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Covid-19 Factoid: Death toll in India is doubling at same rate as in the US

Even as the number of daily fatalities globally fell for 3 straight days and the US epicentre of New York on April 18 saw only 23 new cases, New Jersey reported more than 3,000 on the same day

India coronavirus dispatch: Social measures to raise public consciousness

From risk stratification approach, to a game-changing vaccine, and what precautions you should take when visiting a shop - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Coronavirus LIVE: 80% Covid-19 cases asymptomatic in India; tally at 17,615

Coronavirus latest update: Total number of coronavirus cases in India are 17,615 and the death toll stands at 559. Stay tuned with Business Standard for Covid-19 LIVE updates

Coronavirus: What is convalescent plasma therapy? Things you should know

Convalescent plasma is an experimental procedure for coronavirus patients

Over 400,000 samples tested, 17,615 Indians Covid-19 positive: ICMR

ICMR said that by the end of May it would achieve the testing capacity of 100,000 per day

What will be the new normal?

What we should be really thinking about is the collective vulnerability of our world

7 ways to revive India's labour market and livelihoods in post-Covid world

It is important to plan how to deal with the economic fallout and rebuild a more inclusive economy in a post-Covid-19 world, and much of that hinges on how we revive labour markets and livelihoods

Covid-19: Delhi reports 67 cases in a day; Madhya Pradesh tally tops 1,000

Here is a look at the number of coronavirus cases and deaths reported across the nation on Friday

Coronavirus LIVE: India cases rise to 14, 378; US tally at 710,000

Coronavirus latest update: Confirmed covid-19 cases in India have reached 14,378, and deaths 486. Catch Coronavirus LIVE updates at Business Standard

The spreading panic of incarceration

What the extended lockdown has brought into harsh view are the precarious levels of urban existence

Dangerous crossroads: Extraordinary steps have the habit of becoming habits

Printing money to fund crisis measures is not without risk; countries like the US might get away with it, but the price for excess is always greater for a developing country, writes T N Ninan

New multilateralism with old paradigms?

The biggest armies and the biggest economies failed against a microscopic virus - the weakest link undid decades of progress

An informed strategy for lockdown exit

The only to way to climb back to obstacle-free growth would be more and randomised testing. The government needs to make a much larger financial allocation towards that

Letter to BS: Covid-19 has brought focus on sanitation, health and hygiene

Health and hygiene were ignored and all that mattered was optimum utilisation of economic resources for maximum gains at minimum cost

The contagion in science fiction

Plagues, pandemics and their outcomes occupy a large, if macabre niche, in popular culture

Never waste a crisis

The government should go for deep structural reforms

Solidarity today, new social compact tomorrow

In the concluding part, the authors argue that to prevent India's social fabric from fraying, additional solidarity resources from the wealthy and secure to cushion the millions affected is imperative

The next steps

Lockdown has helped, but testing must be scaled up

Fiscal space: Not if but how

In the first part of a series, the authors argue the means must be found to avert potential economic and social collapse post-Covid

End lockdown or not?

Extending the lockdown could lead to more deaths