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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.

Sunday edition of Boston Globe falls short of pages for death notices

Revathi Krishnan -
Death notices in the Sunday edition of the Boston Globe (26 April) ran up to 21 pages, that is 16 more than the previous week's edition.

Off The Cuff with Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

ThePrint -
India had been among the first few countries to take World Health Organization's warning seriously, said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist at WHO, ...

NITI Aayog building sealed for 48 hours after staffer tests positive for Covid-19

PTI -
NITI Aayog adviser Alok Kumar said that the health ministry was notified and necessary protocol was being followed.

Mumbai Police personnel aged 55 & above given leave to protect them from Covid-19

PTI -
The move comes after coronavirus claimed lives of three Mumbai Police personnel in the last three days. The deceased were all above the age of 50.

Tablighis donate plasma, urge others to be donors as they look to put Covid controversy behind

Fatima Khan -
Plasma therapy, which requires plasma from the blood of people who have recovered from Covid-19, has emerged as a promising treatment for the disease.

Covid lockdown has ended only opposition politics in India. BJP’s shop is very much open

Asim Ali -
The war that catapulted Indira Gandhi to her peak also sowed the seeds of her decline. A quiet opposition must not let Modi skirt accountability during a pandemic

Short trip, virus screening hotel, social distance on beach – this is the future of holidays

Andrea Felsted -
It’s becoming painfully clear that our next vacations will be close to home and overshadowed by concerns about health precautions.

Infections soar, high death rate, slow recoveries – Covid deals a deadly blow to Gujarat

Simrin Sirur -
Gujarat has boasted of an effective healthcare system that managed several outbreaks. Yet, it has one of the highest infection and death rates due to Covid-19.

Coronavirus death toll in India spikes to 934, confirmed cases at 29,435: Health Ministry

PTI -
The health ministry report said the number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 21,632, while 6,868 people have recovered and one patient has migrated.

Why we need better coronavirus tests, not just more tests

Cathy O'Neil -
We can’t test everyone all the time and isolate the ill so that everyone else could go back to school, work and life as we once knew it.
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Read the Kashmir verdict. It’s time to stop treating it like a national security crisis

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Election after election has seen Kashmir’s people demonstrate that, like other Indians, they seek a future shaped by democratic rights and norms

Haryana, J&K results hold one lesson—INDIA alliance should be the face in fight against BJP

China must know India is too important for South Asia to abandon. Muizzu visit is proof

Economy

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Defence

Massive in size & capable of heavyweight strikes. Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik is unlike any other drone

Smruti Deshpande -
No clarity on whether it was shot down intentionally or accidentally.Some reports suggest that it was purposely brought down to prevent Ukrainians getting their hands on the drone.

National Interest

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

Shekhar Gupta -
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?

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