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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.

India records over 4 lakh new Covid cases, 4,187 fatalities in a single day

PTI -
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,79,30, 960, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09 per cent, the data stated.

Singapore reduces entry approvals for foreigners holding work passes in view of Covid

PTI -
The above changes will not affect work pass holders already given or are seeking entry approval to enter Singapore from lower-risk countries and regions.

Still playing the book-vaccine-slot game on CoWin? That’s because there’s a shortage of doses

Abantika Ghosh -
Modi govt Friday said it had told states to prioritise second dose of Covid vaccines over first dose in a 70:30 ratio, in what may be its first admission about shortage of vaccines.

Tens of millions have plunged into poverty as Covid ravages India

Anirban Nag -
The government estimates India’s gross domestic product shrank 8% in the year ended March, its biggest contraction since 1952.

Waiving patents isn’t enough to vaccinate the world

Timothy L. OBrien -
The pharmaceutical industry should be compensated for creativity and risk-taking, of course, and protected from theft.

Young India wants Covid vaccines, but CoWIN just won’t let us win

Neera Majumdar -
Booked slots on CoWIN are a problem of the ‘announce-now, plan-later’ method that India loves so much. Millennials desperately want some of that vaccine maitri.

13 deaths: Chengalpattu hospital dean claims O2 pressure dropped, but shortage wasn’t cause

Soniya Agrawal -
13 Covid patients in Chengalpattu Govt Hospital in Tamil Nadu died Tuesday night in what has been cited as another instance of the severe oxygen shortage crisis in India's hospitals.

Away from Covid mess, there’s another side to the India story. And it’s cause for hope

TN Ninan -
Amid the pandemic that has gripped the country, India is in need of good news, or at least something else to think about. This might help.

Modi govt is in denial & India is back to being a flailing state

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi government didn’t strengthen the foundations of basic governance in the last 7 years. Now, the PM has retreated and ministers are failing, adding to the Covid disaster.

Delhi govt to organise mass Covid vaccination drive for mediapersons, says official

PTI -
The vaccination camps will be organised at offices of the media houses and the cost will be borne by the Delhi government, explained the official.
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National Interest

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

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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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