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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.

India, 10 other ‘populist’ govts mishandled pandemic in 2020, Sweden institute report says

Pia Krishnankutty -
Working paper by Sweden's V-Dem Institute says the pandemic policy response score is lower and excess mortality higher in populist governed countries than in non-populist ones.

India registers 2.59 lakh new Covid cases, 4,209 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
The active cases reduced to 30,27,925 comprising 11.63 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate improved to 87.25 per cent.

Why ventilators remain unused or locked up despite patients at rural hospitals needing them

Simrin Sirur -
Ventilators, which help patients breathe, are found in a hospital’s ICU and are traditionally operated by specialists in critical care medicine, called intensivists. 

For vaccine-starved countries like India, delaying second dose turns to be a winning strategy

Michelle Fay Cortez -
According to a new research, levels of antibodies produced to fight off the virus are 20% to 300% higher when the follow-up vaccine comes later.

How Varanasi cut Covid cases from 1,000+ to under 300 — thanks to Modi’s man, an ex-IAS officer

Moushumi Das Gupta -
PMO sent one of Modi’s most trusted lieutenants — A.K. Sharma, now a BJP MLC in Uttar Pradesh — to Varanasi last month to supervise the Covid situation.

India’s daily average Covid vaccinations dipped by nearly 50% between April and May

Abantika Ghosh -
At 0.12% of the population, India's daily vaccination rate is the world's lowest. What could likely add to this is the increased gap between Covishield's two doses.

UK’s cases of Covid variant from India more than double in just one week

Alex Morales -
Officials have detected 3,424 cases of the B1.617.2 variant. That’s up from 1,313 last week. They're also investigating a mutation called VUI-21MAY-01, with 49 cases logged so far.

These 4 factors will shape how Indian economy rebounds from shock of Covid second wave

Ila Patnaik -
Current lockdowns, fear & uncertainty are driving down growth, but with second wave slowing, there’s hope that economic activity will improve in next quarter.

Will ramp up Covid testing capacity to 45 lakh by June-end, says Modi govt

PTI -
The country’s positivity rate in the last 10 days has been recorded at less than 20% and the positivity rate was recorded at 13.31 Wednesday, the health ministry said.

Who was James Lind? The man behind the first clinical trial held over 250 years ago

Taran Deol -
On the International Clinical Trial Day, here’s a look at the man behind the first clinical trial, who was prompted to launch the survey by his need to study Scurvy.
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Opinion

PM Modi rebranding is due. He should begin with land acquisition and farm laws

+TFP D.K. Singh -
PM Modi looks determined to follow up on his Red Fort speech on reforms, but he is still looking diffident when it concerns farmers.

New HAL CMD doesn’t have to be an ‘insider’. Let merit decide

Victoris to Grand Vitara—what defines a ‘new’ car in the age of shared platforms?

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

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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