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Monday, July 21, 2025
TopicCovid-19 pandemic

Topic: Covid-19 pandemic

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.

‘We will not go back to old cycle of panic’: WHO negotiates new rules to fight future pandemics

WHO already has binding rules known as International Health Regulations, which in 2005 set out countries' obligations where public health events have potential to cross borders.

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

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.