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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.

Missing your friends? Here’s the app that can help you during lockdown

Pia Krishnankutty -
The app raked in 2 million global downloads last week and is growing at a much faster pace than competitors like Zoom, Skype and Google Hangouts.

Greta Thunberg says it’s likely she contracted Covid-19 during trip to central Europe

Revathi Krishnan -
Climate activist Greta Thunberg says she has not been tested for Covid-19, in line with the policy in Sweden, but had quarantined herself.

AI identifies potential drugs and a DNA vaccine in the works — latest on Covid-19

Mohana Basu -
The infection may cause cardiac injury but is unlikely to spread through tears. ThePrint brings you top 5 developments on the coronavirus front across the world.

Best practices template and relief fund: India seeks joint approach at G20 meet on Covid-19

Nayanima Basu -
The G20 countries are set to meet today via videoconference to deal with the ongoing deadly pandemic.

‘Use toilet’ — Amitabh Bachchan quotes Lancet to warn coronavirus could spread from excreta

Sandhya Ramesh -
Sharing a video on Twitter Wednesday, Amitabh Bachchan cited a Lancet study that found coronavirus can remain alive in human excreta for several weeks.

83 doctors ‘suspected’ of Covid-19 want to quarantine, not allowed: Doctors’ body to PM

Kairvy Grewal -
URDA’s letter claims doctors came in contact with a Covid-19 patient at Patna’s Nalanda Medical College, alleges they’ve been denied proper protective gear.

Bihar government to bear expenses of stranded migrant workers: Nitish Kumar

PTI -
The Bihar chief minister also said Rs 100 crore has been released from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for setting up shelters for rickshaw pullers and daily-wage earners.

In letter to PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi says 21-day coronavirus lockdown a ‘welcome step’

ThePrint Team -
Sonia Gandhi assured PM Modi of the Congress' support and said it will cooperate with the Centre's efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Read her full letter here.

Big Basket unsure of service in Delhi even after police assurance but Grofers to resume ops

Taran Deol -
Not operational in Delhi due to lockdown, Big Basket says its delivery partners are still facing strict restrictions.

A lockdown is the health response to fight coronavirus, but where is the economic plan?

Deepanshu Mohan -
It might be worth having a time-bound, govt-controlled special purpose vehicle like a National Health Finance Corporation to coordinate the action plan.
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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

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The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

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Economy

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

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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

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

Shekhar Gupta -
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.

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