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‘I had only Rs 100, a water bottle’: In Surat labour colony, memories of a long walk home 5 yrs ago
March 27, 2025 7:24 am
Most residents of Bapunagar work in units in the Pandesara and Sachin areas of Surat, which is among the largest textile producers in the country.
New paper claims 11.9 lakh excess deaths in India in 2020: What is the debate over Covid deaths?
July 31, 2024 1:16 pm
The number of deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is a vital piece of health and demographic data that has important economic and policy implications. Why does the debate over Covid deaths remain unsettled?
Task force expects rise in Covid cases till mid-Jan: ‘No need for panic, be cautious’
December 29, 2023 8:02 am
While reassuring that there was no need to panic about the new JN.1 variant, experts said taking precautionary measures would be prudent, especially as people get ready to usher in the New Year.
117 new Covid cases in Maharashtra, restrictions advised at first task force meet
December 29, 2023 2:19 am
The state conducted a total of 12,416 tests. This included 2,243 RT-PCR tests — the gold standard for Covid testing — and 10,173 with rapid antigen.
Delhi Confidential: Sharing updates on Covid-19
December 25, 2023 7:22 am
Mansukh Mandaviya started a public WhatsApp channel last week to share updates from the departments he is in-charge of.
All samples in last 2 weeks were of new Covid variant JN.1: Genome lab amid spike in cases
December 21, 2023 11:32 am
In May this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Covid-19 was no longer a public health emergency, but urged all nations to keep up surveillance to monitor changing trends in cases.
NGO’s project to support families, orphans affected by Covid concludes
December 12, 2023 7:39 am
Initiated during the pandemic, the project aimed to aid families and orphans affected by Covid-19 by fulfilling their essential needs.
Tainted contractor, who ran cloth shop, got contract to set up oxygen plants during Covid-19
December 05, 2023 9:33 pm
Mumbai police EOW books the contractor along with BMC officials for Rs 6 crore fraud.
Covid-19 Jumbo centre scam: Dean arrested by ED files for bail; claims to have been made scapegoat
November 07, 2023 3:09 pm
The agency alleges that between July 2020 to February 2022, irregularities in functioning of two Covid centres in Dahisar and Worli, operated by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had led to wrongful gain and proceeds of crime to the tune of Rs 32.44 crore.
Nipah & Covid carriers? Bad omen? ‘Bats are beautiful’, say researchers
October 08, 2023 6:01 pm
Considered harbingers of misfortune and carriers of deadly viruses, bats have for long had an unfair share of bad press. A small group of bat researchers in India is working to change that
CORONANVIRUS PHOTOS
In pictures: A return to the ‘joie de vivre’ in France
May 22, 2021 1:03 pm
As France reopens, French people flock to bars, restaurants, cafes and theaters. The strict lockdown imposed in France that lasted six months ended on Wednesday.
Amid covid-19 surge, Maharashtra mulls another lockdown
March 30, 2021 9:24 am
While Maharashtra has not yet announced a lockdown, some streets of Mumbai wore a deserted look on Monday as certain markets as well as the Juhu beach was shut down.
Amid Covid-19, Pune's Rambo Circus opens its colourful tent digitally
August 29, 2020 11:52 am
Rambo, one of India’s biggest and oldest circuses, is fighting back the Covid-19 pandemic by taking an hour-long show – “Life is a circus – An Ode to the Greatest Showmanship” – online. It is, possibly, the first circus in India to do so.
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