Important Articles from Indian Express: 17/3/2020

Front Page

  • Ban on flights from Europe, UK : Lockdown and shutdown tighten
  • Let telcos pay in installments over 20 years : Govt to SC on AGR dues

In Parliament

  • RS nod to bill to upgrade 3 sanskrit institutes into central varsities

Govt & Politics

  • Speaker vs Governor : In the past, SC ruled in favour of floor test
  • Rajasthan moves SC against amended citizenship law

Express Network

  • Pvt labs ready to help
  • Stamp on hand to identify those in home isolation

World

  • Test, test, test : WHO on fighting outbreak

Editorial

  • Corona diplomacy
  • Virus and the migrants
  • Drawing together
  • A questionable delay
  • Just wash your hands

Ideas Page

  • Count Work, not workers

Explained

  • When to test and whom
  • No data to suggest that transmission will slow as summer approaches

Economy

  • Fed cuts rates, other central bank coordinaes
  • RBI hits at rate cut
  • Oil slumps 11% to below $30bbl : Global markets tumble
  • Direct tax mop up shrinks 3.5%, indirect tax collections post meagre rise in Apr-Feb
  • No need for panic withdrawals depositor money safe : RBI Guv

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