Page 31 - Health Crisis

'Third World', again? The virus has exposed India's underbelly for all to see

We show our weakness for declaring victory midway, as with Covid and Doklam, celebrate setback as victory, as at Depsang. And the old prickliness about foreign criticism remains, writes T N Ninan

Bank credit growth declines to 5% in FY21 as Covid-19 takes a toll

Farm sector stands out with uptick in credit offtake

China ready to strengthen ties, President Xi Jinping writes to PM Modi

China is also ready to strengthen cooperation with India in fighting the pandemic and is ready to provide support in this regard, Jinping said in the letter

Stay in touch with people, take feedback, PM Modi tells ministers

Stressing on the need to ensure issues at the local level were promptly identified and addressed, Modi said, 'all arms of the government are working unitedly and rapidly to deal with the situation'

Tata group company to set up 450 oxygen units worth Rs 75 lakh each

While the order for 450 PSAs has gone to Tata Advanced Systems, the remaining 50 will be put up by Trident Pneumatics

Govt should have built safety stock of essential drugs: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

The Biocon founder and Executive Chairperson points out that drugs like Remdesivir should be allowed at home as an emergency step

Soli J Sorabjee: A man of law and all things jazz

Padma Vibhushan Soli Sorabjee died of Covid-19-related complications at 91 on April 30, 2021

In grim fight against coronavirus, there also are these stories of hope

Besides several helpful Facebook pages, students are operating nine helplines at the helpdesk of Miranda House, almost around the clock, to assist in whatever way they can

PM Modi to hold a meeting with ministers on Covid-19 situation today

This would be the first such meeting to be held after the second wave of the pandemic hit India

US citizens, expats rushing home amid second Covid-19 wave in India

While travel firms are seeing a surge in inquiries, Air India is operating extra flights from Delhi to New York, Newark, and San Francisco and higher capacity Boeing 777 aircraft from Mumbai to Newark

Covid-19 stress: Companies may not get immediate relief measures

Some of the exemptions given as part of Covid relief measures last year would come to an end in June 2021

India will be a growth engine for us globally, says SAP's Scott Russell

Russel says in an interview with Shivani Shinde that looking at the Q1 results, last year's bold pivot and the strategy that the company took was right

Investment bankers set to take home hefty bonuses on record fundraising

Industry players estimate the average payouts to be in the range of 50-75 per cent of the bankers' annual salaries. For the top performers, the bonuses could be 100-125 per cent

As queues for health care get longer, Delhi patients rush to Punjab

At least 500 such cases have landed at hospitals in the state in last fortnight

Exhausted, helpless, doctors struggle to keep sinking health system afloat

Many are grappling with guilt at having to turn patients away, not being able to save lives

Consider aviation workers as priority for vaccination: Aviation secretary

Nearly 8 million people applied for vaccination in three hours on the first day of registrations

Industry to set up 500 oxygen production plants, based on DRDO technology

Plants to be set up in three months, paid for by PM CARES Fund

Covid-19 risk greater if passengers board plane from back to front

So-called back-to-front boarding is also twice as risky as letting passengers on at random, even though it does reduce exposure between seated passengers and those walking down the plane

Single dose of Pfizer vaccine cuts Covid-19 spread by half: Study

Protection against coronavirus seen from about 14 days after vaccination

Zomato's revenue from operations doubles to Rs 2,604 cr amid pandemic

But losses widened by 136% in FY20; company says Covid impacted food delivery business in Q1FY21