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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.

Surprise, surprise, Bihar’s Buxar has 6 ventilators. No surprise: No one to operate them

Jyoti Yadav -
None of the 6 ventilators given last year from PM Cares fund is operational. Even before Covid, Buxar was dependent on Varanasi & Patna for treatments that required ventilator support.

‘Future is bright’: RBI opens Rs 50,000-cr funds tap for vaccine makers, hospitals, healthcare

Remya Nair -
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says second Covid wave is not insurmountable, immediate priority is to protect lives and livelihoods, central bank will remain proactive.

1 Covid death in this UP village was followed by another 25. But official toll is silent

Bismee Taskin -
Doctors on the ground in Shahjahanpur say residents of the village are reluctant to get tested, though residents deny this. Local authorities admit to delayed test reports.

Death of Covid patients due to non-supply of oxygen ‘not less than genocide’: Allahabad HC

PTI -
The high court also ordered probe into news reports circulating on social media regarding death of Covid patients due to lack of oxygen in Lucknow and Meerut districts.

Will vaccinate all employees by month-end, says Air India after pilots’ body threatens stir

PTI -
Indian Commercial Pilots Association had demanded vaccination camps across the country for the flying crew on a priority basis amid the second wave of the pandemic.

Hetero Labs in Hyderabad seeks nod to make tocilizumab, key drug for Covid treatment in India

Himani Chandna -
There is no clarity yet on the possible arrangement between Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, the original manufacturer of tocilizumab, and Hetero.

Up to 530% spike in poll states, 152% after Holi — the big culprits in India’s new Covid wave

Abantika Ghosh -
Experts say these superspreader events have been the main reason behind the surge in numbers during the ongoing second wave of the pandemic.

India’s Covid deaths could double in coming weeks, forecasters warn

Jeanette Rodrigues -
While Covid cases can be hard to predict, particularly in a sprawling country like India, forecasts reflect the urgent need to step up measures like testing and social distancing.

World badly needs vaccine diplomacy, that’s the lesson from polio & smallpox

Stephen Mihm -
The long record of 'vaccine diplomacy' confirms that diseases don’t always divide nations. The very act of fighting pathogens can foster comity and collaboration between them.

61% Indians ‘angry, depressed’ about Covid wave, 45% feel govt not on right track: Survey

Unnati Sharma -
Survey by LocalCircles also says 51% Indians were unsure if health experts were efficiently handling the second wave of the pandemic.
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India is trying a new China strategy. It’s called ‘managed rivalry’

Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury -
For New Delhi, the central task is not to eliminate dependence on China overnight, but to manage it intelligently while gradually building alternatives.

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Economy

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Udit Bubna -
Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

Defence

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

Niyati Kothiyal -
At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

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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