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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.

Rebound in gold demand set to slow down as India’s 2nd Covid wave keeps people indoors

Swansy Afonso -
Gold purchases in India, world’s second-biggest consumer, jumped 37% in January-March period after slumping to the lowest in more than 2 decades last year.

Yogi replaces ‘Team 11’ with ‘Team 9’ to tackle Covid, brings in ministers to take charge

Prashant Srivastava -
The previous team only had civil servants in it. In the new team, all the nine members have been assigned different responsibilities to tackle the pandemic in the state.

India was on the road to recovery before deadly second Covid wave hit

Anirban Nag -
Activity in services sector moderated in March after expanding the previous month. Output at infrastructure industries also shrank 4.6% in Feb from a year ago.

Told Modi govt in March second Covid wave afoot, expect peak in mid-May: Expert panel chief

Himani Chandna -
National Covid-19 Supermodel Committee's current projections indicate that by early next week, second Covid wave is expected to peak at around 4 lakh cases, give or take 20,000.

Airlines add flights out of India to bring home residents, citizens amid Covid crisis

P. R. Sanjai -
Air India Ltd. plans to increase its weekly frequency of flights to the US to 32 starting 11 May, up from the current 29. That compares with about 33 weekly flights before Covid.

New capsule-based smell test might help diagnose Covid, say scientists

PTI -
Based on a person's ability to recognise these smells, a score would be generated that can be sent to their doctor if they are experiencing a loss of smell. 

India’s oxygen emergency is more logistical

Meher Prakash -
There are only a finite number of oxygen tankers and cylinders. So the logistics of refiling them and bringing them to the destination is a severe bottle-neck.

Covid-19 pandemic: Brazil crosses 4 lakh deaths, Hong Kong fears 5th wave with new mutant

Unnati Sharma -
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

DGCA extends suspension of scheduled international passenger flights till 31 May

PTI -
However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case-to-case basis, the DGCA added.

Delhi yet to receive vaccine doses, do not queue up outside centres, says Arvind Kejriwal

PTI -
In the next 1-2 days, around 3 lakh Covishield vaccines will be received and the drive for vaccinating people above 18 years will commence, Kejriwal said during an online briefing.
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Rajnath Singh is discovering India-Pakistan civilisational ties

+TFP Praveen Swami -
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Economy

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Shubhangi Misra -
Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

Defence

India eyes more S-400s with upcoming Putin visit, Su-57 likely to stay off radar

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.

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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