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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.

Coronavirus death toll nears 124, total confirmed cases reach 4,789 in India

PTI -
According to the Union Health Ministry data, a total of 508 positive cases and 13 deaths due to the deadly virus were reported in the last 24 hours.

Modi govt to procure 1 cr hydroxychloroquine tablets for its affordable medicine scheme

Himani Chandna -
Modi govt is set to float tender for at least 85 lakh more tablets as against the usual requirement of 10-15 lakh tablets for PM Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana.

Political prisoners should be among first released in pandemic response: United Nations

PTI -
The UN continues to urge all countries to review who is being held and to take measures as soon as possible to ensure social distancing.

Maharashtra first state to report more than 1,000 Covid-19 cases

PTI -
A total of 150 people tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in the state Tuesday, out of which 116 were reported from Mumbai alone.

Rwanda finds mass graves that could contain 30,000 bodies, 26 years after genocide

Kairvy Grewal -
The discovery comes more than a quarter century after Rwanda witnessed the genocide in which over 8,00,000 people, mostly from the ethnic Tutsi community, died.

Ex-Navy sailor tests positive for Covid-19 in Mumbai, his building under quarantine

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Direct contacts of the former Navy sailor have been traced and isolated, while the process of identifying his indirect contacts is going on.

Mumbai watchman’s bid to cycle to J&K pays off, CRPF unites him with ailing father

Azaan Javaid -
Arif's plight was first highlighted by a social activist, Dipesh Tank, after which the story was carried by ThePrint. Subsequently CRPF ensured the father-son union.

Opposition calls for scrapping Central Vista project to fund fight against Covid-19

PTI -
Several opposition leaders, including Ahmed Patel and Karti Chidambaram, called it a vanity project and asked the Centre to suspend it.

Rahul, Tharoor on Modi-Trump, Anurag Kashyap’s Wasseypur-style jibe, Pooja Bhatt’s cartoon

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

India sends Sri Lanka life-saving medicines, Rajapaksa thanks Modi for ‘warm gesture’

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The consignment was sent to Colombo by an Air India special charter flight. It was sent as a donation under the SAARC framework.
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Opinion

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

Yusuf T. Unjhawala -
Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba’s proposal for an Asian NATO stems from his belief that the absence of a collective defence alliance could lead to wars. It’s a step too far for India.

Chinese are seeing India as going soft. Talk of ‘consensus’ over disengagement rings hollow

Bangladesh can’t afford another coup. Yunus govt must not trust all army officers with power

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

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Smruti Deshpande -
Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

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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