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TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

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.

Why it won’t be easy for Tamil Nadu to tighten Covid curbs for travellers from Kerala

Revathi Krishnan -
Tamil Nadu says restrictions are a 'public health measure' and may only apply to those who are travelling by train, flights, and tourists entering by road.

‘Shot in the arm for the world’ — IMF nations approve $650 bn to aid Covid fight

Eric Martin -
The creation of the reserve assets is the first since $250 bn issued after global financial crisis in 2009 & is meant to help nations deal with debt & fallout from the pandemic.

India headed for ‘small bump’ in August, 3rd Covid wave peak in November, US model shows

Abantika Ghosh -
Michigan University professor Bhramar Mukherjee also says speculation about third wave hitting children is just that, but it is important to explore vaccinations for paediatric groups.

Raging Delta variant poses challenge for China’s strategy to tackle Covid

Bloomberg News -
With most Covid vaccines proving less effective against Delta variant, state-owned Sinopharm said its inactivated Covid shot, given widely in China, is 68% effective.

Covaxin effective against Delta, other variants despite reduced antibody activity: ICMR study

Mohana Basu -
Delta is believed to be one of the factors that catalysed India's second Covid wave. Further mutations in Delta have led to other variants, leading to concerns about vaccine efficacy.

India’s R crosses 1 for the first time since May, continued trend could indicate new Covid wave

Mohana Basu -
Last time R crossed threshold of 1 was in February, which eventually led to devastating second wave that peaked in April. Expert says too early to say a new wave is beginning.

Covid-19 pandemic: China sees its worst outbreak, Cambodia begins giving booster shots

Taran Deol -
ThePrint brings you some important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

Covid lab leak theory back in focus, Republican report says evidence points to Wuhan institute

Tenzin Zompa -
Report says there's 'ample evidence' that proves the Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists were working to modify coronaviruses to infect humans. Republicans call for bipartisan probe.

India registers 40,134 new Covid cases, 422 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
The number of active cases registered an increase for the sixth consecutive day. The national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 97.35%.

New, smaller Covid wave may start this month, likely peak in October, IIT experts predict

Bhuma Shrivastava -
India may see a worsening of its outbreak as soon as this month, with the next wave peaking with less than 100,000 infections a day, or nearly 150,000, the IIT experts estimated.
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We celebrate Harappa excavation—and dismiss Keeladi, Sinauli archaeological digs as politics

Disha Ahluwalia -
In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.

We blame the government for being too litigious. Data tells a very different story

What Bihar poll results say about BJP’s prospects in Assam, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

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Economy

Naidu matches Jagan’s Rs 13L crore investment playbook, with a ‘speed of doing business’ caveat

Prasad Nichenametla -
Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.

Defence

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

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