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Representational image of a street in Naples that is empty due to the lockdown | ANI via Reuters

Lockdowns — can’t live with or without them in these Covid times

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A lab technician sorts blood samples for COVID-19 vaccination study at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida. | Photographer: Chandan Khanna | AFP/Getty Images via Bloomberg

Covid vaccine will work well only if we target the most vulnerable groups and places

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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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On Camera

Opinion

A file photo of Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. | Photo: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg

How France-Turkey’s probable but unlikely conflict has been shaped by Erdogan’s politics

ThePrint Team -
In episode 604 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the recent France-Turkey conflict and the deeper implications of this row.

If Joe Biden wins US presidential election, prepare for an epic policy hangover

File photo of Army Chief General M.M. Naravane at Leh to review security situation and operational preparedness along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh | Photo: Twitter/@adgpi

High-tech drones could have neutralised Chinese intrusions at LAC but India didn’t have them

Economy

Rupee (Representational image) | Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg File photo

Tax revenues decline 22% in April-September, at one-fourth of full year target

Remya Nair -
Tax revenues declined 22 per cent from the year-ago period to Rs 4.58 lakh crore and were at 28 per cent of the full year target of Rs 16.36 lakh crore in the April-September period.

Defence

Army personnel during a parade (representational image) | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Army develops WhatsApp-like app for personnel to dodge risk of communication leaks

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The Secure Application for Internet supports secure voice, text and video-calling services for Android platforms over the internet. It is end-to-end encrypted. 

National Interest

Illustration: Soham Sen/ThePrint

Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace

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Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.
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