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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.

CBSE announces special assessment for 2021-22 board exams, syllabus to be divided over 2 terms

Kritika Sharma -
The decision to come up with a special assessment scheme has been taken after CBSE had to cancel Class 10 and 12 exams for the academic session 2020-21.

India offering CoWIN as technology tool to be used for greater public good, says Vardhan

PTI -
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said India is inching closer to administering 36 crore doses of Covid vaccine, a feat achieved in less than 6 months since the launch of vaccination drive.

Delhi records 54 new Covid infections, lowest daily caseload since 15 April last year

PTI -
According to the Delhi health department data, the positivity rate dropped to 0.09% while two more deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours.

Indemnity issue still holding up US vaccines for India as doses reach Pakistan, Bangladesh

Nayanima Basu -
India’s neighbours, including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, have received millions of doses of American vaccines over the past few days.

Don’t buy just any mask or PPE kit, no one knows if they’ve passed quality checks

Himani Chandna -
As the number of PPE kit manufacturers grows, industry players say it’s time to introduce strict checks and audits on the quality of the kits being sent to the market.

Religious places & malls open, transport at full capacity in Karnataka as govt eases curbs

PTI -
The new guidelines announced by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa Saturday came into effect from 6 am on 5 July and will be in force up to 6 am on 19 July.

Would you enroll your kid for Covid vaccine trial? Find out why these parents have

Shubhangi Misra -
Bharat Biotech is conducting immunogenicity trials for Covaxin in children aged between 2 and 18 years. Parents say this way they are at least assured of a vaccine.

India records 39,796 new Covid cases in last 24 hours, daily positivity rate at 2.61%

PTI -
A total of 723 deaths were registered in a day, including 306 fatalities in Maharashtra, 76 from Kerala and 72 from Tamil Nadu. The number was the lowest in around 88 days.

CoWin goes global, 76 countries want to use India’s Covid vaccination platform software

Himani Chandna -
In an interview to ThePrint, Dr R.S. Sharma, chief of the Empowered Committee on Covid vaccine, also said passport numbers can now be linked to vaccine certificates for international travel.

Not just vaccine, even monkeys used in Covaxin trial were ‘made in India’

Abantika Ghosh -
Lockdown & ban on export of Chinese monkeys meant that India had to source animals for Covaxin trials from Maharashtra’s wilds
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Opinion

After Bihar, the vote share vs seat share debate is back again. Here’s why this matters

Pranay Kotasthane -
We must first focus on the harder things that reduce the legitimacy of any election process in the eyes of the voters such as ensuring the independence of the Election Commission.

India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

Bangladesh has been running a never-ending revenge drama. Hasina is the latest

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

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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