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A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past shuttered stores in a near-empty Connaught Place during a partial lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus in New Delhi, India | Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan | Bloomberg

Are coronavirus lockdowns slowing infection rates? Yes, says science

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A medic collects swab from the mouth of a woman resident for COVID-19 test in a containment zone at Kurla, Mumbai, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. | PTI

The coronavirus crisis is a virtual replay of the past

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A magnified coronavirus germ is displayed on a desktop computer monitor during coronavirus patient sample detection tests in the virology research labs (Representational Image) | Photographer: Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg

World is talking in R0 values and infection rates, but coronavirus doesn’t care for such data

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File photo of Connaught place during the nationwide lockdown | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Why coronavirus outbreaks could go on until 2024 despite social distancing

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The three parts of the coronavirus | Photo: Commons

Why humans have themselves to blame for the coronavirus pandemic

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Steam billows from the cooling towers of the Yallourn coal-fired power station operated by EnergyAustralia Holdings Ltd

Why methane is a far more dangerous greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide

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Cars (Representational Image) | Wikipedia

How to build a morally ethical self-driving car

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A DNA testing lab (representational image)

Gene editing might alter our DNA, but at the cost of our humanity

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Representational Image | Pixabay

Inequality isn’t always a bad thing

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vegan

Going vegan won’t save the planet, but neither will current meat practices

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On Camera

Opinion

File photo | PM Narendra Modi being presented with a memento by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath during the Ayodhya Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan | PTI

Not Modi, not Yogi, it is Ram versus the rest for the BJP in UP 2022 election

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Modi-Shah’s BJP knows the politics of George Bush-esque's binaries is clever and pushes opponents into a corner. That’s exactly what happened with the Ayodhya bhoomi pujan.
Twitter | pxfuel.com

Twitter, not Microsoft, should buy TikTok

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath | ANI

Yogi Adityanath is the ‘best chief minister in India,’ only not in Uttar Pradesh

Economy

Jugaad and Covid pose new threats to India’s diesel consumption

Debjit Chakraborty -
Rise of natural gas & electric vehicles will crimp diesel demand over longer-term, but coronavirus is adding to the pressure by cutting economic activity.

Defence

File image of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh | Photo: ANI

Govt will take more steps towards indigenisation of defence infrastructure, says Rajnath Singh

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Kick-starting the 'Atmanirbhar Week' in the defence sector, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the govt is looking to expand defence manufacturing capability in India.

National Interest

Illustration: Soham Sen | ThePrint

Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version

Shekhar Gupta -
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.
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