Tag: pandemic
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Critics: China dispatching 650,000 medical kits to India, but are they safe?
India’s shortage in the availability of (PPE) personal protection equipment for the medical staff continues. Amidst the need of the hour, on Thursday, China dispatches 650,000 medical kits to help India combat the Covid-19 pandemic, ET reported. However, critics are questioning the quality of the medical gears as rumors are circulating over a few faulty ... -
Experts ask, “Why was a whopping 39 lakh online bookings allowed by Indian Railways until yesterday amid lockdown?”
Questions have been raised about why the Indian Railways online bookings were open during the lockdown period. As per Indian Railways, it was available for passengers to book tickets for journeys after April 14, which was supposedly the last day of the 21-day lockdown. On Tuesday, the Indian Railways suspended all passenger trains after Prime ... -
Coronavirus fear makes namaste a global greeting norm
The increasing fear of coronavirus pandemic makes the world follow the traditional Indian way of greeting called ‘namaste’. The customary form of exchanging pleasantry comprises a slight bow and hands joined together, pointing upwards. It is followed mostly in the Indian subcontinent but now all across the world. Several world leaders, including US President Donald ...