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Topic: COVID-19

World Health Day 2020 comes at critical juncture as countries fight Covid-19 pandemic

This year's theme honours the crucial role played by nurses and midwives in providing quality healthcare.

UK PM Boris Johnson moved to ICU, on oxygen as Covid-19 worsens

British PM Boris Johnson remains conscious and was moved to intensive care. He is receiving oxygen but is not on a ventilator.

More than ventilators, India needs thousands of coronavirus contact-tracers

Contact tracing can be important to prevent transmission, in both containment and mitigation phases of pandemic response.

Covid-19 brings back wartime powers. But Korea and Japan show why they are not needed

Barring East Asian nations, countries across the world have invoked urgent legal-constitutional provisions, including wartime powers & state of emergency.

Punjab’s high Covid-19 death rate triggers political mudslinging, Badal alleges negligence

SAD president Sukhbir Badal’s allegations against Amarinder Singh’s Congress govt began after the death of Padma Shri awardee singer Nirmal Singh Khalsa.

People of Kerala’s Kasargod using water route to reach Karnataka for medical needs

Roads between the states are blocked at the insistence of Karnataka’s Yediyurappa govt. Police has stepped up its vigil along the sea coast & Talapady river.

67% Indians blame China for Covid-19, 50% say calling it ‘Chinese virus’ not racist: Survey

An online survey by The Takshashila Institution finds many Indians believe China failed to stop illegal wildlife trade and contain early outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee to guide Mamata govt on beating lockdown impact on economy 

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee spoke to Abhijeet Banerjee last week about an awareness campaign for coronavirus and he agreed to help. 

Top US doctor uses ‘Pearl Habour moment’ to warn about Covid-19 deaths, here’s what it means

US Surgeon General Jerome Adams says 'this is going to be our Pearl Harbour moment...only it’s not going to be localised... I want Americans to understand that'.

This is the ‘Bhilwara model’ Modi govt is looking to use across India to fight Covid-19

As coronavirus cases rise across the country, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has said states could look at adopting the ‘Bhilwara model’ of ruthless containment.

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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?