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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.

3 likely scenarios for 3rd wave, peak in Sept-Oct, 2-5 lakh cases/day — IIT-K team predicts

Mohana Basu -
IIT team forecasts 3 scenarios of possible 3 Covid wave, using data from 2nd. Prediction model assumes India will fully unlock by 15 July, doesn't take vaccination into consideration.

Maharashtra reports 21 cases of Delta plus Covid variant

PTI -
State Health Minister Rajesh Tope said the samples have been collected since 15 May and highest of 9 cases were reported from Ratnagiri district and two cases were detected in Mumbai.

India reports 42,640 new Covid cases in last 24 hours, active cases below 7 lakh

PTI -
According to the health ministry data, India administered 86.16 lakh Covid vaccine doses, the highest ever single-day vaccination achieved in the world so far.

Over 13.7 lakh doses in a day — Andhra created a record even before India vaccinated 85 lakh

Rishika Sadam -
Andhra Pradesh health authorities say they can better the record as state has the capacity to vaccinate 20 lakh people a day, attribute success to 'strong network of village-level health workers'.

US to send 55 mn Covid vaccine doses globally, including 16 mn to India, other Asian countries

PTI -
US has so far announced to distribute 80 million doses of America’s own vaccine supply which Biden had pledged to allocate by June end in service of ending the pandemic globally.

Final verdict on Covaxin efficacy could come soon as Bharat Biotech submits phase 3 trial data

Himani Chandna -
Bharat Biotech submitted phase 3 trial data of Covaxin to the Drug Controller General of India. The data is crucial to ascertaining the efficacy of a vaccine.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan calls Yoga ‘ray of hope’ in fight against Covid-19

ANI -
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan marked the 7th International Day of Yoga by performing the exercise in Delhi and said it increases immunity against Covid.

India administers record 75 lakh vaccine doses as revised procurement policy kicks in

Abantika Ghosh -
Under revised policy, central govt is sole public sector entity to buy 75% of vaccine doses in India, procured at Rs 150 per dose from manufacturers.

At 89 cases, Delhi records lowest daily count of new Covid infections this year

ANI -
Daily infections dropped below 100 for the first time since 16 February, when 94 Covid-19 cases were recorded in the capital.

Centre has allocated only 15 lakh Covid vaccine doses to Delhi for July: Manish Sisodia

PTI -
The Deputy CM Monday called India's vaccination drive 'mismanaged' and added that it will take around 16 more months to inoculate Delhi's entire population at the current rate.
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India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

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Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.

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Economy

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

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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

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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

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

Shekhar Gupta -
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.

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