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Topic: Coronavirus

Cow urine & the coronavirus as ex-CJI heads to the upper house of Parliament

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

Ministry of Personnel asks its employees to not to spread rumours about coronavirus

The advisory was issued after a rumour started circulating that one of the employee's room partner was infected with coronavirus.

COVID-19 patient helps scientists map virus immune response

A woman, who recovered in 10 days, produced white blood cells that targeted virus-infected cells and spurred the production of antibodies.

10-year-old US firm with Harvard and MIT brains begins first COVID-19 vaccine trials

Even if Moderna is successful with the human trials, it will take over a year for the vaccine to become commercially available. 

Union minister Muraleedharan quarantines himself after coronavirus scare, tests negative

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan placed himself under self quarantine, after meeting a doctor in Kerala-based medical institute, who tested positive on returning from Spain.

Israel to use anti-terrorism tech, monitor mobile phones to track coronavirus patients

Israel’s will monitor mobile phones of patients to track movements & will send text messages to people who came in contact with them to go into quarantine.

What experts from China, US, Lebanon told me about COVID-19 impact on mental health

Novel coronavirus has affected the mental health of the public, of nurses and doctors in the frontline and those in isolation.

Coronavirus strands super rich Indians as they can’t fly home even on private jets

Inquiries for international flights on private jets have shot up as Indians with vast financial means try to escape virus hot spots.

PM Modi attends BJP parliamentary party meet, says coronavirus won’t curtail Budget Session

At the BJP Parliamentary meet PM Modi heaped praise on doctors, medical staff, besides airline crews and others involved in tackling the coronavirus crisis.

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

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?