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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.

TOI, HT on surge in cases, Hindu positive on rate of infection, Covid-19 ‘spectre’ on economy

Revathi Krishnan -
A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

Amazon to build Covid-19 testing lab to protect workforce delivering essential goods

Spencer Soper -
In blog post Thursday, online retailer said it has begun assembling equipment for the first lab and hoped to start testing small numbers of frontline employees soon.

Why coronavirus antibody tests are not a passport to return to work

Faye Flam -
Positive antibody test isn’t automatic ticket back to work until people can also be tested to ensure they don’t have any active virus lingering in their bodies.

Coordinated disinformation campaign behind conspiracy theory linking 5G to coronavirus

Ryan Gallagher -
Researchers have found large number of online accounts displaying ‘inauthentic activity’, including hallmarks of a state-backed campaign against 5G.

Relief camp shut, no home to return to, Delhi’s riot victims shelter with do-gooders

Fatima Khan -
With the Delhi riots in February taking away the livelihood of so many, the victims say the lockdown is another big blow for them.

How a series of serious errors led to Boris Johnson landing in ICU

Kitty Donaldson -
Question being asked is how the leader of one of the world’s biggest economies was allowed to become so seriously ill when UK needed him most.

ICMR allows clinical trials of plasma therapy. What this means for fight against Covid-19

ThePrint Team -
In episode 440 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta looks at ICMR approving plasma therapy trials, the Tablighi Jamaat congregation and Bernie Sanders' exit from US presidential elections.

Lockdown casts a cloud over Uddhav Thackeray’s election to legislature and smooth run as CM

Haima Deshpande -
Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister on 28 November 2019, but he is yet to be elected as a member of the House. 

UN chief urges divided Security Council to come together to fight coronavirus

David Wainer -
The Security Council has been unable to come up with a united response to the pandemic in recent weeks primarily due to Chinese-US tensions.

Assam reports first coronavirus death, total cases in the state rise to 28

PTI -
The 65-year-old retired BSF personnel who died Friday had attended the Tablighi Jamaat meet in New Delhi and had travelled to Saudi Arabia.
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Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

India’s edible oil prices keep rising despite policy shifts. Govt needs a better strategy

Why attack Hezbollah? Last leg of US election campaign is a good time to launch a new war

Economy

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

Defence

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Smruti Deshpande -
Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

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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