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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.

How Vietnam has reported zero coronavirus deaths

Robyn Klingler-Vidra -
The reason why Vietnam has managed to keep patients from death’s door is a three-pronged government strategy. And not all of the policies uphold civil liberty.

Indian envoy to UAE ‘appalled’ as India returns bodies of trio who didn’t die of Covid-19

PTI -
The bodies of Kamlesh Bhatt, Sanjeev Kumar and Jagsir Singh were sent to their families in India, but were reportedly returned from New Delhi.

Hair rebellion — from Kautilya, Omar Abdullah to people in Covid lockdown

Shubhangi Misra -
To deal with boredom, anxiety and restlessness during the Covid-19 lockdown, people are giving themselves drastic haircuts.

Indian educational institutes should break norms in Covid times, not conduct online exams

Rachel John -
Universities like to constantly evaluate students but during the Covid crisis, they can be a little empathetic and cancel exams.

Indians in lockdown find new passion in baking bread, and it’s helping them beat the blues

Fiza Jha -
Be it supply-chain issues or the need to channel anxious energy, quarantined Indians are turning to the culture of baking bread in a big way.

Family WhatsApp groups in Covid times are more about maida, not Modi

Samira Sood -
Earlier, political views were shared on family WhatsApp groups, but during the Covid-19 crisis, people are sharing household tips.

How smokers are getting by without cigarettes in Covid-19 lockdown (it’s helping many quit)

Shubhangi Misra -
Many smokers are struggling to get their daily dose of nicotine amid the lockdown. While some are grappling with withdrawal, others are using the chance to kick the butt.

Are India’s poor social distancing? Niti Aayog to survey over 100 districts to find out

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Niti Aayog will conduct surveys every 2-3 weeks and collate results to see if govt messaging on Covid has reached districts and if govt machinery is working at that level.

This South Delhi kitchen turns out 70,000 meals a day for lockdown-hit homeless & migrants

Revathi Krishnan -
Funded by Delhi government and run by NGO People's Welfare Society, the kitchen has been cooking for migrant workers & homeless people since 29 March.

Lucknow doctor who beat Covid-19 starts Ramzan by donating plasma for therapy

PTI -
ICMR recently allowed states to start clinical trials for plasma therapy, which involves transfusing plasma from a cured Covid-19 into a critically ill patient.
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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

US approves sale of lightweight torpedoes to arm Indian Navy’s Romeos

Smruti Deshpande -
India had requested to buy 53 MK 54 MOD 0 Lightweight Torpedo all up rounds, says Defense Security Cooperation Agency. A large part of it will be bought directly from US Navy stock.

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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