a crisis in cynical self-interest
The pandemic debate is all divided by ideology and top BJP leaders are exploiting a grave crisis in cynical political self-interest. The result looks like nobody is in control
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Best of BS Opinion: Divided by a virus, the trouble with cities, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
Medics' body backs resident docs of Kasturba hospital over pending salary
The Municipal Corporation Doctors' Association (MCDA) has also written to Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal, seeking his intervention on the issue of pending salaries
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India Covid-19 cases cross 300,000-mark, death toll at 8,718: Worldometer
India on Thursday went past the United Kingdom to become the fourth worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic
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Covid-19 crisis: PM Modi to hold two-day meet with CMs from Tuesday
This would be the prime minister's sixth round of consultation with the chief ministers, the last being on May 11
Covid-19 crisis: SC slams institutional quarantine rule in Uttar Pradesh
While asking the Centre to ensure that states do not violate national guidelines, the bench observed that authorities are bound to follow the guidelines.
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