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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.

Coronavirus pandemic is ominous news for India’s rabi crops and farm-to-food chain

Mekhala Krishnamurthy -
During the coronavirus crisis, income support platforms must be utilised by both state and the Centre. Social distancing should be a norm in wheat procurement mandis.

Spreading fake news, rumours on Covid-19 can land you in jail for a year

Apoorva Mandhani -
In its lockdown order, National Disaster Management Authority has referred to Section 54 of Disaster Management Act 2005, which proposes jail time for those causing ‘false alarms’.

Exams or exercise, it’s all happening inside hostel rooms for IAS and IPS trainees

Sanya Dhingra -
The steps come amid greater govt push for social distancing, which is seen as the most effective way to check spread of COVID-19.  

Homeless with no income, migrant labourers wish they had left Delhi before the lockdown

Samyak Pandey -
COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi has dried up income for rickshaw-pullers and street vendors, leaving them without money and with no way to get home.

‘Stranded, facing eviction’ — doctors, air hostesses harassed over coronavirus fear

Fiza Jha -
The Resident Doctors' Association of AIIMS wrote to Amit Shah Tuesday requesting action against harassment of medics in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 fear, cylinder bombs, hidden arms — how inmates at Bengal prison unleashed mayhem

Madhuparna Das -
Alleged resentment over COVID-19-related restrictions triggered 2 days of violence at Dum Dum jail, leading to 4 deaths. But police suspect a bigger conspiracy.

Delhi, Hong Kong, Chile — how mass protests have changed shape after coronavirus outbreak

Pia Krishnankutty -
Hong Kong pro-democracy protests reduced to small flare-ups, Chileans are banging pots and pans from balconies in unified protest against inequality.

Pets shouldn’t die inside shops in COVID-19 lockdown: Animal welfare board to state govts

Sanya Dhingra -
The letter by Animal Welfare Board of India came a day after it wrote another Monday urging all states to ensure animal fodder is made available across states.

Kashmiri students stuck in Bangladesh won’t be brought back to India

Nayanima Basu -
Indian government to strictly follow restrictions in movement from across borders, stranded students to be told to go back to hostels.

Should India reveal transmission history of each COVID-19 patient or will it worsen panic?

ThePrint Team -
According to an ICMR study, it could take a minimum of 20 days to a few months for the start of community transmission to become visible.
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Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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