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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.

India’s R value rises to 0.97, infection rate crosses 1 in Kerala, 7 Northeast states

Mohana Basu -
Most states in the Northeast have R over 1 with Mizoram registering the highest infection rate, 1.27, among states with highest active cases.

Walking for kilometres, vaccination teams in Kashmir are welcomed by many, but some run away

Praveen Jain -
ThePrint followed teams of healthcare workers in Kashmir's Bandipora and Ganderbal districts, as they trekked for kilometres to vaccinate people.

Delta variant responsible for 80% of India’s new Covid cases, govt expert panel chief says

PTI -
Dr N K Arora, chief of Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium, said the current vaccines are effective against the Delta variant according to studies undertaken by ICMR.

SC asks Kerala govt to respond to plea against 3-day relaxation in Covid curbs for Bakrid

PTI -
CM Pinarayi Vijayan had announced the concessions on 17 July, saying that textiles, footwear, jewelry among others stores would be allowed to open view of upcoming Bakrid festival.

‘How can we study on phone?’ — why Haryana private schools likely lost 12.51 lakh students

Jyoti Yadav -
3 months into academic year, Haryana has discovered that 12.51 lakh students who got enrolled in private schools in 2020-21 have not returned for academic session 2021-22.

India registers 38,164 new Covid infections, 499 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
The active cases comprise 1.35% of the total infections and the national recovery rate stands at 97.32% according to health ministry data.

‘India has given same vaccine to Army’ — how Kashmiris are being convinced to take Covid shot

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Despite terrain difficulties, hesitancy, misinformation, rumors, and even attacks on health care workers by the public, Jammu and Kashmir has successfully been able to vaccinate 74 percent of its population.

UK achieves its July-end vaccination goal, govt says all adults offered one jab

Aditi Khanna -
British Prime Minister had set targets to offer a vaccine to all adults & to inoculate 2 in 3 adults with both doses by July 19. The health department said both targets have been met.

As western Europe battles climate crisis, UK gets ready to drop Covid caution

Yimkumla Longkumer -
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Three athletes test positive for Covid ahead of Tokyo games, two staying at Olympic village

PTI -
The IOC games operations director said that the athletes of Tokyo games are the most 'controlled population' in the world. The tally of games-related Covid cases has risen to 55.
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Shishir Priyadarshi -
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Economy

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

Mrinalini Dhyani -
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.

Defence

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

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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