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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.

Tokyo Olympics become biggest sporting event halted by virus

Jon Herskovitz -
The postponement will be first since modern games began in 19th century and make Tokyo 2020 Olympics the biggest sporting event called off due to COVID-19.

Omar Abdullah is back, Rahul is a ‘sad’, Kapil Mishra & Amit Malviya are happy

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

Kashmiri students stuck in Bangladesh won’t be brought back to India

Nayanima Basu -
Indian government to strictly follow restrictions in movement from across borders, stranded students to be told to go back to hostels.

‘Hands, washing hands…’ — Neil Diamond’s coronavirus parody of 1969 hit is winning hearts

Revathi Krishnan -
Music icon Neil Diamond alters lyrics of his popular single 'Sweet Caroline' to cheer up people practising social distancing amid coronavirus outbreak.

Man dies of hantavirus in China — what is this virus and how it spreads

ThePrint Team -
Chinese state-run Global Times reported that a person from Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus Monday.

Should India reveal transmission history of each COVID-19 patient or will it worsen panic?

ThePrint Team -
According to an ICMR study, it could take a minimum of 20 days to a few months for the start of community transmission to become visible.

Healthcare superheroes, corporate India’s corona burden & not everyone can work from home

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

Sitharaman promises economic package ‘soon’, but eases norms for businesses and taxpayers

Remya Nair -
Firms get relief on tax returns, company law compliance, and triggering of insolvency proceedings. Regulators are monitoring the markets and economy, assures the FM.

‘We’re going to be fine’ — Nobel winner Michael Levitt says COVID-19 pandemic will end soon

Revathi Krishnan -
Michael Levitt, who won the 2013 Nobel for Chemistry, says there is no need to panic over the coronavirus pandemic as China shows recovery will happen soon.

J&K to convert 11 major hospitals into coronavirus sanatoriums

ANI -
Some of these hospitals include SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, CD Hospital Srinagar, JLNM Hospital, Srinagar and Police Hospital in Srinagar entirely for isolation purposes.
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Opinion

Indian intelligence needs science & policy experts. Look beyond IPS & IRS

Harsh V. Pant -
Not recruiting from civilian and scientific talent pools risks a ‘failure of imagination’, hindering India’s ability to pre-empt previously unanticipated dangers.

Elite Dhaka students march with black ISIS flags—it reeks of Hizb ut-Tahrir

I saw Ratan Tata standing at the ATM in my building like a common man that day—Jaithirth Rao

Economy

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Defence

Amid concerns about use of Chinese parts in drones, Army general urges industry to be transparent

Smruti Deshpande -
Maj Gen CS Mann, ADG, Army Design Bureau, cites national security concerns. This comes after intelligence agencies flagged use of Chinese components in drones purchased by armed forces.

National Interest

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

Shekhar Gupta -
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?

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