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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.

Indian family budgets are stretched, they’re borrowing more. Faster vaccination can fix this

Ila Patnaik -
RBI data shows a sharp increase in households borrowing against gold. Other indicators also show higher borrowing. More credit is fine, but vaccination needs priority.

Second wave jolt pushes Modi govt to train 1.17 lakh health workers for possible third wave

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Besides non-medical personnel, ITI students will be trained in managing oxygen plants, ventilators and oxygen concentrators.

Boeing to test ‘Curtain of Air’ to fight Covid: What it is & how it can protect fliers

Mohana Basu -
Air curtains are already in use in malls, restaurants and airports. They serve as a barrier against suspended pollutants, dust particles and pathogen-laden droplets of moisture.

India seeks ‘essential two-way travel’ to China, raises concern over denial of visas

Nayanima Basu -
According to MEA, even the Indian nationals who want to visit China and have met Beijing's vaccination criteria haven’t been given visas yet.

Ramdev’s somersault: After claiming doctors died despite Covid vaccine, he is now ready for shot

PTI -
Ramdev says both doses of vaccine combined with yoga and Ayurveda will give 'robust shield of protection', calls doctors 'God’s envoys on earth'.

Jharkhand reports highest vaccine wastage, Kerala, Bengal record negative wastage in May

PTI -
According to govt data, Covid vaccination numbers in May were less than in April as 8.9 crore inoculations were done, 9 crore vaccines were utilised and closing balance was 80.8 lakh.

AstraZeneca vaccine linked to slightly higher risk of low platelet count, study says

Mohana Basu -
The study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, says Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine carries a slightly increased risk of a drop in platelet count and blood clots in arteries.

US to donate 50 crore Pfizer vaccine doses to 92 low & lower-middle-income countries

Lalit K Jha -
This is the largest purchase & donation of vaccines by a single country and a commitment by the Americans to help protect people around the world from Covid, the White House said.

India to receive share of 8 cr unused US vaccines through COVAX: State Department official

Lalit K Jha -
The US will allocate nearly 1.9 crores of the first tranche of 2.5 crore doses of unused Covid vaccines through COVAX to countries in South and Southeast Asia, and Africa.

India reports over 6,000 Covid deaths in a day for first time as Bihar revises figures

PTI -
The health ministry's data recorded 94,052 new Covid cases and 6,148 deaths in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate was at 5.43% and the recovery rate had improved to 94.77%.
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In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Ajay Ahlawat -
Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

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

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

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Mrinalini Dhyani -
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

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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