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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.

Foreign Secretary Shringla calls top US official on ways to ‘counter & control’ Covid-19

Nayanima Basu -
Shringla's call to US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun follows talks between Modi and Trump and Jaishankar and Pompeo.

Covid-19 hits Modi govt budget, Q1 expenses capped to save funds to fight the virus

Remya Nair -
The budget caps stand at either 15 or 20% of the full year’s allocations and won’t apply to ministries at the forefront of the Covid-19 battle, including health & food.

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 5,274 as death toll nears 150: Health Ministry

PTI -
According to the Union Health Ministry report, a total of 485 people tested positive for Covid-19 and 25 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

Kejriwal meeting with Delhi BJP MPs turns into blame game on tracing Tablighi Jamaat members

Neelam Pandey -
Chief Minister Kejriwal met the 7 BJP Lok Sabha MPs and 3 AAP Rajya Sabha members from Delhi via video conferencing on handling the coronavirus crisis.

Pune start-up develops portable test that can diagnose Covid-19 in an hour

Mohana Basu -
The PCR-based confirmatory analysis, developed by FastSense Diagnostics, can process approximately 50 nasal swab samples in an hour.

China’s blunders in Wuhan should settle the debate about democracy and economic progress

Shivam Vij -
The virus exploded from Wuhan to the world because the Chinese form of government abhors transparency. What they need is democracy — and India should learn this lesson.

Heavy police deployment for Shab-e-Barat, Muslim leaders say arrest those who violate orders

Ananya Bhardwaj -
The police and Muslim community leaders have joined hands to issue appeals to people to pray at home and not come out for the celebration of Shab-e-Barat.

Delhi govt starts online lessons for Class 12 but only a handful of students are logging in

Aneesha Bedi -
Online lessons for Class 12 students in Delhi govt schools started Monday via the Zoom app. Anchoring the effort is the private coaching centre Career Launcher. 

Expat workers in Middle East face uncertain future after Covid-19

Simone Foxman -
Gulf economies are rethinking their policies towards expat workers due to the global recession and collapsing oil prices.

Vaccine candidates from engineered viruses and ancient tobacco plants — latest on Covid-19

Mohana Basu -
From research on how loss of forests can raise risk of diseases to study identifying which Covid-19 patients need ICU care, ThePrint brings you the latest on Covid-19.
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Defence

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National Interest

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

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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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