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Topic: Coronavirus

How a Tablighi Jamaat meet in Nalanda in March has set off panic in Bihar

In a letter to the Bihar govt, the Nalanda DM has pegged the number of Tablighi Jamaat meeting participants at 640. But 366 of these haven’t been traced yet.

Government-run Gujarat institute identifies 3 new mutations of novel coronavirus

Officials on Friday expressed confidence that the findings will help in developing medicines and vaccines needed to stop the spread of the deadly virus.

Social distancing for guests, none at mandap — Kumaraswamy son wedding fails Covid-19 test

Since the family didn’t want to postpone the wedding, Kumaraswamy had sought special permission from the state govt, which was issued under certain conditions.

Can blood pressure medicines harm Covid-19 patients? US trial to find out

From 3D-printed swabs to AI tool that fast-tracks research, ThePrint brings you a roundup of the latest research to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

Verses in the time of virus: Poetry Live unites 71 quarantined poets on Instagram

Indian Novels Collective and Mumbai bookstore Kitab Khana brought together renowned and new-generation poets together on Instagram via daily lockdown poetry sessions.

Tamil Nadu is containing Covid-19 well, and it is not following Bhilwara model

Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Beela Rajesh says aggressive contact-tracing, quarantining over a lakh people and the lockdown worked in their favour.

BJP could finally expand its one-man MP cabinet, functioning under CM for 25 days now

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been acting as a one-man cabinet ever since the BJP toppled the previous Congress govt and took charge on 23 March.

Private schools can’t hike fees, can charge only monthly tuition: Delhi govt

Delhi govt order also says schools can’t exclude children from online classes due to unpaid fees, and have to continue paying full salary to staff.

‘Absentee’ Cameroon President reappears after 35 days as opposition demanded a replacement

Cameroonian President Paul Biya had not made a public appearance in 35 days, even as the country was wrecked by coronavirus with 996 infections and over 20 deaths.

Chidambaram’s economic revival blueprint and Thomas Isaac on Kerala’s blueprint

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Yamini Aiyar, Gurcharan Das, Abheek Barua and many others.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

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?