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Prime Minister Narendra Modi wearing a protective mask. (PTI)

Tax exemption only for PM CARES fund, donation to CM relief fund not eligible

Ex-gratia payment made to employees for fighting and containing Covid-19 shall qualify as CSR expenditure as one-time exception

Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao addresses a press conference in Hyderabad to announce an extension of the coronavirus lockdown in the state.(Photo: Twitter/@TelanganaCMO)

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Telangana extends lockdown till April 30 though tax collections are down to 2.5%

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All school students to be promoted to the next grade; decision on SSC exams after April 30

Prolonged lockdown may result in job cuts in IT industry. (PTI Photo)

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Job loss, pay cut on cards for Indian IT industry due to lockdown

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Job cut in the IT industry is inevitable even for bigger firms if the present situation across the globe continues for a few more months

A firefighter sprays disinfectant to curb the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Country reports 909 virus cases in a single day, tally surges past 8,000

Staf cheer as a formerly COVID-19 positive patient is discharged after being quarantined at the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in Chennai on Saturday, April 11, 2020. (PTI)

4 lakh rapid test kits bound for Tamil Nadu diverted to USA

A view of empty Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia. Many flights are canceled due to the spread of the Coronavirus over the US. AFP

Indian students stranded in US asked to stay put amid pandemic lockdown

Police personnel stand guard to restrict entry into Sahibabad market, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. PTI photo

Eight held for gathering at gurdwara defying lockdown

20K die of Covid-19 in US: Country surpasses Italy in death toll

A woman emerges from a newly installed sanitization tunnel set up at the farmers' market (Rythu Bazar) at Bullayya College grounds in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

The numbers are down but anxieties soar in Andhra Pradesh

UK to airlift British nationals stranded in Ahmedabad

Covid19 hit South Asia very hard, worst economic performance in 40 years says World Bank. (PTI Photo)

World Bank estimates worst economic slump in South Asia

Quarantine wards set up at Corbett to save wildlife from coronavirus

A medic takes samples for a coronavirus test in the containment zone of Kurla in Mumbai on April 11, 2020. (PTI)

Mumbai stares at medical crisis as nearly 100 frontline workers test positive

The divisional commissioner of Indore, Akash Tripathi, visits the Taat Patti Bakhal locality where health workers were attacked by local people last week. (PTI)

In Covid hotspot Indore, graveyards witness a sudden spurt in burials

Indore was where health personnel were attacked while doing a survey last week. Here, residents of the Taat Patti Bakhal locality apologize to a team of doctors a day after health workers were attacked by some local people. (PTI)

Another doctor falls to Covid-19 in Indore, India's surprise hot-spot city

Doctors wearing protective suits examine a woman in a bid to detect COVID-19 positive cases, at a camp at Sewri slums during the nationwide lockdown, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Mumbai's BMC resumes door-to-door screening drive in Dharavi

Maharashtra to extend lockdown till April 30

A worker wearing full protecting gear sanitises a tiger enclosure at the Alipore zoo in Kolkata. (PTI)

Zoos on high alert: Animals under watch 24x7, keepers told to keep social distance

Coronavirus outbreak: India reacts sharply to UN body representative's remarks

Fire service personnel disinfect a residential area during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus. (AP)

Kerala reports third Covid death

Police personal wearing covered visor masks during the Covid 19 panademic threat in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Photo: Satish.B)

7 fresh cases in Karnataka, 5 of them linked to Mysuru pharma

Justice Kanagaraj takes charge as the Andhra Pradesh Election Commissioner, at the State Election Commission (SEC) office in Vijayawada. (Image via ANI Twitter)

Justice Kanagaraj appointed as new Andhra Pradesh poll chief

Covid-19: Over 40 Indian-Americans, Indian citizens lose life in US

An Indian policeman questions a commuter at a checkpoint during lockdown. (AP)

Five new coronavirus cases reported in AP, tally rises to 386

Gujarat police personnel wearing facemasks stand guard near a board reading 'Containment Zone restricted area' during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Ahmedabad. AFP Photo

Extend national lockdown by at least a fortnight, says Punjab CM

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You may be stuck at home but now Tinder lets you connect to users across borders

“Now more than ever, having someone to talk to makes a world of a difference,” says the tagline for Passport on the Go Tinder blog

Aakar Patel: What will the new economy look like post Covid-19 crash?

People thrown out of livelihoods sit down for a meal at a soup kitchen set up by the Delhi government at a temporary shelter in the Nizamuddin area. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Waqyanavis: So cops looked the other way 'coz Tablighi Jamaat sends them free food?

Health workers sanitize the area near the Nizamuddin mosque after people who attended a religious congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat where Covid-19 positive persons spread the virus to other participants. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

These COVID-19 trackers map the spread of infection by country, state and district

A screenshot of covindia.netlify.com shows a timelapse map of infections spreading through districts.

Buying ventilators? It is sheer stupidity, say experts

Download this MIT app to join efforts to trace the coronavirus route map in your area

The free and open-source prototype Private Kit app was developed by teams at MIT and Harvard as well as software engineers of Facebook and Uber who worked on it in their free time.

Humour in times of distress

The burqa-clad Nazma Aapi’s political commentary has made Saloni Gaur a national sensation

Quarantine in the lap of nature: Villagers camp in forest to elude Covid-19

These villagers of Markhal in Karnataka are camping in the forests of Charmadi Ghat in Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru district to stay out of reach of Covid-19.

Even monkeys are starving

File picture of monkeys waiting for food delivery on the road to Srisailam passing through Amrabad Tiger Reserve.

How many labs in India can test Coronavirus?

Columns

Farrukh Dhondy: Heard any good conspiracy theories lately?

Farrukh Dhondy

The one that's gone viral is that big pharmaceutical companies have spread this virus through the agency of “The Dark State”

Anand K Sahay: Islamophobia is no way to fight Covid-19

Anand K Sahay

Instead of uniting in the face of peril, we have bowed to pseudo religion and its accomplice pseudo-science

Covid’s TJ factor: Shun prejudice, stick to facts

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

The vilification of the Tablighi Jamaat is nothing but transparent majoritarian prejudice in full display

What social distancing is possible in a hut?

Sanjay Kumar

37% of Indians live in a one-room dwelling, and 32% in a two-room house/dwelling

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