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Topic: Coronavirus

Why rational people are panic buying as coronavirus spreads

Panic buying has emerged as reliable a feature of the coronavirus epidemic as a fever or dry cough.

Google is scrubbing coronavirus misinformation on search and YouTube

Since Covid-19 began to spread, Google has aggressively intervened in some of its most popular online services to limit the spread of misinformation.

Coronavirus patients stable, showing signs of recovery: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan spoke to some of the infected patients admitted at Medanta and Safdarjung hospitals via video calls on Tuesday.

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘broken’ reputation and Holi in times of coronavirus

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

Hit by coronavirus, iPhone shipments to China plunge more than 60% in February

Overall mobile phone shipments, including Android devices, slid 56% to 6.4 million units, a Chinese govt think-tank said.

Ajit Ranade, Raja Mohan & Saran on coronavirus impact, CP Chandrasekhar on Yes Bank bailout

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Yashwant Sinha, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mahesh Vyas and others. Plus the day’s top editorials.

12 new coronavirus cases reported from Pune, Kerala and Karnataka, India’s total now 59

The health ministry Tuesday said the total number of confirmed cases has risen to 50, but the fresh cases declared by state governments take the figure up to 59.

US President Donald Trump yet to be tested for coronavirus but top aide is quarantined

Mark Meadows, the veteran Republican congressman who is taking over as Trump’s top aide, Republican representatives Doug Collins of Georgia and Matt Gaetz of Florida have entered self-imposed quarantine.

It took some candy inspiration to make needle-free vaccines that can revolutionise medicine

After about 450 tries over the course of a year, we found a formulation that could suspend viruses and bacteria in a peelable film.

What to watch if coronavirus has killed your Holi plans

If you're staying in on Holi because of coronavirus, these are the 6 disease outbreak movies you could watch.

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How Modi’s call for self-reliance is different from Nehru’s

In his speech, Modi spoke about energy, critical minerals, electronics, defence and fertilisers. That is a more strategic approach than Nehru’s across-the-board one.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?