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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

Corona is a wake up call for Indian courts. They aren’t equipped to function in a crisis

Just like Supreme Court, many high courts in India have said they will only take up urgent matters for hearing. What encompasses as urgent is not clear.

India has 40,000 ventilators but could need many, many more in ‘worst-case scenario’

Experts say India would need 80-100 times the available number of ventilators, based on average 21-day stay on ventilator for a coronavirus patient.

Coronavirus racism against NE Indians: How can govt prevent Sino-phobia from hurting our own?

While US President Donald Trump is constantly calling coronavirus the ‘Chinese virus’, people from northeast India are being targeted, abused and attacked.

On lockdown day 2, newspapers note economic safety net, Mirror praises ‘Dr Do gooders’

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

How 4 states in India with highest patient count are tracking ‘corona clusters’

The health ministry’s Containment Plan emphasises on 'cluster containment strategy' to prevent the infection from further spreading.

RBI uses bazooka to fight virus with 75 bps rate cut, moratorium on term loan repayments

Announcing rate cut, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says series of steps aimed at reviving growth, but adds fundamentals of Indian economy are strong.

How to dodge the virus by living and working in mines that are deep underground

Mining companies, which can't function remotely, have come up with a different tactic to avoid the coronavirus and still continue production.

Here’s how India can help the disabled during 21-day coronavirus lockdown

In the absence of accessible public facilities and assistive technologies, India's disabled need human assistance. But social distancing makes it difficult.

Back from Singapore, Kerala IAS officer & wife jump home quarantine

Kollam District Collector Abdul Nasar says Sub-Collector Anupam Mishra, who had been asked to be home quarantined, left for Bengaluru without informing anyone.

Covid-19 conspiracy theories and what China did wrong and what it didn’t

In episode 428 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta elaborates on how China hid the coronavirus till is was out of control.

On Camera

‘If we don’t cross tonight’—How Lt Col Hanut Singh led the charge at 1971 Battle of Basantar

The victory at Basantar exemplified the sterling character of Lt Gen Hanut Singh. His regiment, Poona Horse, rose to the moment under his command and accomplished the mission.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.