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Topic: COVID-19

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.

The virus spreads through liquid particles when the infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes – it has a high multiplication rate. Therefore, the world had taken measures to quarantine or isolate those infected. While the disease can be mild and recoverable, those older or with underlying medical conditions are more likely to be adversely affected. The disease caused according to WHO estimates 3 million deaths in 2020.

As throng of tipplers shuts down Delhi liquor shops, some wait on, others keep stopping by

Sravasti Dasgupta -
Liquor shops across India reopened Monday after staying shut for 40 days amid nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. But most had to be shut down again due to heavy crowds.

Modi slams Pakistan at NAM meet, says some countries busy spreading ‘other deadly viruses’

Nayanima Basu -
PM Modi calls for a ‘new template of globalisation’ after the Covid pandemic ends, wants WHO to build healthcare capacity in developing countries.

12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, no compensation: Delhi teachers on Covid duty seek relief

Aneesha Bedi -
Around 30,000 teachers from Delhi government schools, and 7,000 from municipal corporation schools, have been aiding govt efforts to tackle the pandemic. 

Modi govt to bring back Indians stuck abroad from 7 May — on ‘payment basis’ and in phases

Ananya Bhardwaj -
In the first phase, only those Indians, who are facing financial difficulties and having medical emergencies, will be repatriated.

1,074 Covid patients cured in last 24 hrs in India — sharpest daily spurt in recoveries

Angana Chakrabarti -
The health ministry announcement came on a day India began to ease the nationwide lockdown in a staggered manner. 

Image of IAF chopper showering flowers on migrant workers along highway is not real

Unnati Sharma -
The image of a helicopter showering flower petals is from a Republic Day celebrations two years ago.

4,000 rules in 4 months: Are civil servants creating chaos in India’s Covid-19 management?

ThePrint Team -
India’s Covid-19 response is being led by civil servants, but the large number of bureaucratic orders on a daily basis have created chaos among businesses and the public.

4,057 orders in 4 months: Covid crisis shows how much Indian officials love making rules

Sanya Dhingra -
Central and state govts have since January issued 4,057 orders on Covid-19 crisis. Experts say the number & impenetrable language are evidence of red-tape.

Covid fight will leave states exhausted. India needs to re-think its funds transfer system

Centre for Policy Research -
Graded lockdowns are placing differing financial constraints on states. It is critical to re-consider the design of current inter-govt fiscal transfers.

Viral images show MP labourers ‘quarantined’ in toilet, but BJP says it’s not what it seems

Rahul Sampal -
Images of an MP labourer couple having a meal inside a toilet went viral over the weekend, after Congress took on the state’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan government. 
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India’s manufacturing workers saw prices rise faster than incomes even as their productivity fell

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Defence

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

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Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

National Interest

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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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