In this issue

January 11, 2022

‘Deploy med students; no need to test asymptomatic'

THOUGH the current rate of hospitalisation of Covid patients is just 5-10% as against 20-23% during the second wave, the Centre on Monday urged states to augment human resources by engaging retired medical professionals or MBBS students as was done last year.

1 min

New Policy Aims At Making India One Of The Topmost Destinations By 2030

A mobile app for E-tourist visa, direct air-connectivity with major overseas markets, classification of tourist destinations into categories, special tourism zones and creation of five missions are among provisions stipulated in the draft of the new national policy to ensure sustainable, responsible and inclusive development of tourism.

1 min

‘Early booster doses could have prevented more deaths'

WHILE elderly Covid-19 patients with comorbidities are losing their lives, doctors say that the booster dose programme has started very late in Delhi and more deaths could have been prevented had it started a fortnight ago.

2 mins

Business Owners Say Fresh Curbs On Restaurants, Bars A Big Setback

Restaurateurs say no clarity about food delivery, maintaining workers will be difficult

3 mins

Doctors unhappy as latest norms ask to work even after exposure to cases

THE doctors across the national capital have expressed their uneasiness with the latest guidelines by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which has decreed that the health care workers who have been exposed to Covid-19 cases will continue to work wearing appropriate PPE, and test themselves at day 5 of the exposure or if symptoms develop.

2 mins

It's getting worse for the homeless

Night shelters have no space, more than 1,50,000 persons live on pavements and in parks

2 mins

Over 10 lakh take booster shots on Day One; six crore to be vaccinated

MORE than 10.5 lakh individuals identified as the most vulnerable, received the third shot of vaccines against Covid-19 till 8 pm on Monday, as India opened for “precaution doses” amid a rapidly rising wave of the pandemic, fuelled by the Omicron variant.

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Nagaland SIT submits interim report; march against AFSPA begins

THE Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the December 4 killings of civilians in a botched ambush by the Army at Oting in Nagaland submitted an interim report to the state government on Monday.

1 min

No plans to invade Ukraine, Russia tells US

After hours of negotiations in Geneva, both countries agree on more efforts to prevent a full-blown confrontation

2 mins

‘No third country should interfere in China-SL ties'

CHINESE Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who held talks with Sri Lanka’s top leadership on Sunday, has said that no “third country” should “interfere” in their close ties, in an apparent reference to India’s concerns over Beijing’s big-ticket strategic projects in the island nation in the Indian Ocean.

1 min

Foxconn to resume TN plant ops in phases

As state govt okays quality of hostels, 100 employees will be called in first phase beginning Wednesday, says firm

2 mins

Paytm stock at record low; loan disbursal up 401%

SHARES of Paytm parent company One97 Communications hit a record low on Monday after brokerage firm Macquarie gave an ‘underperform’ rating and set the target price of the company at ₹900 from ₹1,200 earlier.

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LEGACY ON THE LINE

India will be keen to complete the journey they started in 2018 and finish with a historic series win at Cape Town

3 mins

Common cold to protect against Covid

People with higher levels of T cells from common cold coronaviruses are less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the strain that causes COVID-19, according to a new UK study led by Indianorigin researchers on Monday.

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