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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.

Sensex falls over 400 points, Nifty at 8,782

PTI -
Axis Bank was the top loser on Sensex, falling up to 3 per cent, followed by Reliance Industries, TCS, ITC and IndusInd Bank.

Doctors, IAS officers & a scientist — the 5 women leading India’s fight against Covid-19

Himani Chandna -
From scientists to administrators, these women have been working tirelessly to ensure India's response to Covid-19 is effective and constant.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey pledges $1 billion for Covid-19 relief in biggest donation yet

Sophie Alexander -
Dorsey pledged $1 billion of his stake in Square Inc., the payments firm he co-founded, to coronavirus relief efforts.

Trump, Modi and hydroxychloroquine, and why India partially lifted ban on the drug’s export

ThePrint Team -
In episode 438 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta traces the chronology of events in India and US that led to partial lifting of ban on export of hydroxychloroquine.

US Navy secretary quits after calling aircraft carrier captain stupid over Covid-19 crisis

Bill Faries -
Secretary Modly had relieved Captain Crozier of his command for pleading in urgent terms for all but a skeleton crew to be removed from the USS Roosevelt.

What if coronavirus crisis had hit India under Manmohan Singh, not Modi

Kaveree Bamzai -
Singh was a quiet power — driven by institutions and systems, Modi is visible and vocal, powered by his own personality. Both bring unique strengths to tackle coronavirus.

UK heads into peak of Covid-19 outbreak with PM Johnson still in ICU

Robert Hutton -
With signs of pandemic turning the corner in Spain & Italy, Britain is moving into its most critical phase and had highest daily death toll Tuesday.

‘Bhilwara model’ on Aaj Tak, Razdan grills Satyendar Jain, how to beat virus by CNN’s Cuomo

Fiza Jha -
A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

J&K targets Russian poplars in Covid-19 fight, experts worry about ‘ecological disaster’

Azaan Javaid -
J&K administration has ordered the lopping off or felling of lakhs of Russian poplar trees in Kashmir over fears its pollen may be Covid-19 carriers. 

Wuhan is finally open and its residents are rushing to take planes, trains, driving out

Sharon Chen -
Lockdown’s end doesn’t mean Wuhan has returned to normal. Restrictions & fear of resurgence in infections means many can’t or won’t go anywhere.
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Opinion

Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

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


Brahmins didn’t always wear the sacred thread. They adopted it at the start of the Common Era

India should steer clear of an ‘Asian NATO’. Its strategic flexibility is at stake

Economy

You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

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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