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People thrown out of livelihoods sit down for a meal at a soup kitchen set up by the Delhi government at a temporary shelter in the Nizamuddin area. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Aakar Patel: What will the new economy look like post Covid-19 crash?

The impact on the global economy may last for an entire generation

5 April 2020 5:42 PM IST

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Death toll rises to four in Karnataka as Bagalkot resident dies due to...

The victim, who was a trader and did not have any travel history, was confirmed positive for the deadly virus on...

4 April 2020 11:57 AM IST

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Five Malaysian couples kept under quarantine since 3 weeks in...

Officials have seized their passports and extended their quarantine period

2 April 2020 6:31 PM IST

Migrant workers make the journey to their respective villages on foot following the nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus epidemic in New Delhi. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandypadhyay)

Dev 360: Lockdown, long march: Catastrophe looming

If we don't take immediate measures to mitigate the larger human crisis the lockdown has triggered, we are heading...

2 April 2020 1:51 PM IST

The closed-down Prince of Wales pub in southwest London displays a sign thanking the National Health Service. (AFP)

Atlas shrugged: All it takes is a zombie virus to stop our world

Just the other day we were watching the lockdown in Wuhan and were appalled that people could be quarantined in their...

31 March 2020 2:46 PM IST

A volunteer distributes masks outside a government hospital as a precaution against COVID-19 in Jammu on March 16, 2020. (AP)

Dev 360: Navigating uncertainty in the time of coronavirus

Let-'s not be fixated on daily -'numbers-'; let-'s look at preparedness

19 March 2020 8:30 AM IST

In this March 2, 2020 photo, a worker wearing a mask works at a factory producing bicycle wheel rims in Hangzhou in eastern Chinas Zhejiang province. (AP)

Can globalisation survive the corona shock?

The coronavirus could not have struck at a more ominous moment for globalisation

12 March 2020 2:57 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)

British PM to get married, in office

Meanwhile, this will be the first wedding in over 200 years of a sitting Prime Minister. Bring out the buntings!

2 March 2020 2:30 AM IST

A medical staff member collects a sample taken from a person to be tested for the new coronavirus at a quarantine zone in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, in Chinas central Hubei province. AFP photo

Health security must beon the policy high table

What is of great concern to India is the impact of coronavirus (called Covid 19 by scientists) on the pharmaceutical...

21 Feb 2020 1:44 AM IST

Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess. ANI photo

Ship with coronavirus on board has turned into a floating prison

There are more than 3,700 people on the ship, a thousand of them crew members working hard below decks and the passenger...

14 Feb 2020 2:38 AM IST

Medics screen Indians after they were brought home by an Air India aircraft from Chinas coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan, at the airport in New Delhi. PTI photo

Virus or travel curbs, the borders are closing fast

The total number of countries facing the US travel ban (which was held up by the US supreme court) now numbers 13.

7 Feb 2020 1:32 AM IST

Pedestrians wear protective masks as they walk in a shopping district in Tokyo, Jan. 16, 2020. The outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like viral disease with symptoms of pneumonia has been traced to a new coronavirus spreading from the Chinese city of Wuhan. (AP)

Coronavirus is Chinaâ€™s huge political failure

Chinaâ€™s Communist Party has only itself to blame for the devastating crisis it has on its hands.

5 Feb 2020 2:45 AM IST