By Andy Mukherjee For 100 years now, capitalism has had a pro-leverage bias. Unlike dividends, which are paid only after the state has taken its share of earnings, interest is deducted from pretax profit, shrinking the pie available to the government. This accounting oddity, which […]
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Number of Covid-19 containment zones in Delhi rises to 43: Full list
The chief minister said areas where positive COVID-19 cases are being found, will be declared as containment zones. Till Sunday evening, 43 hotspots in the national capital were identified as Covid-19 containment zones, with the inclusion of E-block Abu Fazal Enclave, E-block East of Kailash […]
Covid-19: Total tally mounts to 1,075 in Tamil Nadu; 8 doctors and 5 nurses among infected
Eight doctors and five nurses have tested positive for the coronaviurs in Tamil Nadu, state’s Health Secretary Beela Rajesh said on Sunday. In all, 106 positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in the State, taking the total number of cases to 1,075. Out of […]
Tech for good during COVID-19: Pivots and partnerships to help people deal
Some of us have learned how to be uniquely scrappy during this pandemic. I’m talking socks as masks and chickpea water as a vegetarian egg-white replacement type of scrappy. And you will learn in this week’s installment of Tech For Good startups are no exception. Companies […]
Fauci admits earlier Covid-19 mitigation efforts would have saved more American lives
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40 COVID-19 vaccines at various developmental stage, but none at final: ICMR
India reports 918 new positive COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours and 31 deaths (Photo: Reuters) 1 min read . Updated: 12 Apr 2020, 08:12 PM IST ANI Dr Manoj Murhekar of ICMR said more than 40 vaccines are under development but none have […]
Documents contradict UK government stance on Covid-19 ‘herd immunity’
David Conn and Paul Lewis Sun 12 Apr 2020 12.30 EDT Last modified on Sun 12 Apr 2020 15.10 EDT The inclusion of “targeted herd immunity” as a possible UK government response to the Covid-19 pandemic – in a list of possible interventions considered for analysis by […]
Greater Noida: Man quarantined as suspected Covid-19 patient jumps to death
Facebook acts to halt far-right groups linking Covid-19 to 5G
Facebook has stepped up efforts to stop the promotion of baseless conspiracy theories linking Covid-19 to 5G, after research highlighted a “toxic cocktail” of far-right-influenced groups pushing the idea alongside incitement to attack telecommunications infrastructure. Groups in the UK promoting the conspiracy theory on Facebook […]
New drug promises to change Covid-19 response, gets nod for human trials
The regulatory body for drugs in the United States, the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has given a go-ahead for the human clinical testing of a new drug being developed by researchers of Emory University. Named EIDD-2801, the drug is being touted as a ‘relief […]