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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.

Find the origin of Covid or face another pandemic, top US experts warn

John Tozzi -
Almost a year and a half after the new pathogen was first detected spreading in a seafood market in Wuhan, China, the precise origins of the virus remain obscure.

Second wave crisis was ‘criminal’, open vaccines to private sector: SpiceJet scion Avani Singh

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Avani Singh said SpiceHealth would like to offer an end-to-end solution from procurement to transportation and administration of shots and reach remote areas.

Executive acting like colonial rulers, criticism of govt not sedition: Ex-CJ of Allahabad HC

Bhadra Sinha -
Former Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Justice Govind Mathur, who retired on 13 April, has defended judicial interventions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Will Indians go out and spend after second wave? The question economic recovery depends on

Vrishti Beniwal -
While some parts of India may reopen by June, consumers are unlikely to spend freely, given economic uncertainties & unemployment at its highest level in a year, economists say.

These are the critical lessons the world must learn from India’s Covid cataclysm

Mihir Sharma -
What happened in India could happen anywhere. But it need not if India’s government, its peers in the emerging world and the world’s richer nations learn the right lessons.

Nephew among two arrested for throwing Covid victim’s body into river from bridge in UP

Prashant Srivastava -
Police identified the deceased as Premnath Mishra, a resident of Siddharthnagar district. He was diagnosed with Covid on 25 May and died on 28 May.

Dove of peace at the mercy of missiles, and a game of scapegoats in UK

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The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

UP govt announces partial relaxation of Covid lockdown from 1 June

PTI -
Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary R K Tiwari said shops and markets outside containment zones will be allowed to open from 1 June onwards from 7 am to 7 pm on weekdays.

Bihar govt to provide Rs 1,500 per month to children orphaned by Covid

ANI -
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Sunday announced that the amount will be given by the state till the children attain the age of 18, under Bal Sahayata Yojna.

Covid-19 has no ‘credible natural ancestor’, was created in Wuhan lab, claims new study

ANI -
The study, by a British professor and a Norwegian scientist, claims that scientists took a natural coronavirus 'backbone' found in Chinese cave bats and spliced a new 'spike' onto it.
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You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

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Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Defence

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Smruti Deshpande -
Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

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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