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TopicCoronavirus crisis

Topic: Coronavirus crisis

US CDC is tracking a new lineage of the virus that causes COVID

Shivani Tanna -
The lineage is named BA.2.86, and has been detected in the United States, Denmark and Israel, the CDC said in a post on messaging platform X.

Covid-hit citizens don’t just blame govt. Buck is passed on to democracy too, survey finds

Michael Becher -
Researchers from Harvard, Colombia and IE University surveyed 22,500 people from 12 countries to find that bad crisis management can weaken support for democratic norms and institutions.

Many deaths, not enough hearses: Raipur’s Covid toll sees hospitals truck bodies to funerals

Suraj Singh Bisht -
With hearses running out, hospitals such as Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital are being forced to use trucks to transport as many as 10 bodies at a time to the cremation.

India’s recovery rate at 96.75%, over eight lakh people vaccinated so far

Kairvy Grewal -
ThePrint’s daily Covid tracker that brings you the numbers that matter — from total cases, tests done and recoveries to positivity rate and deaths.

India’s active Covid-19 cases fall below 2 lakh for the first time since June

Kairvy Grewal -
ThePrint’s daily Covid tracker that brings you the numbers that matter — from total cases, tests done and recoveries to positivity rate and deaths.

Active Covid cases drop to lowest in six months, test positivity rate remains below 2%

Mohana Basu -
ThePrint’s daily Covid tracker that brings you the numbers that matter — from total cases, tests done and recoveries to positivity rate and deaths.

Nearly half of UK’s critical care staff suffer from depression, anxiety due to Covid — study

Kairvy Grewal -
The study concluded 'substantial rates' of mental health disorders and thoughts of self-harm among ICU staff in the UK.

Is this a doom loop, Raghuram Rajan asks as economists see more global inequality after Covid

Rich Miller -
While global growth is widely expected to strengthen as more people are vaccinated, top economists say pandemic has exposed the depth of inequality.

China keeps people ‘in dark’ about vaccine shots, Canada’s ICUs fill up & other Covid news

Kairvy Grewal -
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

What went wrong in 2020? The Covid mistakes that top the list

Faye Flam -
Epidemiologists and virologists on what would go a long way toward saving lives — and making 2021 more bearable than 2020.
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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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