May 13, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

May 13, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

India

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With coronavirus cases continuing to rise, it’s too early to open gyms

The government has permitted gyms to open from August 5 at a time when daily fresh coronavirus cases in India

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Coronavirus spread shifts from large to smaller Indian cities

  In the last one month, cases in seven large Indian cities have reduced from 59% to 50% and deaths

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A report card of States as coronavirus cases cross one million in India

With surveillance not being commendable, the 10.3% test positivity rate nationally in the last few days is a clear indication

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How States have fared the COVID-19 fight

Unmindful of the high positive cases reported daily, Maharashtra has tested aggressively, while Delhi has done the opposite. Kerala, Karnataka

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Over 50% coronavirus cases, deaths are from five Indian cities

Nearly 51% coronavirus cases and over 53% deaths in India were from just five cities — Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai,

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COVID-19: India surpasses China’s tally despite prolonged lockdown

On May 15, 106 days after the first novel coronavirus case was reported on January 30, with over 85,500 cases,

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After being in denial, India takes a decisive step to confirm community spread

After displaying extreme reluctance to admit community transmission despite having over 67,000 cases and the nature of the virus spread, India

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Coronavirus: Lessons India should have learnt from Singapore’s dormitory spread

It took just 12 days for novel coronavirus cases to double to two million and another 12 days to cross

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India should pull out all the stops to halt coronavirus spread in the community

With community transmission now being confirmed in 36 districts, an expansion and change in testing strategy becomes imperative in the

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Coronavirus: Lifting the drug export ban is correct though done under pressure

Given the circumstances, it would be difficult to believe that the decision to lift the restriction was taken independent of

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War against coronavirus should not acquire a religious colour

The large religious congregation held in mid-March by Tablighi Jamaat Nizamuddin in Delhi has turned into a large cluster of

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11 SARI cases testing positive for coronavirus reflect wider community spread

Even as ICMR insists that there is no community transmission, the Health Ministry on its website says there is limited

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The vaccine was rapidly synthesised as novel coronavirus sequence was available: Gagandeep Kang

Moderna’s mRNA-1273 is the first vaccine for novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) to enter human trials. This is a novel lipid nanoparticle-encapsulated

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