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# EXPLAINED What precautions should I take when visiting a shop these days? (Misc.) Pg – 07 Remdesivir: hope, with caution (S&T) Pg – 07 How pooled testing works, when it helps (S&T) Pg – 07 How Reserve Bank’s reverse repo rate cut helps during the pandemic (Economy) Pg – 07 # …
# SOCIAL ISSUES Is the lockdown helping India? Pg – 12 South Asia remains an outlier in infections Pg – 08 # INDIAN ECONOMY Over half of top 500 firms could face liquidity crisis Pg – 10 New FDI rules may have unintended effects Pg – 10 Govt. nod mandatory for FDI from neighbouring countries …
# SOCIAL ISSUES Post lockdown, India’s infection growth rate has slowed down Pg – 01 Tribals using indigenous practices to sustain during Lockdown Pg – 04 New Indigenous kit may soon accelerate testing Pg – 05 # INDIAN ECONOMY RBI to pump in Rs 1 lakh crore Pg – 01 Kisan Rath will link farmers …
# EXPLAINED How cases doubled in India, elsewhere (Social Issues) Pg – 07 Ways and means advances: What is it? (Indian Economy) Pg – 07 # ECONOMY Das sees V-shaped recovery, growth at 7.4% in FY22 Pg – 11 # EDITORIAL OF THE DAY Testing and more (Social Issues) Pg – 08
# SOCIAL ISSUES All residents of Indore set to be screened for COVID¬19 Pg – 01 Fresh cases rise by over 800; govt. pegs fatality rate at 3.3% Pg – 01 U.P. starts pool testing COVID-19 samples Pg – 09 Virtual reality Telemedicine can help each patients where access to medical re is difficult Pg …
# EXPLAINED To use malaria drug, or not to (Science and Technology) Pg – 09 The disease seems to kill more men than women. Why? (Science and Technology) Pg – 09 Why gold prices have been rising before and during outbreak, what next? (Economy) Pg – 09 # SOCIAL ISSUES Testing ramped up, 5 Lakh …
# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS U.S. freezes WHO funding over coronavirus crisis Pg – 01 How pandemics have changed the world Pg – 09 IEA forecasts huge drop in oil demand in 2020 Pg – 15 India steers clear of WHO funding Pg – 08 # HERITAGE AND CULTURE For first time, Thrissur Pooram is cancelled Pg …
# EXPLAINED The WHO balance sheet Pg – 07 # EDITORIAL OF THE DAY Only WHO (International Relations) Pg – 08 # ARTICLES OF THE DAY Making Bharat Ayushman (Social Issues) Pg – 08 Who is afraid of the WHO (International Relations) Pg – 09
# INTERNATIONAL ISSUES ASEAN leaders meet online to tackle virus Pg – 12 # SOCIAL ISSUES 83% drop in rape cases during lockdown Pg – 03 # POLITY AND GOVERNANCE PM extends lockdown till May 3; tougher restrictions at hotspots Pg – 01 # ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY ‘Yamuna cleaner due to lockdown’ Pg – …
# EXPLAINED Can unborn baby be infected? Pg – 07 Can gargling with salt water prevent an infection? Pg – 07 Cyber frauds finding new ways, it’s important to secure data, accounts Pg – 07 # ECONOMY Extended lockdown to cause $234.4 bn economic loss Pg – 11 After small …