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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.

Why India doesn’t have an edge in exports of azithromycin, the other Covid-19 ‘wonder drug’ 

Himani Chandna -
Unlike hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), several other countries also produce azithromycin, an antibiotic for bacterial infections. 

This is how India’s Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan spent his Good Friday

Himani Chandna -
Online & offline meetings with health ministers & global experts, daily briefings - no rest for Dr Harsh Vardhan during Covid-19 pandemic.

Dear Insta influencers, Covid-19 charity is not an excuse to promote your products

Rachel John -
While social media marketing is required for independent companies to promote products, Covid-19 crisis is not the appropriate time for that.

Virus brings ‘Digital India’ to govt as papers, meetings make way for e-Office, WhatsApp

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Central government ministries have shifted most of their daily business to online platforms in the last two weeks, even as routine work has taken a backseat.

Juggling e-files & family — how WFH, Covid-19 changed life for govt’s science, tech officers

Mohana Basu -
The Department of Science & Technology knows it holds the key to solving the Covid-19 problem. Here’s how it has changed its functioning in this time of crisis.

It was Rahul’s warning that helped Bhilwara tackle Covid-19, says Sonia at Congress meet

Neelam Pandey -
Speaking to state Congress chiefs, Sonia Gandhi says India would have been in a better position if Modi govt had heeded Rahul advice too.

Amarinder says Punjab seeing community transmission of Covid-19, first CM to declare so

Chitleen K Sethi -
Addressing the media, Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh says there are few cases of primary infection in the state now, and most new ones are secondary infections.

Govt says no proof to link blood donations with Covid-19, issues guidelines for blood banks

Mohana Basu -
To prevent shortage of blood for patients who depend on regular transfusions, the ministry has issued a set of precautionary measures for blood banks. 

Govt to give life insurance cover up of Rs 35 lakh to FCI officials & labourers

PTI -
Food Minister Paswan announced that life insurance will be given if workers succumb to Covid-19 within 6 months of performing duty from lockdown.

Bihar’s Covid-19 nightmare: 24 patients in a family, 2 Tablighi cases with untraced contacts

Dipak Mishra -
While Bihar was among the first states to get into action to check coronavirus spread, it has been criticised for going easy on testing and screening.
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Defence

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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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