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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.

German carmakers in India hit by lockdown, trying to see we keep all the jobs: Envoy Lindner

Nayanima Basu -
Speaking exclusively to ThePrint, German Ambassador to India Walter J. Lindner says the carmakers are engaged in community work in India to help people fight Covid-19.

Bihar turns clock back for Covid-19 fight, seeks to replicate 1998 polio eradication drive

Dipak Mishra -
CM Nitish Kumar announced ‘a pulse polio pattern’ drive from 16 April to contain Covid-19, even as the state faces flak for low testing numbers.

Special flight brings VIPs back to Pakistan from London, 400 citizens remain stranded in UK

Unnati Sharma -
After the VIPs were accommodated in the special flight, the remaining seats were kept empty to maintain social distancing, says a Geo News report.

Lockdowns on the plate, and a US-India missile deal for humanity

Shubhangi Misra -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

HCQ doesn’t help clear coronavirus, a small study in China finds

Marthe Fourcade -
HCQ didn’t help patients clear virus better than standard care & was much more likely to cause side effects, according to study of 150 patients in China.

Vendors or buyers, no one can afford social distancing at Delhi’s wholesale vegetable markets

Taran Deol -
As odd-even rule kicks in amid lockdown, fruit & vegetable wholesale markets are also staring at rotting produce & huge losses.

Can Modi govt ask companies not to sack workers due to Covid crisis or should firms decide?

ThePrint Team -
PM Modi has appealed to the industry leaders to be compassionate and not sack employees as he extended the nationwide lockdown until 3 May.

25-year-old man shot at in UP for coughing during a game of Ludo

PTI -
An argument erupted between two residents of Dayanagar village in UP when the accused insinuated the victim was coughing deliberately, post which the accused shot at the victim.

GMAT to be conducted online from 20 April due to Covid-19

PTI -
GMAT head Vineet Chabra said GMAT Online will maintain the standard of offering a valid and rigorous assessment, with critical security practices.

Anthony Fauci, top US scientist who is contradicting Trump publicly amid Covid-19 crisis

Mohana Basu -
Immunologist Anthony Fauci has publicly disagreed with Donald Trump over the last few weeks, but only because the US 'faces a much bigger problem'.
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Support reducing for Kolkata doctors. Mamata is not the only one who has to course correct

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.

Writings on the Haryana Wall still have Modi first, just the first among equals

Idol worship an eyesore to Bangladeshi islamists. Durga Puja to be toned down this year

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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