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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.

Donald Trump warns US of tough two weeks ahead, urges people to prepare for hard days

PTI -
Trump's remarks came after a White House official said the death toll in US could be between 100,000 to 200,000 with the strict implementation of the existing mitigation measures.

Tablighi Jamaat congregation and how religion has been the ‘super spreader’ of coronavirus

ThePrint Team -
In episode 432 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about the role of religion in the spread of coronavirus.

23 test positive for Covid-19, total cases reach 120 in Delhi

PTI -
According to officials, in the past three days, 441 people have been sent to hospital and 1,447 to quarantine centres.

India’s fight against Covid-19 needs wartime industrial production, not more red tape

Saurav Jha -
A credible industrial response during the coronavirus lockdown will translate into better provisioning for India’s overall healthcare sector in future.

Modi emerged from poverty but his govt is blind to the poor

Mihir Sharma -
The Modi govt seems to have worked harder on its own public-relations battle than on figuring out how lockdown would affect India’s poorest people.

Govt has no plan for poor workers without bank accounts, can only provide free meals

Moushumi Das Gupta -
The Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package announced last week covers 80 crore poor with bank accounts, but officials say there’s no strategy in place for others.

Publish ‘official version’: SC tells media after govt says fake news caused migrant exodus

Debayan Roy -
Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde also directed that food, water & shelter be arranged for migrant workers.

Economists are losing hope in a ‘V-shaped’ post-virus recovery

Ben Holland -
The base case for forecasters is that a recovery, perhaps even a vigorous one, gets under way in the second half of 2020.

Modi govt allows pharma firms to tweak clinical trial rules during Covid-19 lockdown

Himani Chandna -
Over 2,500 active trials are said to be underway in India for drugs aimed at patients suffering from cancer and hepatitis B, among other things.

‘All we saw was death, but doctors helped’: How Kerala couple, 93 and 88, was cured of Covid-19

Rohini Swamy -
The elderly couple beat the odds, and age-related complications, to fully recover from the coronavirus infection they contracted from their son. 
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Opinion

Who is an Indian woman? Laapataa Ladies Oscar entry shows she must be submissive too

Theres Sudeep -
The sweeping statements by Film Federation of India Oscar jury dismiss the urban Indian woman’s life, and struggles, as foreign.

Ingredients of Tirupati laddu row—Christian Jagan, Hindu temple, and beef panic

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Economy

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Yuthika Bhargava -
Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Defence

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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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