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Metro Rail ridership hovers around 5 lakh as it completes six years

Hyderabad Metro Rail completes 6 yrs of operations. Daily ridership nears 5 lakh, with Red Line carrying 2.45 lakh passengers. COVID-19 pandemic halted operations for 6 months. Govt instructs L&TMRH to lease train sets to tackle rush hour traffic. L&TMRH seeks financial assistance from govt. Airport Metro & Old City…

The Hindu

Dominic Cummings acted as prime minister ‘in all but name’, Sajid Javid tells Covid inquiry

Former health secretary says he had ‘not experienced that extent of dysfunction in any government before’ as Cummings made key decisions

The Independent UK

Telangana reports one positive COVID-19 case, officials say nothing to worry

Telangana reported one COVID-19 case on Nov 28. Health Dept. said daily bulletin is routine, with avg. 1-2 cases. Latest bulletin showed 1 positive case, 1 recovery, 4 under isolation, 415 samples tested & 35 reports pending. Union Health Ministry issued letter to review public health & hospital preparedness. Directive…

The Hindu

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Free COVID tests headed to nation's schools

Starting in early December, about 19,000 school districts will have the chance to order free rapid COVID tests from the federal stockpile for their students, staff and others in the community.

WEKU

Johnson said ‘malingering’ people should get back to work, Covid inquiry hears

More extracts from Professor Sir Patrick Vallance’s diaries have been shown at the inquiry.

The Independent UK

People who experienced childhood adversity had poorer COVID-19 outcomes, new study shows

Adults who faced adversity during childhood were significantly more likely to die from or be hospitalized because of COVID-19. That’s the key finding of my team’s recent study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

The Conversation

Preacher convicted of fraud over bogus Covid cure loses appeal

Climate Wiseman was found guilty after selling ‘plague protection oil’ to his followers.

The Independent UK

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Rishi Sunak denies saying it was ‘OK’ to ‘just let people die’ of Covid

The suggestion appeared in pandemic diaries shared with the Covid inquiry by former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

The Independent UK

Sajid Javid's Covid Inquiry bombshell: Boris Johnson wasn't in charge of his own Government

Sajid Javid resigned as Chancellor in February 2020 after Dominic Cummings effectively sacked his special adviser

Evening Standard

People with Covid discharged to care homes over fears for NHS, inquiry told

Professor Dame Jenny Harries, England’s deputy chief medical officer, has been giving evidence to the Covid-19 public inquiry.

The Independent UK

Nitin Gadkari flags off luxury cruise vessel ‘Classic Imperial’ in Kerala

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari praised the commissioning of 'Classic Imperial', a luxury cruise vessel in Kochi, lauding its professional excellence and entrepreneurial skills. Mayor M. Anilkumar, MP Hibi Eden, MLA T. J. Vinod, and GCDA chairman K. Chandran Pillai attended the inauguration. The vessel can accommodate 150 people and is…

The Hindu

Covid inquiry live: Dominic Cummings acted as ‘prime minister in all but name’, Sajid Javid says

Former chancellor Sajid Javid said Dominic Cummings made “many key decisions” on behalf of Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

Watch live: Dominic Raab and Sajid Javid give evidence at Britain’s Covid inquiry

Watch live as Dominic Raab and Sajid Javid give evidence at the Covid inquiry on Wednesday, 29 November.

The Independent UK

Raab rejects claim that Johnson’s government was ‘puppet regime’ run by Cummings – as it happened

Giving evidence to the Covid inquiry, former foreign secretary rejects claim by Sajid Javid that Dominic Cummings was running government in 2020

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Child respiratory sickness overloads China’s paediatric clinics – reports

Authorities appeal for calm, saying spike is due to end of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions

Newslaundry

How Patanjali rode on the shoulders of Big Media

On television, we’ve seen Baba Ramdev contort, stretch, do headstands, and walk on his hands. We’ve seen him compete in push-up contests with students, and close his eyes dramatically when shown a photograph of a Bollywood actress wearing a bikini.

Fortune

The CEO behind nearly 10,000 KFCs in China explains the country’s consumption slump: A 'psychological' consequence of COVID-zero

“We can understand why people became rather cautious and rational with their spending,” Yum China CEO Joey Wat said at the Fortune Global Forum in Abu Dhabi.

WEKU

U.S. life expectancy starts to recover after sharp pandemic decline

A CDC analysis of 2022 data finds that U.S. life expectancy is improving after being knocked backwards during the COVID emergency. But it's still lower than it was pre-pandemic.

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The Independent UK

US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic

The Conversation

What are young Australians most worried about? Finding affordable housing, they told us

Many of us were anxious and fearful during the COVID pandemic, but we’ve probably started to feel a lot better since lockdowns have stopped and life looks more like it did previously.

The Independent UK

Lockdown ‘would have been much later’ without decision to test in hospitals

Professor Dame Jenny Harries has been giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 public inquiry.

The Independent UK

Dominic Cummings joked about swanning off to countryside before lockdown-busting Barnard Castle trip

Boris Johnson’s former top aide mockingly suggested holding a press conference from the great outdoors

The Hindu

Pneumonia precautions: Health Department issues circular and advisory to public

The Karnataka Health Department has issued an advisory to the public and a circular based on the COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) recommendation to avert a surge in pneumonia cases in light of the reported rise in cases of the respiratory illness in China.

AAP

Health system coughs up almost $50b fighting COVID

Close to $50 billion was spent on the COVID-19 response, as Australians are warned they still need to be vaccinated against the virus.

The Independent UK

Michael Gove suggests to Covid-19 inquiry that virus was ‘man-made’

Hugo Keith KC shut the Levelling Up Secretary down, saying the ‘divisive’ issue is not part of the inquiry’s terms of reference.

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