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Topic: COVID-19

Plague passport to detention — Epidemic Act was a medical surveillance tool in British India

The Epidemic Act was enacted to crack down on people — cart-drivers, sweepers, cleaners — who fled municipal limits in the aftermath of the 1896 bubonic plague.

Shaheen Bagh marks janata curfew by holding ‘symbolic protest’, petrol bomb hurled at it

Protesters sitting in batches of 5 people, others have left their footwear to mark the janata curfew. No injuries in petrol bomb incident.

Coronavirus, Chernobyl, Katrina no accident, were predicted but not averted

US agency CDC had predicted COVID-19. Ebola, SARs were nature’s alarm bells. Yet, human greed and narrow parochial goals suppressed those warnings.

‘Janata curfew’ impact: Cities across India deserted, many trains & flights suspended

People have responded positively to PM Modi’s call for a ‘janata curfew’ from 7am to 9pm Sunday, to combat the spread of the coronavirus across India.

India can save up to 10,000 lives with proper isolation & quarantine: Epidemic specialist

Giridhar R. Babu backs PM Modi’s ‘janata curfew’, saying if isolation & quarantine aren’t implemented, India will have 6 lakh COVID-19 cases by May.

Is there enough on Hotstar, Netflix, Amazon to see us through coronavirus isolation?

With PM Modi’s ‘Janata Curfew’ nudge, malls and theatres closing, online streaming platforms have become entertainment of choice in times of social distancing.

Govt caps COVID-19 tests at Rs 4,500, urges labs to conduct them for free

Only NABL-accredited labs will conduct the test for coronavirus. Each will be given a registration number, which they would have to display prominently.

Moradabad jail suspends meetings till 31 March, distributes medicines for COVID-19

Authorities said that they have stopped the entry of visitors and are distributing many ayurvedic and allopathic medicines to increase the immunity of prisoners.

Treat health workers who die handling COVID-19 cases as ‘armed force martyrs’: Pvt hospitals

Private hospitals have also proposed converting some of their less popular branches into coronavirus isolation centres.

Janata curfew will strengthen fight against COVID-19, PM Modi tweets before it begins

The ‘janata curfew’ announced by PM Modi in his TV address Thursday is being observed from 7am to 9pm today, and everything except essential services is shut.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.