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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.

Countries using AstraZeneca, Chinese vaccines are considering boosters for Delta protection

Bloomberg News -
Growing concern that Covid-19 vaccines being deployed across much of the developing world aren’t capable of thwarting the delta variant is prompting some countries...

Malaysia is raising the white flag on the road to failed statehood

Daniel Moss -
These banners are not quite a movement; people have no hope, and not much desire, to overthrow the govt. It’s more of a shorthand for discontent at the atrophying state.

Kids face ‘extremely low’ Covid risk, very few need protection, large UK study finds

Katharine Gemmell -
One study in the analysis found that under 18s in England had about a 1-in-50,000 chance of being admitted to ICU with coronavirus during the first year of the pandemic.

Cabinet approves Rs 23,123 crore package for improving health infrastructure to fight Covid

PTI -
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said this is the second phase of Centre's Emergency Response & Health System Preparedness package, adding that Rs 15,000 cr was allotted to this end earlier.

Rajasthan records zero Covid deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
According to the state health bulletin, the death toll stood at 8,942 while the Covid tally increased to 9,52,956 with 69 new cases.

Mankind Pharma receives DRDO license to manufacture, market Covid drug 2-DG

PTI -
Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had permitted the emergency use of 2-DG on 1 May, as an adjunct treatment for moderate to severe Covid-19 patients.

Gujarat govt gives nod for Jagannath rath yatra in Ahmedabad on 12 July

PTI -
The yatra will take place with strict adherence to Covid protocols and a curfew will be imposed on the entire yatra route from early morning till afternoon.

Sanofi-GSK get approval for Phase 3 clinical trial of Covid vaccine candidate in India

PTI -
According to Sanofi, the Phase 3 study will include over 35,000 volunteers aged 18+ across sites in the US, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

India registers 45,892 new Covid infections, 817 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
Health ministry data showed an increase in active cases after 55 days, comprising 1.50% of total infections. The national recovery rate stood at 97.18%.

Home to 1/3 of India’s daily Covid cases, over 10% positivity, why Kerala remains a worry

Abantika Ghosh -
Experts say travel and high rates of prior infection could be responsible for Kerala seeing daily case numbers plateau in the 11,000-15,000 range. State says targeted testing is to blame.
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Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Swasti Rao -
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

As a Pasmanda Muslim woman, it pains me that India took 70 years to question talaq-e-hasan

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

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

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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