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• A bridge too far? Aarogya Setu, India's gamechanger app, is losing its charm

  But notwithstanding its widespread adoption — the app has 130 million downloads, an impressive feat by any measure — it has lately been hobbled by a lack of clear purpose, privacy concerns and questions about its accuracy and effectiveness. This has meant slowing downloads even as the pandemic rages on, and speculation about what could be the app’s role in the future.

  

• NITI Aayog CEO lists ten best practices to combat Covid-19

  The first step says that testing has to be extensive since it is the most powerful tool to defeat Covid-19. "Global and Indian success stories have strategies grounded in a robust testing mechanism," it said.

  

• India needs to ramp up manufacturing of ventilator components: Amitabh Kant

  Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra said India under the aegis of Make in India initiative has the potential to become a leading hub for manufacturing ventilators which are affordable and portable. He too stressed on the need to initiate a drive to capture the expanding global market for ventilators.

  

• Aarogya Setu safe, not used for surveillance, assures government

  The government detailed several measures taken to ensure data security. Top officials on Monday said the Aarogya Setu app had a clear data destruction policy among other measures to make it a safe and secure tool to keep citizens safe.

  

• 15 districts account for 64% of Covid-19 cases, says Niti Aayog CEO

  In the five-day median average of cases, exponential growth is seen in four of the top five districts.

  

• SJM’s Ashwani Mahajan raises concern over foreign funded e-pharmacies

  SJM national co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan tweeted on this issue, tagging Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to flag his concern. . Mahajan had shared screenshots of Kant’s message that said Aarogya Setu now brings to you online medical consultations (call and video), home lab tests and e-pharmacy.

  

• 1,074 COVID-19 patients recovered in last 24 hours, highest in single day: Health Ministry

  In the last 24 hours, 1,074 COVID-19 patients have recovered, the highest number of recoveries in one day, Agarwal said. The Health Ministry said the COVID-19 curve is relatively flat as of now and it was not right to talk in terms of when the peak would come.

  

• Phased exit from lockdown: Areas with low infection risk may be opened up first

  High-risk states and districts could see the lockdown continue for 28 days more.

  

• India needs to build a manufacturing base for PPE and ventilators, says Amitabh Kant

  Kant, who is chairing the empowered committee for strategizing ways to tackle the spread of coronavirus in India, met industry body Confederation of Indian Industry and other industry leaders for the second time since the committee was constituted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday to tackle the outbreak.

  

• NITI readies social protection framework

  In order to bridge the inequality gap and uplifting more people out of poverty, technical committee headed by NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar is set to prepare a social protection framework that will identify top 5 priority areas for the government, ranging from employment and old-age security to health.

  

• 1mn pound AI health programme may help tackle disease in India'

  The announcement was made at the India-UK FutureTech Fest (FTF) which brought together over 200 companies and 1,000 delegates, British High Commission said in a statement.