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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.

‘Red, hot, spicy thing to do’: Airlines connect on social media as planes stay grounded

Revathi Krishnan -
The playful banter began when IndiGo poked fun at fellow airline Air Vistara asking 'not flying higher these days we heard?' with the hashtag #StayingParkedStayingSafe.

MP’s growing Covid-19 crisis: Cases rising, govt paralysed after top officials test positive

Anup Dutta -
MP health department has registered at least 32 coronavirus cases because officials continued to attend meetings. Now CM & chief secretary are directly running operations.

UP acts, FIR lodged against village pradhan for isolation centre with just one Dettol soap

Samyak Pandey -
ThePrint had reported that the isolation centre in Pimpri-Shadipur village housed 20 migrant labourers who had to contend with one toilet, a bucket and a Dettol soap cut in two.

Bombs, bullets fly as Covid-19 lockdown fails to end violence in ‘politically-charged’ Bengal

Madhuparna Das -
Nearly a dozen incidents of violence related to coronavirus have been reported across West Bengal. CM Mamata Banerjee asks for strict action against offenders.

Smriti Irani picks up ‘sui-dhaaga’ to teach how to make masks, after govt advises its use

Revathi Krishnan -
Leaders, celebrities and others have also shared images on Twitter to show how they have stitched their own face masks.

Sorry Shoaib Akhtar, India can’t raise funds with Pakistan for Covid-19. You are the ‘enemy’

Revathi Krishnan -
Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh were trolled for helping Shahid Afridi because Indians can only see Pakistan as the enemy, even during the Covid-19 crisis.

104 of 5,911 respiratory illness cases have Covid, 40 with no travel, contact history: ICMR

Swagata Yadavar -
The ICMR study shows most of these coronavirus cases were reported from Maharashtra (21), Delhi (14) and Gujarat (13).

Karnataka bracing for spurt in Covid-19 cases by April end, a long fight ahead: Yediyurappa

Rohini Swamy -
In exclusive interview to ThePrint, CM Yediyurappa says Karnataka has suffered Rs 1,500-cr loss since lockdown began and could open liquor outlets for revenue.

These scientists are not medical experts but are still trying to help fight coronavirus

Kritika Sharma -
A team of 400 scientists has joined India’s fight against Covid-19 with efforts to bust myths and help policymakers with research.

Understand the method in Covid-19’s madness. India doesn’t need complete lockdown

Jyotsna Jalan -
Not all of India has been impacted uniformly by Covid-19, and voices have emerged calling for the implementation of a more selective lockdown.
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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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