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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.

HIV-drug combo, touted as a promising Covid-19 treatment, fails clinical trial

Mohana Basu -
A plastic canopy to protect medical staff and a study that says air pollution is making people more vulnerable to Covid-19, ThePrint brings you the latest on the pandemic.

Allahabad University professor, 29 others arrested in connection to Tablighi Jamaat meet

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Prof Mohammed Shahid was arrested on charges of arranging shelter for Indonesian Tablighi Jamaat members in a Allahabad mosque without informing the police.

After asylum ban, US to temporarily halt immigration and could suspend work visas

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From first global Covid-19 casualty for aviation industry to likely higher toll in Latin American countries — ThePrint brings you 8 important global stories linked to Covid-19.

Novak Djokovic says he doesn’t want to be ‘forced’ by someone to take Covid-19 vaccine

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The world’s no. 1 men's tennis player revealed his anti-vaxxer views during a Facebook chat with other Serbian athletes.

Shivraj finally picks ministers — top BJP man, 2 Scindia loyalists among 5 to aid Covid fight

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Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expanded his cabinet after nearly a month, in which time MP has been struggling to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Singapore reports over 1,100 new Covid-19 cases, PM urges to persevere with restrictions

PTI -
According to the Ministry of Health, majority of the new cases were work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.

Pandemic is no time for politics, Mamata and Modi govts must pull back, even if temporarily

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ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

India’s Covid-19 R0 down to 1.36 now, 25,000 cases by April-end at this rate: IMS scientist

Mohana Basu -
Sitabhra Sinha, a scientist at IMS, says without the reduced R0, indicating number of people a Covid-19 patient can infect, active cases would have hit 1 lakh by 27 April.

Journalist Gulshan Ewing, former editor of Eve’s Weekly, dies of Covid-19 in UK at 92

Bismee Taskin -
Journalist Gulshan Ewing was known to be on first-name terms with leading actors and politicians of her time, and interviewed some of the most iconic celebrities from around the world.

How Singapore flipped from virus hero to cautionary tale

Faris Mokhtar -
Singapore is a cautionary tale of how even countries experienced in handling epidemics can be wrong-footed by this elusive disease.
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Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

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BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

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Economy

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

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Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Defence

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

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Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

National Interest

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

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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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