Lessons from China: What India can do to flatten the Covid-19 curve despite limited state capacity

India may not be able to replicate exactly what China achieved, but there are definitely steps that can be adapted.

Namit Choksi

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Akshay Shah

· 6 hours ago

Watch: Ghanian footballer Kevin-Prince Boateng holds indoor nightclub party with family

Boateng, who plays for club Beskistas, has stayed in Turkey after the postponement of the Super Lig football season.

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· 7 hours ago

German minister takes own life allegedly over coronavirus concerns

The governor of Hesse region linked Thomas Schaefer’s death to worries about the financial situation during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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· Yesterday · 11:51 pm

Putting women on the map: Feminist cartographers are filling in urban design data gaps

Women mappers tend to add services such as hospitals, toilets and domestic violence shelters, often overlooked by men.

Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation News

· Yesterday · 11:30 pm

How the coronavirus crisis inspired art and humour in quarantined China

Visuals of people singing, dancing and playing games remind us that pandemics can be lived through with empathy and ingenuity.

Belinda Kong, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 09:30 pm

Covid-19: US issues domestic travel advisory as toll doubles in two days; global deaths now 30,000

President Trump first floated the idea of issuing quarantine orders in three states, but later decided against it.

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· Yesterday · 01:24 pm

Watch: This remix version of the BBC news theme has social media in raptures

TikTok user Rachel Leary created a remix of the news theme amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

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· Yesterday · 12:45 pm

Not China, not Italy: India’s coronavirus lockdown is the harshest in the world

The ‘biggest human migration on foot after Partition’ has started after India imposed restrictions more drastic than any other country.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Yesterday · 09:14 am

Watch: A dog food contest with hilarious commentary by a bored BBC news presenter

This presenter offers a play by play of his dogs eating their respective meals.

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· Yesterday · 08:25 am

Coronavirus: Number of cases crosses 1,000, toll rises to 27

The central government on Sunday told all states and Union Territories to seal borders amid an exodus of migrant workers trying to get home during the lockdown.

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· Yesterday · 07:33 am

China’s giant propaganda machine on Twitter has turned its guns from Hong Kong to coronavirus

Thousands of fake and hijacked accounts are involved in a coordinated influence campaign.

Jeff Kao, ProPublica

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Mia Shuang Li, ProPublica

· Mar 28, 2020 · 09:30 pm

‘For Italy’: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays ‘Morricone’ for the country being devastated by Covid-19

From the film ‘The Legend of 1900’ (’La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano’), an evocative melody.

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· Mar 28, 2020 · 08:51 pm