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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.

SC modifies free Covid-19 test order, says it wasn’t intended for those who can afford them

Apoorva Mandhani -
Supreme Court now says private labs can charge the capped price of Rs 4,500 for Covid-19 testing, fixed by the ICMR, to those who can afford it.

Foreign diplomats say Modi govt lockdown rules too strict, need more curfew passes to work

Nayanima Basu -
Foreign ministry has issued an advisory asking embassies to 'strictly follow' lockdown guidelines, but diplomats say restrictions violate Vienna Convention.

Posting photos of social help amid Covid-19 a criminal offence in Maharashtra’s Latur

PTI -
Collector G Sreekanth stated that donors are found clicking photos of distribution of food and other items to the needy and are uploading them on social media.

Health ministry asks Mamata govt to be prepared for dengue outbreak amid Covid-19 crisis

Shanker Arnimesh -
Health ministry letter says since dengue cases in Bangladesh are rising, Bengal should be prepared to manage the situation, even though it is busy dealing with coronavirus.

China clamps down on research tracing Covid-19 origins, will strictly scrutinise all papers

Kairvy Grewal -
China govt's directive, according to a CNN report, says all academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus must be strictly and tightly managed.

Lives & economy are hanging by a thread & Sonia Gandhi’s singing the Rahul song

Shubhangi Misra -
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Hundreds of sorties, 336 tonnes of supplies, IAF is now govt’s transport service in lockdown

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The IAF has carried out nearly 70 sorties for 300 tonnes of essential supplies just in the northern sector — covering Leh, Ladakh and Srinagar — since 25 March. 

US, UK speed up repatriation of citizens from locked down India, Germany, France halt process

Nayanima Basu -
Amid uncertainty over lockdown extension, US, UK & Brazil ramp up process to send back citizens stuck in India. Germany, France, Russia put temporary halt.

Has politics in Madhya Pradesh damaged its battle against coronavirus?

ThePrint Team -
Former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath has accused Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the Modi govt of apathy towards the people of the state during the Covid-19 crisis.

How India’s young IAS officers ensured a smooth lockdown in every corner of the country

Sanya Dhingra -
The IAS officers were responsible for locking down the country block by block, and ensuring contact-tracing, supply of essential goods and checking hoarding.
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I met Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2005. He told me he was an admirer of MK Gandhi

Chinmaya R. Gharekhan -
Shuttle diplomacy at a high level is indicated, along the lines of the famous Kissingerian shuttles following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

Indian Muslim leaders must drop Hezbollah solidarity. Put country before Muslimness

Unilateral self-restraint has ended in Middle East. Iran, Israel not hiding behind proxies

Economy

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

Prasad Nichenametla -
The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

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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