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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.

BJP to set up roti banks, give 5 crore meals per day to the needy during Covid-19 lockdown

Shanker Arnimesh -
BJP chief J.P. Nadda has instructed workers to link up community kitchens, or provide meals prepared at their homes to daily wage workers and others in need.

Relief for poor should’ve come 2 days ago. Panic, exodus of migrants could’ve been avoided

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

How states are delivering mid-day meals to students during Covid-19 school closure 

Kritika Sharma -
While West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are delivering dry rations to beneficiaries of mid-day meals, Delhi is learnt to be still struggling to find a way.

Health minister rebuts Mamata claim: Bengal has conducted under 10% of 2,500 tests available

Madhuparna Das -
In a report to Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan says 40 Covid-19 testing kits doesn’t mean 40 tests.

Delhi police withdraws order allowing e-commerce firms to restart services

PTI -
The order was withdrawn hours after it was issued, stating that the revised guidelines will be released and all traffic, picket and beat staff would be briefed accordingly.

Dear Indians, attacking northeastern people shows your ignorance. Not resolve to fight Covid

Yimkumla Longkumer -
By being prejudiced towards people because of how they look and where they come from, you are not just being a racist, but also a xenophobe and a bigot.

Punjab CM seeks help from Centre to clear pending wage liabilities of MGNREGA workers

ANI -
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said that with Rs. 84 crores pending wages for upto 1.30 lakh workers, families would find it hard to sustain during the 21-day lockdown.

Covid-19: Rahul hails relief economic package, and Devdutt Pattanaik busts myths on myths

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

‘Lakshman Rekha’ doesn’t apply to Ram, and a fortress of essential goods

Shubhangi Misra -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint

‘All this commotion’ — Bolsonaro calls Covid-19 shutdowns a crime that’s destroying Brazil

Fiza Jha -
Many Brazilians, including his ministers, have criticised Bolsonaro for his lightweight response on coronavirus and insensitivity in the face of a pandemic.
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Opinion

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

Nikhil Dey -
The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

Young India’s cultural assertion isn’t conservatism—it’s course correction

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

Economy

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Defence

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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