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The Statesman Desk

China & the World

There is much that is under the hat; far too little about the origin and global spread of coronavirus. Close to six months after the reported outbreak last December ~ or was it October? ~ the world is puzzled over the praxis adopted by Beijing, the capital that is as yet almost unaffected along with Shanghai.

Online contest to keep students’ creativity intact

"As all the academic institutions and everything is shut down all of a sudden, we are starting an online programme which will be in a competition format. This competition will be helpful in keeping the students engaged in productive activities during their stay inside their houses,” he said today.

Partial lockdown may extend till 21 May: Mamata

She said that she would speak to the other chief ministers in this regard adding that she sat mum for three hours at the video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today as there was no scope for the state government to give opinion.

Negativism reinforced

To put it bluntly as we must, this is almost institutionalised negativism. A more evasive approach to healthcare would be difficult to imagine.