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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 logs 12,516 new Covid cases, 501 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
The daily rise in new Covid infections has been below 20,000 for 35 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 138 consecutive days now.

A 1996 incident at a crematorium that changed Padma Shri awardee Jitender Singh Shunty’s life

Tenzin Zompa -
Former BJP MLA set up Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal in 1996. It organises cremations for the poor & abandoned, and helped cremate 4,000 during second Covid wave.

No Covid test for children under 5 as India revises international travel guidelines

PTI -
Revised guidelines say children under 5 will undergo testing and treatment if found symptomatic for Covid on arrival or during the home quarantine period.

Fight against Covid at final stage, should not let our guard down, says Mandaviya

PTI -
Mandaviya urged states and union territories to ensure the entire adult population is administered the first dose during the ongoing 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign.

India registers 13,091 new Covid infections, 340 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
Active cases comprise 0.40% of total infections, the lowest since March 2020 and the national recovery rate was recorded at 98.25%, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.

India records 11,466 new Covid cases, 460 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
The number of active cases declined to 1,39,683, the lowest in 264 days, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.25%.

Pfizer asks US FDA to authorise Covid booster shots for all adults

Riley Griffin -
Pfizer submitted data from a large trial showing that an additional dose is highly effective at preventing infection.

‘Die in 2 yrs, become a monkey’: Why this Nagaland district has India’s lowest vaccine coverage

Angana Chakrabarti -
Data shows Kiphire, that shares a border with Myanmar, has just 16% of its population covered by first Covid vaccine dose. Kiphire has an estimated population of just over 74,000.

96 countries recognise India’s Covid vaccination certificates, Mansukh Mandaviya says

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Govt is in communication with the rest of the world so that people vaccinated in India are accepted, thereby easing travel for education, business & tourism, Mandaviya said.

Covid stole 28 million years of life from 31 countries in 2020

Jason Gale -
Years of life lost in 2020 were higher than expected everywhere except Taiwan, New Zealand, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, and South Korea.
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What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

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The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

Modern lovers are trapped in ‘chalta hai’ relationships. Breakups are a lost art

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Economy

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Udit Bubna -
Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Defence

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

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Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

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