Important Articles from Indian Express: 22/3/2020

Front Page

  • Bracing for lockdown
  • Small investors are hit hard but corona deeper worry than crash

Outbreak

  • No history of foreign travel : Punewoman, Kolkata man positive; 1st care in Assam
  • Not testing enough to check community transmission
  • State Govt learn from S Korea, Singapore to trace cases
  • Janata curfew social distancing won’t break chain of transmission
  • Hand wash kiosks to free masks, Kerala works to break the chain

Govt & Politics

  • Jaishankar dials key envoys says be on the same page as govt
  • UP govt announces financial aid, free ration for workers
  • Cabinet gives boost to domestic manufacturing of medical devices
  • Govt data 1 isolation bed per 84000, 1 quarantine bed per 36000

Opinion

  • Fighting COVID 19 and beyond
  • In caste fight, Let’s talk about Dalit women
  • Plague, flu, pox : How diseases meet politics
  • British plan for judges way to go to RS

Outbreak

  • Billions confined to home, toll 12,000

Economy

  • COVID 19 infects markets : FPIs withdraw Rs 1 lakh crore from equity debt in March
  • Cabinet okays 3 schemes worth 48k cr to promote electronic manufacturing
  • Centre asks Social media intermediaries to curb misinformation
  • Govt clears 14th FC dues for some states
  • IMF sees severe impact on global economy

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