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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.

What PM wants, who Vasundhara Raje praises & who’s mad at WHO

Shubhangi Misra -
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

IIM study predicts 1.5 lakh Covid-19 cases by May first week as ‘result of Tablighi event’

Arun Anand -
IIM-Rohtak research team uses mathematical models to conclude coronavirus cases have increased by nearly 3 times in India after Tablighi Jamaat event in March.

Modi govt likely to extend lockdown, says Congress after all-party meet with PM

PTI -
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said around 80% of the leaders who interacted with the PM through video-conferencing favoured extending the lockdown.

773 new infections, 32 deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours in India: Health Ministry

PTI -
1,21,271 tests for COVID-19 have been done in the country so far, an ICMR official said in the briefing.

China’s blunders in Wuhan should settle the debate about democracy and economic progress

Shivam Vij -
The virus exploded from Wuhan to the world because the Chinese form of government abhors transparency. What they need is democracy — and India should learn this lesson.

UP orders sealing of coronavirus ‘hotspots’ in 15 districts including Noida, closes markets

Prashant Srivastava -
The sealing will come into effect from Wednesday midnight and see the administration in 15 UP districts arrange home delivery of essential goods to people.

‘Know how critical it is’: IndiGo, SpiceJet join relief efforts to fight the pandemic

Taran Deol -
IndiGo and SpiceJet have now joined Air India in transporting medical equipment, medicines, food supplies and other relief material across the country.

Delhi govt starts online lessons for Class 12 but only a handful of students are logging in

Aneesha Bedi -
Online lessons for Class 12 students in Delhi govt schools started Monday via the Zoom app. Anchoring the effort is the private coaching centre Career Launcher. 

Want to stop the next pandemic? Start protecting wildlife habitats

Eric Roston -
The assault on ecosystems that allowed Covid-19 to jump from animals to humans went far beyond merchants hunting and selling rare wildlife.

Expat workers in Middle East face uncertain future after Covid-19

Simone Foxman -
Gulf economies are rethinking their policies towards expat workers due to the global recession and collapsing oil prices.
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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

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For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


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Economy

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

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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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