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Topic: Coronavirus

AIIMS plans to use prototype of ventilators for Covid-19 patients due to shortage

AIIMS is in talks with AgVa Healthcare, which claims to offer a lightweight, handy and cheap ventilators that can be used for COVID-19 patients.

AgustaWestland accused Christian Michel moves Delhi HC for bail citing Covid-19 threat

Michel says he’s 59 years old and has ‘pre-existing’ health conditions, and keeping him locked up would amount to ‘violation of human rights’.

Covid-19: Devi Shetty says MCI can give India 1 lakh doctors, Katju wants PM-Opposition unity

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Devi Shetty, Arun Maira, Jean Dreze, Vivek Katju & many others.

13 flights landed across India’s 5 busiest airports hours after the flying ban

From midnight of 24 March, when a flying ban was put in place, to noon of 25 March, New Delhi airport was the busiest handling 8 planes while Mumbai saw no landings in that period.

Imran Khan can’t keep Pakistanis away even from shut mosques. It’s coronavirus vs ‘faith’

Fearing backlash, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has not been able to ban people praying in mosques, leading to increased risk of coronavirus spread.

Online classrooms during Covid-19 mean students should demand fee discounts

Classroom spaces are conducive to interaction, force students to engage and promote peer learning but all that has stopped due to Covid-19 pandemic.

ICMR answers Covid-19 related queries for people with hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases

ICMR, the country apex medical research body, has answered a list of FAQs on the novel coronavirus that infected more than 600 in India.

649 positive cases and 13 deaths from Covid-19 in India, Health Ministry confirms

According to ministry data, out of the 649 cases, 593 are active cases, while 42 were either cured or discharged and one migrated.

3 more test positive for Covid-19 in Chhattisgarh, state total tally reaches 6

One of the confirmed cases was reported from the state capital Raipur, and one each from Durg and Bilaspur.

Front page: ‘Scramble for supplies’, Covid-19 in Mumbai chawls, govt economic package

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.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.