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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicCovid-19 pandemic

Topic: Covid-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic may have aged your brain, even if you weren’t infected, finds UK study

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Wuhan virologists identify new coronavirus in bats. It has a disturbing similarity to COVID-19

Findings reported by a team of virologists at the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at Wuhan Institute of Virology. Study published in the journal Cell.

Introduced during the pandemic, the virtual marathon is here to stay. How it works

World’s 1st virtual marathon was held during pandemic in 2020. India, too, has embraced this trend with events like Tata Mumbai Marathon & Vedanta Pink City Half Marathon going virtual.

253788% —that’s no typo, it’s how much India’s petroleum exports to Europe have risen since 2018

In terms of value, India’s petroleum exports to key European markets saw 250% growth. It was driven first by pandemic-related factors, and then the war in Ukraine.

‘Why religion?’ IIT audience grills study linking religiosity to pandemic mental health

A study on the mental health benefits of religious participation during the pandemic invited plenty of debate at the Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, held in IIT-Delhi.

Milk prices up by 10.5% from a year ago — higher input costs & supply side issues to blame

Average price of 1L milk is Rs 56.8 — up from Rs 51.4 last yr. Since October 2022, inflation in milk prices has outpaced general rate of price rise in India. Higher demand another factor. 

FIFA to Formula 1, how major sporting events are boosting Middle East economy

Despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the sports industry in the Middle East is expected to grow by 8.7% by 2026.

Li Qiang becomes China’s premier, tasked with reviving Covid-19 battered economy

Li Qiang, the former Communist Party chief of Shanghai, took charge as Premier Saturday, as tensions rise with the US over issues like blocking China's access to technologies.

How a ‘jadugar’ at Axis Mutual Fund used WFH & social distancing to ‘swindle Rs 30.56 crore’

SEBI has barred Axis Mutual Fund’s former fund manager Viren Joshi and 20 others from accessing securities markets, and has confiscated Rs 30.56 crore in a front-running case.

Production cut on the cards as OPEC+ gears up for 1st in-person meet since pandemic, Ukraine war

Russia, backed by Saudi Arabia, has been lobbying for the 23-member group to cut oil supplies by 1 million barrels per day.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.