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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.

Mandaviya counters Delhi govt’s claims over inquiry letter row on ​oxygen shortage deaths

PTI -
Sharing a snapshot of the mail on Twitter, Mandaviya said it is not too late and AAP govt can send the data by 13 Aug so that the health ministry can reply to Parliament on the issue.

Lockdowns in India saw women get fewer meals than men, feel unsafe, depressed, US study finds

Nikhil Rampal -
Study by National Bureau of Economic Research notes that women's status in families resulted in them being more vulnerable during lockdowns, suggests targeted policies to ensure well being.

Covid year brings 5% drop in routine immunisation, but states throw up surprising trend

Abantika Ghosh -
Even as the Covid vaccine remains the hot topic of conversation, officials say efforts are on to regain lost ground in the routine immunisation drive.

India gets relief as R falls below 1 again, Kerala shows declining trend first time in a month

Mohana Basu -
Himachal Pradesh and J&K have India's highest R values. While the state is at 1.38, the union territory is at 1.13.

Covid-19 pandemic: Indonesia village gets ‘Delta’ robot, Oxford scientist says UK is panicking

Pia Krishnankutty -
ThePrint brings you some important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

India’s drug regulator approves study on mixing of Covaxin, Covishield vaccine doses

PTI -
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation on 29 July had recommended granting permission to the study that will be conducted by the Christian Medical College in Vellore.

Canada extends ban on direct passenger flights from India till 21 Sep, cites Covid risk

PTI -
According to Transport Canada, passengers travelling from India via indirect routes must obtain negative Covid test reports from a third country before entering Canada.

India logs 38,353 new Covid infections, active cases lowest in 140 days

PTI -
At 3,86,351, active Covid cases comprise 1.21% of the total case tally, the lowest since March 2020 while recovery rate stands at 97.45%, according to health ministry data.

Pandemic exposed fissures in Singapore. They won’t close so easily

Daniel Moss -
Discourse is becoming more sensitive to themes of equality and opportunities for the average citizen. Immigration is a particularly tender point.

Delhi has overcome Delta variant detected in over 80% of Covid samples, says Satyendar Jain

PTI -
Delhi Health Minister Jain also said Centre has not yet asked for data on deaths due to shortage of oxygen and that a new sero survey will be undertaken in the national capital soon.
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Economy

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

Mrinalini Dhyani -
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Defence

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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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