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    6 hours ago

    Thousands of migrant workers are at Delhi's Anand Vihar terminal right now, hoping for a spot on a bus home. Some of them are giving up hope, saying they have no option but to walk. and report. via

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    3 hours ago

    Mustard, barley and wheat crops in north India are ready for harvest, but the lockdown is getting in the way. Combine harvesters, critical to the harvest, are not able to reach the farmers. | writes.

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    11 hours ago

    Powerful piece by Dushyant Dave—Who Will Take Responsibility for the Human Tragedy Unfolding in Democratic India? via

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  4. 6 hours ago

    'With Current Situation, Food-Riots Are a Very Real Possibility', Pronob... via

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  5. 8 hours ago

    This is a pathological problem. Can’t be helped really!

    Really? thousands are trying to walk hundreds of kilometres to make their way home without food or water, but India’s largest public broadcaster wants people to share pictures of families watching reruns of tv shows from the 1990s. What priorities.
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    11 hours ago

    This is a crisis in which I&B minister should be focused 24x7 on vital public communication. What's he doing promoting a TV show?! He's lost it!

    India's Marie Antoinette moment.
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    12 hours ago

    Looking at the police brutality since lockdown, I am delighted that this is indeed a very secular police nationwide: they are beating up everybody, irrespective of religion.

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  8. 10 hours ago

    Business thrives on policy induced confusion!

    I hope this is a misunderstanding, by this chairman, of the spirit behind the RBI directive It is egregiously usurious to impose compound interest on the moratorium. Or is he right?
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  9. 11 hours ago

    Seeing America’s struggle with health care infrastructure in dealing with Covid Bill Gates says all future health care ecosystems will have to be created & designed by governments. Pvt sector can only supplement this. Big lesson for India which is going in opposite direction.

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  10. 14 hours ago

    Isn’t PM Garib Kalyan Yojna supposed to extend to these helpless workers walking hundreds of miles to get home? PM names a scheme after himself but to this effect? Sad!

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    "Could Yogi not have arranged even a bus for us, Is it because we're? Poor?"-Rajneesh, is walking 247Km on foot to Bareilly. "Poverty will kill us before the virus"- If we airlift Indians how can we abandon millions of our poor. If states wont, let the Army. My report
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  11. Mar 27

    While Trump praises China many self-appointed foreign policy “pundits” are busy demonising China. Iam a bit confused!

    Just finished a very good conversation with President Xi of China. Discussed in great detail the CoronaVirus that is ravaging large parts of our Planet. China has been through much & has developed a strong understanding of the Virus. We are working closely together. Much respect!
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  12. Mar 27

    India’s Shabby Treatment of E-Commerce Sector is Slowing its Fight Against COVID-19  via ?lang=en

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  13. Mar 27

    Full Marks for Lockdown But Modi's Economic Fallout Plans Just Don't Make the Grade via ?lang=en

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  14. Mar 26

    Must say the monetary policy and liquidity package from RBI is much more substantive than what Centre has announced so far in the name of fiscal stimulus. New Delhi now needs to match RBI’s performance!

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  15. Mar 26

    And farmers also.

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  16. Mar 26

    RBI has clarified all retail loans will be covered by 3-month moratorium on repayment & servicing. This is good news for small retail borrowers.

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  17. Mar 26

    Shoudn’t RBI’s 3-month moratorium on repayment of term loan instalments be extended to farm loans and small retail loans taken by individuals? Everyone is under stress, right?

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  18. Mar 26

    G-20 nations has come together to pledge $5 trillion to help economies deal with medical & economic exigencies. This is a much bigger response than in 2008. Unlike then economies are shutting down around the world. Global trade/GDP will actually shrink. $5 trillion may fall short

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    Mar 26

    A prayer for the toughest, most resilient city in the world.. the city itself a microcosm of the world- borderless and global. Thinking of all of who live there and those with families or friends in NYC..

    New York City EMS received 6,406 medical 911 calls yesterday. It was the highest volume ever recorded in the city, surpassing the record that had been set on Sept. 11, 2001.
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    Mar 26

    The global airline industry has never had it so bad. Here are the airlines most at risk of going bust

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