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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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Topic: Coronavirus

With his speech, Modi did what Xi and Trump couldn’t — made India greater than the pandemic

Modi’s ‘Janata curfew’ speech showed both resolution and restraint. He led from the front and asked Indians to make gratitude part of public culture.

PM address: ‘Janata curfew & Thank You’ in Express, ‘one hand on thaali’ says Telegraph  

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.

The 5 days when world economy’s guardians fought virus and market turmoil

As the week draws to an end, an unprecedented 31 central banks have slashed interest rates and many of them have even activated the crisis playbook.

The fragile system supplying food to the world is under strain

The unprecedented spike in demand and possible worker shortages are among the countless ways the food system will be tested because of the coronavirus in the coming months.

Moving towards darkest hour of coronavirus, India can take strength from WW2’s Dunkirk moment

There are occasions when a govt's resources are not enough. With coronavirus, India is in the midst of a World War and this crisis needs our entire national capacity.

Donald Trump cancels in-person G7 summit as countries seal borders over coronavirus crisis

The G7 summit that was scheduled to be held in US in June, will now be held through video-conference.

India’s COVID-19 fight needs a new social and economic behaviour. It’s easier said than done

The scale of coronavirus crisis is so great that governments need to focus entirely inwards. India is unlikely to have the resources to help its neighbours much.

How coronavirus, bird flu and rumours to stay off non-veg hit poultry industry hard in India

With prices crashing across India, the poultry industry is facing an estimated loss of Rs 700 crore in just the first two weeks of March.

A coronavirus explosion was expected in Japan. Where is it?

As of 18 March, Japan had only a little more than 900 confirmed cases despite being one of the first countries to be hit by coronavirus outside of China.

How to defeat coronavirus – on the economic front

It’s evident that cascading economic sudden stops unleashed by the virus have reached critical mass in not just systemically important economies but worldwide.

On Camera

Haryana win is redemption, J&K defeat is vindication. BJP is walking out of Lok Sabha poll fog

A leader's charisma is a big plus. But don't underestimate the craft of mounting an election campaign. Haryana is BJP's reward for mastering it. All-round participation and peaceful polling in J&K too is a win.

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.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

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?