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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.

Delhi govt forms 6-member panel to assess cases of patients who died due to lack of oxygen

PTI -
The panel is meant to grant compensation and check whether the oxygen was being used properly at the hospital as per the norms, an official order said.

Centre approves Rs 5 lakh assistance to families of 67 journalists who died of Covid

PTI -
In FY 2020-21, Centre provided assistance to families of 41 journalists who died of Covid, and extended the assistance to families of 26 more journalists on Thursday.

IMA seeks FIR against Ramdev over ‘wrongful, dishonest’ remarks on allopathy

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The IMA had earlier written to PM Modi demanding that Ramdev be booked immediately under sedition charges for alleged misinformation campaign on Covid protocols and vaccination.

Niti Aayog member VK Paul takes on ‘7 myths’ about Covid vaccination drive, defends Modi govt

Soniya Agrawal -
The statement follows criticism lobbed at Modi govt over issues such as vaccine shortage and struggles being faced by some states in sourcing vaccines from foreign companies.

Steady decline in new Covid cases for last 20 days, dip in active cases in 24 states: Govt

PTI -
The Union health ministry also said that while Covid testing has increased manifold, a steady decline in weekly positivity rate has been seen since the last three weeks.

Immunity lasts at least 1 year for recovered Covid patients, study of bone marrow shows

Mohana Basu -
A US study looked at bone marrow of recovered Covid patients and found plasma cells that can specifically recognise the spike protein of the coronavirus, upto 11 months after infection.

Pfizer says its vaccine protects against B.1.617, the Covid variant first found in India

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Pfizer says it is encouraged by both the real-world data and laboratory studies of the vaccine & sees no evidence that 'virus or circulating variants of concern regularly escape protection'.

Bombay HC asks hospital not to discharge Bhima Koregaon accused Hany Babu till 1 June

PTI -
The Bombay High Court Thursday sought a medical report on the DU professor's condition and treatment given to him. Babu tested positive for Covid earlier this month

GST Council likely to discuss tax cuts on Covid goods, revenue shortfall to states on Friday

PTI -
Ahead of the council's first meeting, finance ministers of 8 non-BJP-ruled states have devised a joint strategy to press for a zero tax rate on Covid essentials, sources said.

China’s Sinopharm vaccine gets a seal of approval as JAMA publishes study of its success

Bloomberg News -
The study says the two inactivated vaccines developed by Sinopharm prevented symptomatic infections by 72.8% & 78.1%, largely in-line with what the drugmaker previously announced.
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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

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

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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