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Topic: Coronavirus

Now, Singapore to close schools and most workplaces as Covid-19 cases rise

Singapore’s tougher moves signal its current approach – relying on contact tracing, strict containment measures and quarantine – is no longer tenable.

Residents of Wuhan asked to stay home amid fears of fresh coronavirus wave

Wuhan, the epicentre of coronavirus in China, has announced plans to resume 100 passenger trains from 8 April onward.

One week on, Boris Johnson is still ill and isolating with coronavirus fever

With deaths still rising, Johnson is anxious to drum home his message that Britons must obey government orders to stay in their homes as much as possible.

In a first, Army deploys medical team at civil coronavirus quarantine camp in Delhi

The Indian Army has so far only been operating out of quarantine camps set up by the armed service for coronavirus patients.

Centre credits Rs 500 to Jan Dhan accounts of over 4 crore women as lockdown relief

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had earlier said that ex-gratia payment of Rs 500 would be credited to female Jan Dhan account holders for the next three months.

What are wet markets? The virus ‘breeding grounds’ thought to have led to Covid-19 outbreak

Coronavirus outbreak is thought to have begun in China's Hubei province, where numerous cases were linked to a wet market known as Huanan Seafood Market.

BJP-Congress bicker over Modi’s ‘diya jalao’, SRK’s Covid-19 action, Omar’s zoo humour

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Modi govt is seeking $6 billion of loans to fight coronavirus

The World Bank has already committed $1 billion and Modi govt is in talks with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and ADB for more.

Army to set up isolation facilities for 16,000 people as India steps up Covid-19 testing

Field hospitals, Army schools and other grounds could also be used to create ad hoc isolation facilities as the number of Covid-19 cases rises.

Modi’s ‘diya jalaao, thaali bajaao’ appeals, and the top-down spread of coronavirus

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint

On Camera

Tirupati scandal isn’t political or communal. It’s about temple economics

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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?