Important Articles from Indian Express : 20/4/2020

Front Page

  • Some curbs to be lifted today, migrant worker can move within state for work
  • In Pune Zila Parishad temporary cards to help 80000 people access PDS foodgrains
  • Rural areas open but no clarity on NREGA for high risk group 65 years and older
  • Digital transaction rise sharply, banks RTGS up 34% in March : RBI data

Outbreak

  • Infant is youngest coronavirus casualty, hospital acquired infection new worry
  • Central district becomes first to start virus testing on wheels
  • No relaxation in hotspots beyond essential sevices : Health Ministry
  • After Covid India can be at centre of global supply chains : PM
  • Active cases zero, Goanow gears up for return of seafarers
  • Behind flatenning curve involvement of community

Express Network

  • J&K tehsil turns hotspot, 8 of 36 villages red zones

Explained

  • Remdesivir : hope with caution
  • How pooled testing works when it helps
  • How Reserve Banks reverse repo rate cut helps during pandemic

Editorial

  • Virus and one party state
  • Rethinking the modern
  • Resetting balance
  • Agriculture’s moment

Ideas Page

  • Mapping a civic response

Economy

  • Covid 19 effect : Premium health insurance set to rise by up to 25%
  • Chinese investment plans in India surge past $26 bn as govt tightens FDI norms

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