Luxury and hunger: India sees two faces of an unequal pandemic

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Mercedes-Benz AG recently introduced its Maybach sport utility vehicle in India — right in the middle of a fierce second wave of the pandemic. The 50 cars the German automaker wanted to sell by the end of 2021 were lapped up in a month. It turns out that just as the rich were scrambling to … Read more

Covid 19: Bihar to unlock from June 9; night curfew to remain in place

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Lockdown in Bihar, clamped over a month ago in view of the spurt in COVID 19 cases, will be lifted from Wednesday, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said. He made the announcement on his social media handles on Tuesday after a meeting of the crisis management group which reviewed the pandemic situation in the state. “The … Read more

Coronavirus Cases in India LIVE Updates: India reports less than 1 lakh new cases after 2 months, national positivity rate dips below 5%

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Commuters at the Old Delhi Metro Station after resumption of the Delhi Metro services in a graded manner, in New Delhi, on June 7. (PTI photo) Coronavirus Cases in India Today, Coronavirus Statistics in India Live News: On a day when India decided to take steps toward a gradual unlock process, a key policy change … Read more

Latest India Covid rules: What all is open & what all is closed at which place as of June week 2

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(This story originally appeared in on Jun 06, 2021) NEW DELHI: As the second wave of coronavirus in the country continues to slow down, several states have started easing the strict restrictions which were imposed to check the spread of the virus. The national capital has allowed malls and markets to open on an odd-even … Read more

The need for speed: By not vaccinating rapidly, India is delaying a full-throttle recovery

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By Dipti Deshpande As a strategy, extended public restrictions are not optimal to fight Covid-19 because they create a ‘see-saw’ between recoveries in health and economic activity. Rapidly scaling up vaccination, on the other hand, presents a one-shot – or two-jab – solution that can deliver both, health and economic rebound, simultaneously and faster. But … Read more