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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.

Reporting from Bhilwara was scary as the enemy was invisible. It was a virus

Swagata Yadavar -
iWitness — the story behind the story of ThePrint journalists’ experiences on assignment.

Trump and Pence say they see signs of US Covid-19 outbreak stabilising

Justin Sink -
The US has the largest publicly reported coronavirus outbreak in the world, with more than 335,000 cases and more than 9,500 deaths so far.

How Mumbai is racing to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Dharavi

Dhwani Pandya -
Keeping the contagion from spreading in Dharavi could help prevent hospitals in Mumbai and across India from being overwhelmed.

Rs 3,000 crore and 4 lakh jobs, the price Agra tourism is paying for coronavirus

Samyak Pandey -
Apart from hotels, businesses like handicraft emporiums, as well as those engaged in leather, zardozi and marble inlay work, also rely heavily on tourism.

Inside a Covid-19 test facility — no watches, no room for error and no time for a wedding

Angana Chakrabarti -
ThePrint visited the testing facility at Delhi’s Lady Hardinge Medical College to meet scientists and technicians at the frontline of the Covid-19 battle.

Boris Johnson is working from home while ‘Superman’ doctors save the day

Kairvy Grewal -
The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

India bans export of hydroxychloroquine but Trump is counting on Modi for urgent supply

Himani Chandna -
US President Donald Trump Saturday said he asked Modi for a supply of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine.

War against Covid-19 cannot be won only by lighting lamps, need proper planning: Congress

PTI -
Through video conferencing, Congress spokesperson Sushmita Dev raised issues of absence of protective gear, safety of health workers and economic relief for the poor.

Government may allow flight operations in staggered manner after 14 April

PTI -
All major airlines, except Air India, are taking domestic bookings for dates post 14 April. Air India is taking bookings for dates post 30 April only.

Modi’s appeal to light lamps turns into school-monitored activity, parents to fill ‘forms’

Kritika Sharma -
Schools say they received instructions from the CBSE to monitor if students participate in Sunday night's activity, though the board clarifies it isn't mandatory.
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R Jagannathan -
A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

PM Modi is rescuer of India’s stolen heritage. He’s reclaiming country’s past, lost identity

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Falling fertility rates won’t stop economic growth. See Tamil Nadu

Economy

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Defence

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Smruti Deshpande -
Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

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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