TopicCoronavirus

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.

Punjab and Haryana stare at massive farm crisis as lockdown leads to labour shortage

Chitleen K Sethi - March 31, 2020

Punjab, Haryana need nearly 16 lakh farm hands, but there are no labourers — while most have returned to their home states, the seasonal labour isn’t able to come.

Migrants to get wages wherever they are — cities, villages or in transit: Labour minister

Shanker Arnimesh - March 31, 2020

Santosh Gangwar says labour ministry is helping states provide shelter, food and quarantine facilities for migrant workers walking back to their villages.

Maharashtra govt announces 60% salary cut of CM, MLAs, MLCs due to Covid-19 crisis

PTI - March 31, 2020

Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said salaries of Class I and II employees will be cut by 50 per cent while that of Class III will be cut by 25 per cent.

Develop test kits, identify drugs: Science ministry calls for rapid projects against Covid-19

Mohana Basu - March 31, 2020

The Department of Science and Technology wants researchers to develop affordable rapid diagnostic kits, research existing drugs and test supplements that increase immunity.

Raja Mohan on China’s Covid propaganda, Ruchir Sharma says loosen restrictions post lockdown

Ayush Patnaik - March 31, 2020

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Mahesh Vyas, Ruchir Sharma, John B Taylor, and many others.

Virus lockdown is forcing finance ministry to embrace technology

Vrishti Beniwal - March 31, 2020

Finance ministry is practicing 21-day lockdown by moving all communication online, while keeping minimum staff on roster to attend to critical work.

Forget the pandemic models, just isolate, test, trace, hope

Therese Raphael - March 31, 2020

Best available basis on which to make decisions isn’t what modelers can tell us about coronavirus, but experiential evidence coming out of China, South Korea, Italy, Spain.

Far from home, migrant workers in Agra look for food, shelter and the road ahead

ThePrint Team - March 31, 2020

With the government imposing strict restrictions on crossing borders, most migrant workers are now stuck in between, with no food or shelter.

How Tablighi Jamaat emerged as the ‘largest known’ Covid-19 source in South Asia

Snehesh Alex Philip - March 31, 2020

From Malaysia to Thailand, Pakistan and now India, Tablighi Jamaat has spread the coronavirus further from its large congregations.

China hasn’t just won its war on coronavirus. It’s also beating US in global diplomacy

Jyoti Malhotra - March 31, 2020

Donald Trump, who faces a re-election in eight months, has considerably piped down from two weeks ago when he described Covid-19 as the ‘China virus’.

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