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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.

Maharashtra govt suspends breath-analyser tests due to coronavirus

PTI -
An official circular said police personnel are especially vulnerable as they have to regularly place breath-analyser apparatus into the mouths of motorists.

COVID-19: Raghuram Rajan on need for expertise, Mahesh Vyas on job losses

Taran Deol -
Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Amitabh Matoo, Mahesh Vyas, Raghuram Rajan & many others.

Iraq faces the greatest collateral damage of Saudi Arabia’s oil war

Bobby Ghosh -
Iraq is reeling from effects of coronavirus crisis & political paralysis & can’t bear the huge economic burden imposed by Saudi prince’s impetuousness.

India bans entry of passengers from Afghanistan, Philippines & Malaysia

PTI -
The latest travel advisory said no flight shall take off from these countries to India after 1500 hours IST Tuesday until 31 March.

Govt sets up science and tech core team to coordinate efforts against coronavirus

Mohana Basu -
K. VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government, calls for scientific community in India to 'proactively work together' to develop solutions.

Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ tweet adds fuel to fire with Beijing

Jon Herskovitz -
With the coronavirus spreading from China into the US and around the world, both nations are trading tit-for-tat claims about its origins.

China-style lockdown not the only way to deal with COVID-19. Democracies, learn from Taiwan

Nitin Pai -
Chinese propagandists say its one-party, one-leader 'system' is superior to messy liberal democracy in tackling COVID-19 with speed and efficiency.

India is now testing random lung infection cases for COVID-19 to detect community spread

Swagata Yadavar -
ICMR scientist Raman R. Gangakhedkar says a positive sample among patients without a travel history would mean active transmission of coronavirus in community.

India’s ‘Corontine’ in TOI, HT & Express notes ex-CJI Gogoi’s retirement ‘benefit’

Angana Chakrabarti -
A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

How to bust myths & curb panic — a 6-point guide for journalists covering coronavirus

Srijan Shukla -
There’s been a flood of information about coronavirus, with social media easing the proliferation of rumours. It’s a battle journalists have to fight.
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Opinion

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

+TFP D.K. Singh -
BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

Arikamedu is an ancient Indo-Roman trading port. There’s a reason you’ve never heard of it

Beijing is concerned about anti-China sentiment in India. New Delhi is focused on border

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Economy

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Swenja Surminski -
Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Defence

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Prabhakar Tamilarasu -
Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

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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