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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.

Noted virologist Shahid Jameel quits govt panel on genome sequencing of coronavirus

PTI -
Jameel announced his plan to step down in a meeting of INSACOG held Friday, said officials. Calls and messages to Jameel went unanswered.

Bengal ‘yet to touch Covid peak’ but Kolkata is already running out of hospital beds

Madhuparna Das -
State database shows nearly 500 vacant beds, but a check with a few hospitals shows these numbers aren't entirely reliable. This at a time experts warn the Covid wave is yet to peak in Bengal.

Offices need a makeover to lure employees back after Covid

Michelle Jamrisko -
Analysts at HSBC reported last month that 82% of employees globally say they’d like to work remotely at least one day a week in the future, citing Colliers International data.

India records 2.8 lakh new Covid cases, lowest in 27 days

PTI -
The number of active cases stands at 35,16,997, accounting for 14.09 per cent of the total infections. The national recovery rate has improved to 84.81 per cent.

Too many cooks? 15 committees, dozens of experts behind India’s fumbling Covid response

Abantika Ghosh -
Multiple committees — some formed at the start of the pandemic, and one predating it — are overseeing India's Covid response on many fronts, from vaccines to medical infra.

Why compulsory Covid vaccination may not be such a bad idea

Clara Ferreira Marques -
The benefit is too great, and the risk and sacrifice asked of citizens too small, to ignore.

Covid is airborne, scientists say. WHO and CDC are beginning to agree

Jason Gale -
Cleaner indoor air won’t just fight Covid, it will minimise the risk of catching flu and other respiratory infections, researchers said in a study in the journal Science Friday.

Cost of vaccination will hurt already creaking budgets of Indian states

Anirban Nag -
States will have to foot about Rs 36,640 crore or more in vaccination costs after the Modi government suddenly made them responsible for inoculating most adults from 1 May.

Delhi’s Khan Chacha restaurant owner Navneet Kalra arrested for ‘hoarding’ O2 concentrators

PTI -
Businessman Navneet Kalra had been on the run for over a week since the seizure of more than 500 oxygen concentrators from the three restaurants he owns in Delhi.

Covaxin stock for those aged above 45 to last only one day, says Delhi AAP MLA Atishi

PTI -
According to the Aam Aadmi Party legislator, 1.18 lakh people in Delhi were vaccinated on 15 May and around 10.5 lakh people have taken both vaccine doses so far.
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DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

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India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

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Economy

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

Udit Bubna -
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

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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