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.

Govt funds start-up to produce device that reduces presence of coronavirus in closed space

Mohana Basu - March 30, 2020

Pune start-up has been given Rs 1 cr to increase production of Scitech Airon, which claims to reduce presence of the coronavirus in a closed room within an hour.

SRK’s Fan co-actor Shikha Malhotra volunteers as a nurse in Mumbai hospital

Fiza Jha - March 30, 2020

Shikha Malhotra, who has a B.Sc nursing degree, is a volunteer nurse at an isolation ward at the Balasaheb Thackerey Trauma Centre in Mumbai.

India needs package of Rs 5 lakh crore to save businesses from collapsing due to Covid-19

Subhash Chandra Garg - March 30, 2020

Govt’s fiscal package has so far targeted non-workers. Present situation calls for major fiscal support to be extended to affected businesses & workers.

Give migrant workers Rs 5,000, offer counselling, RSS-affiliated trade union tells Modi govt

Neelam Pandey - March 30, 2020

BMS hints that ‘vested interests’ are behind mass exodus of migrant workers, thousands of whom are walking back to their homes amid the Covid-19 lockdown.

Hospitals in Bihar, UP give staff HIV kits to plug mask shortage, experts say it won’t work

Fatima Khan - March 30, 2020

Experts say kits meant for HIV transmission will not protect personnel from coronavirus. UP hospital claims staff using the issue to avoid working in Covid-19 wards.

Covid-19 shows that our selective visions of world order stand exposed

Zorawar Daulet Singh - March 30, 2020

The void of meaningful inter-state cooperation on biosecurity during Covid-19 crisis should make us rethink the concept of world order.

Bareilly’s corona cleansing, Chidambaram’s economic lesson, J K Rowling’s RIP

Fiza Jha - March 30, 2020

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

All Delhi students from nursery to class 8 to be promoted, says Manish Sisodia

Aneesha Bedi - March 30, 2020

Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia says students of private and govt schools will be promoted under the no-detention policy of the Right to Education Act.

RSS affiliate appeals to Modi govt to not import Covid-19 testing kits, masks from China

Shanker Arnimesh - March 30, 2020

Swadeshi Jagran Manch national co-convener Ashwini Mahajan says this is the time to ramp up indigenous capacity and trust local companies.

These are the steps India has taken to contain economic fallout of Covid-19

Suvashree Ghosh - March 30, 2020

From deferring loan repayments to injecting more liquidity in the banking system, the RBI has introduced a host of measures to stabilise the economy.

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