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TopicCoronavirus world updates

Topic: coronavirus world updates

Coronavirus lingers in the air of crowded spaces, new study finds

Researchers found bits of the virus’s genetic material floating in the air of two Wuhan hospital toilets and an indoor space housing large crowds.

Europe eases Covid curbs and hopes it won’t have to retreat

European leaders are eager to restart economies after lockdown shuttered factories, halted travel & kept millions of people largely confined to their homes.

Why Europe is easing lockdowns, US replaces meat with substitutes & other global Covid news

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

China’s Wuhan city discharges last coronavirus patient from hospital

After over 3 months of fight against the virus, Wuhan, where Covid-19 first emerged in December and became a pandemic, cleared all its cases in hospitals Sunday.

Covid-19 cases in Pakistan climb to 13,328, death toll reaches 281

Punjab reported highest number of cases with 5,446, followed by Sindh with 4,615 and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with 1,864, according to Pakistan Health Ministry.

Why manufacturing economies will bounce back faster than service economies after pandemic

Getting companies to resume operations & factories to reopen is one thing. Persuading consumers to brave catching the coronavirus and go out is another.

PM Boris Johnson returns to work today but it still isn’t clear when UK can

With lockdowns being partially lifted on the European continent, PM Boris Johnson is under pressure to move Britain also to the next phase.

Singapore becomes Asia’s most infected nation after China and India

Singapore reported 931 new cases Sunday, with total infections exceeding 13,000, overtaking Japan. Only China and India have more cases in Asia.

Why Sweden’s low-scale lockdown strategy is beginning to backfire now

Sweden’s ‘low-scale’ lockdown strategy allowed normal life to continue, with few restrictions, but cases have been rapidly rising, raising serious questions on the approach.   

S. Korea’s contact tracing system set up for MERS is helping it flatten Covid curve

With the use of technology, South Korea was able to lower the number of new infections from 851 on 3 March to 22 infections as of the third week of April.

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New HAL CMD doesn’t have to be an ‘insider’. Let merit decide

India’s premier defence public sector undertaking, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, will have a new Chairman and Managing Director in May 2026. The selection process has...

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.