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    The right-wing ecosystem appears bent on blaming the Tablighi Jamaat for the COVID-19 outbreak in India – even though that has no purpose. | writes.

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    According to India’s Livestock Census 2012, there are about 17.13 million stray dogs and 5.28 million cattle in India.

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    In Anderson, we are supplied with an example of a different kind of academic. One who is possessed of an inexhaustible curiosity for all branches of science, an ability to recognise common themes relating hitherto disparate fields.

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    Chinese health authorities began on Wednesday reporting on asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus as part of an effort to allay public fears that people could be spreading the virus without knowing they are infected with it.

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    “A dread of responsibility lays heavy on the shoulders- the dread is what a lot of folks feel, if they are clinicians, caregivers. It’s kind of scary.”

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  6. 2 hours ago

    Texas and Ohio have ordered a stop to abortions, saying they’re not essential medical services, while state officials in Mississippi and Maryland are edging that direction. Their coronavirus prevention program is “Stay home and have the baby.”

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    "This crisis has basically highlighted the need to regulate pet trade in the country and neuter street animals to prevent their suffering during such disasters,” Maulekhi said.

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    Chinese health authorities on Wednesday began reporting on asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus as part of an effort to allay public fears that people could be spreading the virus without knowing they are infected with it.

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    A US body representing American technology workers has urged President Donald Trump to suspend the H-1B visa programme this year, the most sought-after among the Indian IT professionals.

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  10. 3 hours ago

    Andhra Bank, a premier public sector bank with deep roots in the erstwhile undivided Andhra Pradesh, is all set to vanish from public view from April 1, in a move that draws the curtains on a significant chapter of regional history.

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    “We used to auction around 200-250 sacks of onions and potatoes (each sack weighs 40 kgs) every day. Since the national lockdown, we haven’t been able to sell more than 20-30,” said Vikash, a middleman. | and report.

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    Anosmia is the loss of smell. Ageusia is the complete absence of taste. It is important to get these definitions clear because of reports swirling around of a new symptom among coronavirus patients: a loss of smell and even of taste.

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  13. 4 hours ago

    In addition, 60% salary for officers of the All India Services, 50% salary for officers and employees of state service and subordinate service and 30% of other employees have also been deferred.

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    It is the women who stay behind in the villages who sustain migration by supporting their men. We must not ignore them.

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  15. 5 hours ago

    India’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 continued to surge. As of Tuesday, the health ministry reported that India has 1637 confirmed cases. 38 people have died as a result of COVID-19.

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    The Andhra Pradesh government late on Tuesday night announced deferment of payment of full salaries to the chief minister, officers and employees, saying its revenue streams have “totally dried up” in view of the ongoing lockdown to combat coronavirus.

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    The coronavirus pandemic is the most challenging crisis the world has faced since World War II, one that is killing people and will also lead to an economic recession without any parallel in the recent past, according to .

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  18. 6 hours ago

    At few other times in recent history have we been forced to confront a reality as starkly as the one facing us now. But where will we go from here? | writes.

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    At Barnala, a dairy owner Sandeep Singh has been supplying 70 litres of milk, half a litre each, to 140 poor families in the labour colony of Barnala city. “City dwellers are not as connected with daily wage labourers. Villagers are,” he said.

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  20. 7 hours ago

    Using the fight against virus as the fig leaf, the Centre sought the apex court’s direction to legitimise official censorship. It is gratifying, however, that the court rejected the Centre’s plea for prior censorship of content in the media.

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