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TopicCoronavirus pandemic

Topic: Coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus or Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is a viral disease that turned into a pandemic in early 2020. The first known case was recorded in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Coronavirus has multiple variants such as Delta and Omicron, and its most common symptoms are fever, chills and sore throat.

The virus spreads through liquid particles when the infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes – it has a high multiplication rate. Therefore, the world had taken measures to quarantine or isolate those infected. While the disease can be mild and recoverable, those older or with underlying medical conditions are more likely to be adversely affected. The disease caused according to WHO estimates 3 million deaths in 2020.

For Shaheen Bagh residents, CAA is now a ‘non-issue’. Modi’s rhetoric is now talking point

Risha Chitlangia -
Shaheen Bagh residents say Muslims must treat BJP as any another party & that with voting for Lok Sabha polls around the corner they will now let their votes do the talking.

Covid pandemic, inflation push additional 68 million Asians into extreme poverty, says ADB

Karen Lema -
The report said that inflation in most countries soared to multi-year highs last year, driven by a rebound in economic activity and a surge in supply chain disruptions.

No new Covid-19 variants emerged during latest outbreak in China, says study in The Lancet

Mohana Basu -
Although the researchers only analysed data between Nov-Dec 2022 from Beijing, rather than the Chinese mainland, they claim that the data is representative of the country as a whole.

How ThePrint courageously covered the Covid battleground and won the IPI award

Shailaja Bajpai -
Everyone who went to the field admitted that though the experience was harrowing, they had become better journalists, perhaps even better people because of it.

Covid reversed poverty decline, made 7.1 cr people poor, says World Bank. At least 1/3 from India

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
According to World Bank, no. of global poor increased by 7.1 crore in 2020, of which at least 33% were in India. Other methods used to estimate poverty in India due to lack of govt data.

Uber’s carpool service is back after pandemic-induced hiatus

Prarthana Prakash -
New York: Uber Technologies Inc. is bringing back its shared ride service after a hiatus during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The carpool service,...

Focus groups, recovery courses, surveys — how states aim to fix Covid learning loss of kids

Kritika Sharma -
The education ministry has begun earmarking budgets after states and Union territories shared with it their plans to identify and bridge learning gaps last month.

Covid taught us that love transcends even pandemics. The stories cannot be re-created

Anurag Paul -
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Mamata sends ‘get well soon’ fruit baskets to Kolkata’s Covid patients, BJP leaders among them

Sreyashi Dey -
Kolkata councillors and police personnel are delivering these baskets to Covid patients in person to lift their spirits. Move comes after West Bengal recorded its highest-yet daily tally.

Omicron unlikely to completely evade antibodies, US study using AI tool suggests

Mohana Basu -
Results of the study, which is yet to be peer reviewed, indicate antibodies from vaccines or previous infection will provide some protection against Omicron, say researchers
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Defence

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

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National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
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