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Topic: COVID-19

PM Modi sets up 11 empowered groups as quick response teams to tackle coronavirus outbreak

Each group will be include a member from the PMO and cabinet secretariat to look into different aspects of managing the outbreak.

MIT ties up with Italian design company for Covid-19 ICUs

Architects have designed mobile hospitals in order to provide intensive care to the patients of coronavirus, which can increase their chance of survival.

Defying social-distancing norms in Singapore now means fine up to Rs 5 lakh or jail time  

A country of around 60 lakh people, Singapore has reported over 800 Covid-19 cases. Its third fatality was recorded Sunday. 

Donald Trump’s Easter promise and human ‘threat’ to coronavirus plans

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Restrict sales of chloroquine & other Covid-19 drugs: Chemists’ lobby tells members

The request comes after sales of drugs like azithromycin, hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, lopinavir and ritonavir shot up amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Seal borders, put lockdown violators in 14-day quarantine, Modi govt tells states 

The new order came as the central government faces criticism for the massive exodus of migrants from cities amid the 21-day Covid-19 lockdown. 

Stay home, this too shall pass — Gulzar urges India to follow Covid-19 lockdown

Posted on Facebook, Gulzar’s spoken appeal starts with a couplet, ‘Waqt rehta nahi kahin tik kar, iski aadat bhi aadmi si hai’.

Modi apologises for ‘harsh steps’ to check Covid-19, with a veiled rebuke for violators

In his monthly Mann Ki Baat address, Modi says the fight against coronavirus is a ‘life and death battle’ and requires tough decisions.

Netherlands recalls 600,000 China-made masks from its hospitals over poor quality

Netherlands becomes the latest country after Spain and Czech Republic to claim Chinese medical supplies are defective.

In coronavirus lockdown, add the arts to essential services list

Be it our return to the arts or our reliance on the people who do the jobs we don't want, Covid-19 is making us re-examine our views on these important realities.

On Camera

Phase 5 is crunch time for BJP—UP will boost INDIA, Maharashtra will clear up real vs fake

Just like Phase 3, in this round too, the NDA stands to lose ground due to the sheer number of seats it had won the last time — 39 of the 49 seats, of which the BJP alone had won 32.

What’s geopolitical recession? World seems to be heading for one

The long-term rise of China and the 'Global South', combined with a decline of European and Japanese economic power is driving a fundamental shift.

With defence push, India looks to capture markets in Africa beyond western Indian Ocean

India’s defence sector is trying to penetrate the African market. But with China already extending significant influence, India must now play catch-up.      

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?