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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.

Bharat Biotech reduces Covaxin price for state govts to Rs 400 per dose

PTI -
The move to cut the price from Rs 600 per dose follows widespread criticism of Bharat Biotech's pricing policy as it sold Covaxin to the central government at Rs 150 per dose.

MP, Maharashtra got more oxygen than asked, Delhi got far less, explain why, HC asks Centre

Apoorva Mandhani -
Citing Delhi govt data, Delhi HC noted NCR needed 700 MTs of oxygen but was supplied 480-490 MTs while Maharashtra and MP received oxygen above the requested amount.

Aerial cremation shots, Modi’s failure — how global media has covered India Covid crisis

Tenzin Zompa -
PM Modi and his govt have been a frequent target of blame for media outlets abroad as they try to cover the impact of India’s Covid crisis.

Modi’s new outdoor meeting trend as latest studies raise concerns on indoor Covid spread

Unnati Sharma -
Masked up and socially distanced, PM Modi met Army chief General M.M. Naravane, IAF chief R.K.S. Bhadauria & CDS General Bipin Rawat to take stock of Covid readiness.

Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand postponed amid surge in Covid cases

PTI -
The portals of the four Chardham temples will open as scheduled but only priests will be allowed to perform daily prayers, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said.

US study shows how domestic travel ban to check Covid can lead to more cases, cites India data

Sravasti Dasgupta -
University of Chicago researchers used data from 6 countries in all to conclude that domestic travel bans of moderate duration can increase cases.

UP increases duration of weekend lockdown, to include Mondays

PTI -
The weekend closure, during which all shops and establishments are to stay shut, will now be from Friday night 8pm till Tuesday morning 7am.

This Delhi ambulance worker has ferried many Covid bodies. Now, he’s also helping cremate them

Praveen Jain -
Twenty-one-year-old Ankur Singh came forward to help a Delhi journalist cremate his Covid-positive mother when crematorium staff called it a day. This wasn’t the first time.

China will do its utmost to provide help to India: Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Covid crisis

PTI -
In a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Wang Yi said that China ‘shares empathy for the challenges facing India and expresses sincere sympathy’.

‘Please let me cremate my father’: Wait for last rites gets longer, Delhi crematoria struggle

Simrin Sirur -
Delhi is in the throes of a wave of Covid cases, and its crematoria have been bursting at the seams trying to accommodate the deluge of bodies coming from homes and hospitals.
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Opinion

Rajnath Singh is discovering India-Pakistan civilisational ties

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.

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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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