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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.

Aaj Tak, India Today puzzled by Bandra crowds, Sudhir Chaudhary on second ‘vanvaas’

Kairvy Grewal -
A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Why India has not started using rapid test kits and the efficacy of HCQ & BCG vaccine

ThePrint Team -
In episode 445 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta draws from an interview with Dr Raman R. Gangakhedkar, head of epidemiology at ICMR, and examines various issues related to Covid-19.

5-hr sleep, limited PPE, bath outside home: Life of officers called back to aid hotspot Indore

Angana Chakrabarti -
Indore, a Covid-19 epicentre in MP that faced a crippling shortage of govt officers initially, got a new DM & 12 officers to fight the pandemic.

For this 160-year-old Darjeeling plantation, Trump’s push for HCQ is a boon

Pradipta Mukherjee -
The Cinchona plantation in Darjeeling has seen a surge of interest in its bark since Trump backed HCQ for treating Covid-19

Flight carrying PPEs from Guangzhou city reaches Guwahati

PTI -
As coronavirus cases spike, India is facing a shortage of PPEs and has procured a sizeable number of PPEs from China.

Shekhar Gupta is mistaken. Modi gave away India’s HCQ for a thank-you tweet from Trump

Kapil Komireddi -
Modi is a prime minister who never reverses his domestic decisions. But after two phone calls, India partially lifted its ban on hydroxychloroquine export to supply to the US.

Normal monsoon forecast is just what battered Indian economy needs

Samyak Pandey -
Monsoon forecast is critical to food production & GDP growth — deficient rains could adversely impact farmer incomes & drag rural demand, consumption. 

Foreign dream will have to wait as Covid-19 layoffs in US cast shadow on IIT, IIM placements

Kritika Sharma -
Covid-19 and the ensuing lockdown has spawned a crisis of layoffs that has already affected millions in US, which has the highest number of coronavirus cases.

Army advises personnel to use govt’s Aarogya Setu app, but with usual cyber precautions

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The Army follows strict protocol and advises against use of smartphones and social media to prevent breach in security.

Delhi’s ILBS hospital to trial plasma treatment on critical Covid-19 patients

PTI -
Plasma enrichment technique involves using antibodies from the blood of patients who have recovered from coronavirus, to treat severely infected patients.
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Monideepa Banerjie -
West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

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Economy

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Yuthika Bhargava -
Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

Defence

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Smruti Deshpande -
Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

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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