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TopicCoronavirus crisis

Topic: Coronavirus crisis

Amit Shah transfers 4 IAS officers, 2 more from Centre to assist Delhi govt in Covid fight

The order was issued within hours of a high-level meeting between the home minister, Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Increased testing, 8,000 more beds in Delhi: Key decisions at Amit Shah-Kejriwal meet

The meeting was also attended by Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, LG Delhi Anil Baijal, and Director AIIMS Dr Randeep Guleria, among others.

What pandemic? For some Indians, Unlock 1.0 means Covid crisis is over

As Covid-19 cases continue to rise, some in India are less worried than two months ago. The masks have come off.

The core of Arvind Kejriwal’s politics — create a tussle, play victim, rinse and repeat

Arvind Kejriwal's decision to reserve Delhi’s hospital beds exclusively for city residents, which LG Anil Baijal overturned, is a classic example of the playbook the CM has perfected.

India returns to action in Unlock 1.0 — with fever guns, new habits and longing for the old

With malls, restaurants and religious places reopening, India is uneasily but surely coming back to life, but in the shadow of the coronavirus.

Modi govt to create short-term job opportunities for migrants in 116 ‘Atma Nirbhar districts’

Each of the districts chosen has over 25,000 migrant workers, who have returned after the 25 March lockdown imposed to contain the Covid-19 outbreak.

Covid may push millions more into child labour in India and other countries: UN

According to the report by ILO and UNICEF, the result of children being pushed into labour could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress.

India becomes fourth worst-hit country after coronavirus cases exceed UK

India has one of the world’s lowest testing rates, at 3.78 tests per 1,000 people, compared to the UK with 53.53 tests per 1,000, according to Our World in Data.

Russia approves levilimab for treating severe Covid-19 patients, says it reduces death risk

From research on survival of coronavirus on various surfaces to ways of safely inactivating virus for lab work, ThePrint brings you the latest on Covid-19.

Confusion, anguish & Covid funeral — what two families went through after bodies got mixed up

ThePrint's Praveen Jain captures the pain and struggles of two families after a mix-up of bodies at the Maulana Azad mortuary.

On Camera

Liars, fakers, scammers—Jamtara has entered online dating

A Delhi-based IAS aspirant got scammed for 1.2 lakh on the first date. Meanwhile, a seasoned scammer opened a Cameo account for his fans. Dating apps are the newest haven for cons.

Multidimensional Poverty isn’t a poverty line, lacks ‘information content’ — Surjit Bhalla & Pronab Sen

In a conversation with ThePrint, the two economists talked about how India needs a national poverty line, an updated Census, and must focus on releasing more data instead of less.

India’s indigenous light tank ‘Zorawar’ unveiled, fastest product development by DRDO, L&T

Tank will go for desert trials later this yr in coordination with Army & eventually high-altitude areas of Ladakh to test its capabilities to operate in such terrain & extreme winters.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.