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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.

Trump signs order to prevent hoarding of masks, santisers as COVID-19 cases rise to 43,700

Lalit K Jha -
The country saw a spike of over 10,000 confirmed cases and 130 deaths Monday, taking the total number of coronavirus fatalities in the US to 550.

India has enough food to feed its poor if there is a prolonged shutdown

Siddhartha Singh -
India will have 100 million tons of grains by April-end, compared with annual requirement of 50-60 million tons under welfare schemes for the poor.

COVID-19: Jehangir Aziz, Mahesh Vyas, Renu Kohli, Ajay Ranade on tackling economic costs

Ayush Patnaik -
Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Suman Berry, Jehangiz Aziz, Mahesh Vyas & many others.

8 steps to make Indian systems work smoothly in a coronavirus lockdown

Raghu Raman -
Now is not the time to be hiding bad news from stakeholders. Instead, advocate worst-case scenarios unblemished, without fear or favour.

Defence veterans can buy April medicines from any chemist store, will be reimbursed

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
New directive says armed forces veterans can buy month’s requirement of medicines from any chemist store. Move aims to ease crowding at ECHS polyclinics amid coronavirus outbreak.

Science and tech ministry invites research proposals to help in fight against COVID-19

Mohana Basu -
Science & Engineering Research Board, an autonomous body under the science ministry, called for proposals focusing on affordable diagnostics, vaccines etc.

How do you test for coronavirus? All you want to know about testing kits, process, results

Angana Chakrabarti -
A look at how labs test for coronavirus, the science behind it and why the process has been struggling to keep up with the pandemic.

65-year-old coronavirus patient dies in Mumbai, death toll rises to 10 in India

PTI -
The man, who recently returned from the UAE, complained of fever, cough and difficulty in breathing and was brought to Mumbai from Ahmedabad for treatment.

Woman in Manipur tests positive for coronavirus, first case in Northeast

PTI -
The 23-year-old woman had recently returned from the UK to Imphal via Delhi and Guwahati airports.

COVID fight: Modi’s ‘no Indian left behind’ mantra runs into ‘stay where you are’ diplomacy

Jyoti Malhotra -
As the coronavirus claimed hundreds of lives in Europe and made its way to the US, Modi government sought to redefine the Latin phrase, ‘nemo resideo’.
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Opinion

A frosty start featuring ‘ULFA tapes’, thawed by a love of dogs. My conversations with Ratan Tata

Shekhar Gupta -
Besides politics, his frustrations with business environment & inspirational ideas ranging from entrepreneurship to technology, aviation, philanthropy, we discovered a common passion: dogs

Ratan Tata’s least acknowledged and biggest contribution was to Assam

Ratan Tata mettle revealed in 1980s’ PepsiCo battle. Shook up fuddy-duddy business practices

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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