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A cop surveys the scene at the Kempegowda International Airport during Bengalurus lockdown on March 21. (Photo: Satish B)

From tomorrow, he's not going to just stand around being photographed

Special team set up to track down 20K foreign-returned people

23 March 2020 8:09 PM IST

Buses carrying members of a medical assistance team from Shenyang leave Shenyang Taoxian Airport upon their return home after helping with the COVID-19 coronavirus recovery effort in Wuhan, in Shenyang in Chinas northeastern Liaoning province on March 20, 2020. China on March 19 marked a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic as it recorded zero domestic infections for the first time since the outbreak emerged, but a spike in imported cases threatened its progress. (AFP)

China begins Information Warfare

What China does not seem to understand is that even if she wins a few IW battles, this will not help her to become a...

23 March 2020 6:06 PM IST

The developers services will be offered free by Facebook to government health organisations and UN health agencies. (Photo | Pexels - Syed Abdullah)

Facebook helps government, UN health organisations use Messenger...

The social media giant has also invited developers to build messaging solutions for access to accurate information on...

23 March 2020 2:38 PM IST

The Indian economy continues to struggle with infrastructural issues. (DC Photo)

The corona disruption and the impact on India

Even higher rates of unemployment engendered by a pandemic could stoke political instability

23 March 2020 7:23 AM IST

The Shaheen Bagh protest. (PTI)

Chanakya's View: Shaheen Bagh should see the big picture

Leaders of religious communities must come forward and take the right decision given the circumstances prevailing

22 March 2020 8:04 PM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi making his address to the nation.

Dear Nagriks Seeti bajaao taali bajaao

What we were handed out was a school master's lesson in model behaviour. The PM could easily have emailed it.

22 March 2020 7:39 PM IST

Trains stand parked at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus on Sunday during the nationwide shutdown called by prime minister Narendra Modi. The Railways announced that its passenger services will be shut down until March 31. (AP)

India reports another coronavirus death, railways suspend passenger...

Coronavirus toll put at 5, possibly 6, with deaths reported from Mumbai and Bihar

22 March 2020 2:52 PM IST

The Indian High Commission in London. (Twitter)

Indian students camp at embassy in London, demanding to be flown home

They refuse help from local diaspora to find alternative accommodation

22 March 2020 9:31 AM IST

The experience of citizenship is not democratic for all citizens.

What caste are you, Corona?

For the middle class the care of the self that social distancing requires does not include taking care for their own...

22 March 2020 12:31 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi says the coronavirus impact has been severe on daily-wage workers and small enterprises.

Rahul Gandhi argues for big financial package to rescue Indian economy

What we need is cash relief and tax sops, not beating of thalis, says Congress leader

21 March 2020 4:48 PM IST

Indian student in Dubai builds robot modelled on Lego Technic toys to automatically dispense hand sanitiser

Indian student in Dubai builds robot modelled on Lego Technic toys to...

The robot detects a hand at a distance of 30 cm and squirts a drop of sanitiser fluid on to the hand

21 March 2020 4:21 PM IST

In this photo taken on March 18, 2020 engineering students configure a medical robot modified to screen and observe COVID-19 coronavirus patients at the Regional Center of Robotics Technology at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. (Photo | AFP)

Robots, app help coronavirus detection, contact tracing in Thailand,...

Technology is providing solutions at a time when social distancing is most important to curb the coronavirus pandemic

21 March 2020 3:19 PM IST