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Sweden proposes new law to let it shut down businesses as Covid situation worsens

Sweden currently has no legal tools to enforce limits on stores, gyms or public transport. The new law, if passed, would stop short of regulating functions at private homes.

Herd immunity is a mystery, Sweden’s top epidemiologist says

Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says herd immunity does slow down virus transmission but it hasn't been clear to what extent the rates are reduced and how large that effect it.

Swedish life expectancy to drop for first time in century due to Covid-19

For men, average life expectancy has already fallen to 80.8 in the year through August, from 81.3, Statistics Sweden said. For women, it fell to 84.4 from 84.7.

Sweden says it sees no signs that herd immunity is stopping coronavirus spread

Sweden opted against a lockdown, instead relying on voluntary measures. Now, every third person in capital Stockholm has been found to have Covid antibodies.

A ‘Mahagathbandhan of Acronyms’ and ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ in Bihar

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

Sweden model no more, pandemic highlights gap between ravers and boomers & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Sweden’s Covid expert, who has advised against lockdown, says strategy widely misunderstood

Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell believes that Sweden’s strategy of keeping society open but training people to observe distancing guidelines is the only way to cope.

Sweden’s Covid expert says ‘world went mad’ with lockdowns

Sweden epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said he advised against restricting movements as it can create problems including increased domestic abuse and mass unemployment.

Sweden proves ‘surprisingly slow’ in achieving herd immunity

Sweden's Covid-19 mortality is among the worst in the world and its contagion rates are much higher than anywhere else in the Nordic region.

34 years on, Swedes are finally told who killed their PM Olof Palme

Palme’s murder was a defining moment in Swedish history. The national trauma that followed was made worse by a botched police investigation that led nowhere.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.