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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.

Covid can cause loss of brain grey matter in recovered patients, Oxford researchers find

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The study, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, compared brain scans of patients before and after Covid infection, allowing scientists to rule out any other causes of grey matter loss.

India will experience third wave in 6-8 weeks if Covid norms are not followed: AIIMS chief

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AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria also stressed on the need for stricter surveillance and area-specific lockdowns in case of a significant surge.

NHRC directs health ministry to regard teachers in Covid duties as ‘frontline warriors’

ANI -
NHRC passed the order acting, on a petition filed by activist and lawyer, Radhakanta Tripathy. The ministry was also directed to release all dues to deceased teachers at the earliest.

Americans gave record $471 billion to charity in 2020, amid concerns about Covid, jobs, racism

Anna Pruitt -
One reason why giving rose in 2020, even though the economy contracted, was that stocks notched gains by the end of the year.

Centre asks states, UTs to ensure unlock ‘carefully calibrated’, no crowding in markets

PTI -
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla urged all states and UTs to ensure the five-fold strategy of Covid appropriate behaviour test —track-treat and vaccination.

SubscriberWrites: My experience on a national highway in 2020 — police checked migrants but didn’t help them

Tapas Basu -
As Tapas Basu drove along NH2 to Durgapur, he saw migrants trudging home and police behaviour that shocked him.

SubscriberWrites: Why door-to-door vaccination is not wrong in principle, but would be disastrous in practice

Kalpesh Makani -
The move would lead to possible wastages, fake vaccines, black marketeering and wrong administration of doses, argues Kalpesh Makani

Dept for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra passes away

PTI -
A 1986-batch IAS officer, Mohapatra died due to Covid-related complications. Before taking over as DPIIT secretary in 2019, he served as chairman of the Airports Authority of India.

Patiala ASHA worker’s kids blame her for ‘bringing’ virus that killed dad. But duty calls

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Karamjeet Kaur, ASHA worker whose duties include visiting Covid patients, has no option but to work. She has to look after her children, and she is sole earning member.

Agra hospital gets clean chit, govt panel says 16 deaths not due to ‘mock drill’ over oxygen supply

Tenzin Zompa -
Govt panel says Shri Paras Hospital didn’t conduct any ‘mock drill’ over oxygen supply on 26 April that led to 22 deaths. It said 16 people died on 26-27 April due to comorbidities.
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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.

Royals to Republicans—Epstein files have exposed fault lines across power circles

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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

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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