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Topic: Coronavirus

RBI should buy state govt bonds to help overcome funds crunch: Bihar Dy CM Sushil Modi

Sushil Kumar Modi says the Bihar govt has recommended a host of financial measures to the Centre, including utilising the Consolidated Sinking Fund.

Prime time delivers pizza: ABP, Aaj Tak, Zee News on #CoronakiHomeDelivery

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Braless, hairy and brown — coronavirus lockdown is our chance to change beauty standards

Lifestyle changes enforced by the coronavirus lockdown have made ‘straight out of bed’ looks the norm simply because no one is looking.

Chinese economy contracts for the first time in decades due to Covid crisis

China’s GDP shrank 6.8% in the first quarter from a year ago, the worst performance since at least 1992, missing the consensus forecast of a 6% drop.

How Covid-19 crisis presents an opportunity to deal with India’s excess food grain stocks

In episode 446 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the suggestions of Raghuram Rajan, Abhijit Banerjee and Amartya Sen on optimal use of existing stock of food.

Modi govt wants defence firms to make medical equipment to fight coronavirus

PSUs like BEL are manufacturing PPEs & ventilators & there is an opportunity for local private companies to tap growing demand for medical equipment.

How Tablighi Jamaat was born from Mewat’s ‘drinking Muslims who couldn’t even read namaz’

Tablighi Jamaat, which has come under the scanner for a mid-March event that is believed to have spawned a surge in India's Covid-19 cases, traces its roots to Haryana's Mewat region.

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 12,759, death toll reaches 420

Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases in the country which stands at 2919, followed by Delhi with 1578 cases.

Success model Singapore has worst day of infections as cases double over a week

A record 728 new Covid-19 infections were reported late Thursday, bringing Singapore’s total in the past seven days to 2,517.

Your risk of getting sick from coronavirus could lie in your genes

Scientists are working hard to understand the underlying reasons for such huge discrepancies in symptoms and outcomes of Covid-19.

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.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

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?