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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.

Why Modi govt’s prized food scheme went from ‘dal of choice’ to no dal at all

Samyak Pandey -
PMGKAY’s latest version completely does away with free allocation of pulses to households. But this isn’t good news for those struggling to meet their nutritional requirements.

Bharat Ratna for entire medical fraternity, says Kejriwal to Modi

PTI -
In a letter to the prime minister, Kejriwal said necessary changes should be made in rules so that the medical community can be awarded the highest civilian award.

Delhi allows reopening of sports complexes, swimming pools to remain shut

PTI -
Cinema halls, multiplexes, swimming pools, spas, schools and colleges, social, political, cultural, religious and other such gatherings remain prohibited under new guidelines.

Second wave has left 2 of 3 people struggling with fear of death, grief, says NIMHANS doctor

Angana Chakrabarti -
NIMHANS professor says the grief and trauma caused during the second Covid wave has been higher than the first one, notes there has been an acute spike in distress calls.

Second Covid wave hit younger Indians more & led to higher mortality, new govt study finds

Sravasti Dasgupta -
In the first wave, only 3.8% Covid patients fell in the below-20 age group. This figure rose to 4.4% in the second wave, said the ICMR-AIIMS-NCDC study.

IAF has speed & flexibility but few assets. Theatre commands could limit it

ThePrint Team -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

SubscriberWrites: Covid gave ed-tech platforms huge boost, they need to start building on it

Richa Singh -
Richa Singh highlights the growth ed-tech startups have made in the past year and suggests ways they can improve.

SubscriberWrites: Effective mechanism needed for providing ex-gratia to families of Covid victims

Srimant Mishra -
Ex-gratia will affect the country’s finances, therefore, it is important to come up with policies that help beneficiaries and also don’t harm economy further, writes Srimant Mishra.

How Manipur churches are trying to curb vaccine hesitancy as ‘satanic’ rumours fly thick & fast

Simrin Sirur -
Manipur has a population of 27.2 lakh (2011 Census), of which only 2.4% was fully vaccinated as of Friday, with 19.3% having taken the first dose.  

One meeting in one month, Delhi govt O2 panel was stalled before it got off the ground

Aneesha Bedi -
Proposal to set up expert medical panel to look into oxygen shortage during 2nd Covid wave is rejected by Delhi L-G, opposition says Kejriwal govt and L-G 'playing football' over the matter.
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Opinion

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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