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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.

Equal access to vaccines isn’t just about health. It’s also about economic recovery

Jatinder Sidhu -
According to a World Bank projection, economic growth for countries with below-median vaccination rates was down by at least 0.2 percentage points.

Covid-19 has changed entertainment forever. But cinema and live music will survive

Jatinder Sidhu -
Many habits learned during the pandemic have become embedded. But a PwC report says signs of a cinema and live music revival are already underway.

Send video statements, prevent UNGA from being super-spreader event, US to world leaders

PTI -
The US is also categorically telling member states that apart from the General Debate, global leaders should virtually address the world organisation or any high-level events.

India to have 18-22 crore vaccine doses by September, ZyCoV D could take longer to hit market

Abantika Ghosh -
The increase in vaccine procurement is good news in terms of daily vaccination numbers, but govt's stated target of 1 crore daily vaccinations still some time away.

Markets in Delhi to remain open beyond 8pm from 23 August, says CM Arvind Kejriwal

PTI -
According to the city health department, the decision was taken due to a fall in Covid-19 cases as no deaths were recorded due to the virus for the second consecutive day.

India is preparing for another Covid surge but low vaccine coverage leaves it vulnerable

Ankur Mutreja -
India is currently reporting around 40,000 cases and 500 deaths a day. Following the second wave, a very high number of Indian people have Covid antibodies.

Why I no longer think we can eliminate Covid – public health expert

Andrew Lee -
Substantial inequity in global vaccine distribution is a significant barrier to widespread suppression of Covid-19.

India registers 34,457 new Covid cases, 375 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
India's Covid tally has been pushed to 3,23,93,286, while the number of active cases declined to 3,61,340, the lowest in 151 days, according to health ministry data.

Zydus Cadila’s 3-dose Covid vaccine gets approval from govt panel for emergency use in India

PTI -
If approved, ZyCoV-D will be the world's first DNA vaccine against Covid, developed by an Indian company and will become the sixth vaccine to be approved for use in the country.

AstraZeneca antibody cocktail prevents Covid in high-risk groups, study finds

Suzi Ring -
AstraZeneca said it is preparing to submit the data to regulators for potential emergency-use authorisation. Its findings may also salvage a deal with the US to purchase the drug.
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Economy

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

Mrinalini Dhyani -
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Defence

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

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