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Does regularly drinking water prevent coronavirus infection? Here is the FactCheck

A claim that drinking water every 15 minutes may help prevent people from getting infected is false.




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'Minding our minds': Govt guide on dealing with mental health issues during coronavirus lockdown

The government has advised people not to follow sensational news or social media posts which impact their mental state, follow facts and not rumours during the lockdown period.




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Here's how you can boost your immunity using Ayurveda in wake of coronavirus crisis

The Ministry of AYUSH has recommended the following self-care guidelines for preventive health measures and boosting immunity with special reference to respiratory health.




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Social Distancing: Here's why two metres distance to avoid coronavirus transmission is not enough

According to the latest reports from Massachusetts Institute of Technology published in The Telegraph, maintaining one of two metres of distance is not enough to give protection from catching the highly contagious airborne disease.




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FDA approves first in-home test for coronavirus

Patients will swab their own nose using a testing kit sent by the company and will mail it in an insulated package back to the company.




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Coronavirus | U.S. unemployment rate spikes to 14.7%, highest since Great Depression

As companies have laid off tens of millions, lives have been upended across the country.




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Coronaviurs | China supports WHO-led review of global pandemic response

China said Friday it supports a World Health Organization-led review into the global response to the coronavirus outbreak, but only “after the pandem




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Coronavirus | Virus mutations unlikely to mean stronger strain: experts

The coronavirus' constant mutation is unlikely to have changes its potency or its contagiousness, disease experts say, despite recent research sugge




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Coronavirus | India sends essential medicines to Colombo

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Coronavirus | China, U.S. commit to implement trade deal despite row over virus

Vice-Premier Liu He speaks to USTR Lighthizer, Mnuchin




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Coronaviurs | Trump to get virus tested daily

U.S. President Donald Trump will be tested daily for COVID-19 after one of the president’s military aides tested positive for the infection on Thursda




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Key Pence aide, married to top Trump adviser, diagnosed with coronavirus

The diagnosis of Katie Miller, who is married to White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller, was revealed by Mr. Trump in a meeting with Republican lawmakers.




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EU agrees first part of coronavirus economic rescue, but job not done yet

Finance ministers of the 19-nation region signed off on the details of cheap, long-term credit lines that will be made available by the European Stability Mechanism




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U.S. adds 1,635 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, says Johns Hopkins University tracker

The United States recorded 1,635 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 77,178, according to the latest real-time tally Frida




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Dog noses detect heat, the world faces coronavirus, and scientists search for extraterrestrial life

On this week’s show, Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how dogs’ cold noses may be able to sense warm bodies. Read the research. International News Editor Martin Enserink shares the latest from our reporters covering coronavirus. And finally, from a recording made at this year’s AAAS annual meeting, host Meagan Cantwell talks with Jill Tarter, chair emeritus at the SETI Institute, about the newest technologies being used to search for alien life, what a positive signal would look like, and how to inform the public if extraterrestrial life ever were detected. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF).




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Does coronavirus spread through the air, and the biology of anorexia

On this week’s show, Staff Writer Robert Service talks with host Sarah Crespi about a new National Academy of Sciences report that suggests the novel coronavirus can go airborne, the evidence for this idea, and what this means for the mask-wearing debate. See all of our News coverage of the pandemic here. See all of our Research and Editorials here. Also this week, Staff Writer Jennifer Couzin-Frankel joins Sarah to talk about a burgeoning understanding of the biological roots of anorexia nervosa—an eating disorder that affects about 1% of people in the United States. From genetic links to brain scans, scientists are finding a lot more biology behind what was once thought of as a culturally driven disorder. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF).




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How countries could recover from coronavirus, and lessons from an ancient drought

Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about countries planning a comeback from a coronavirus crisis. What can they do once cases have slowed down to go back to some sort of normal without a second wave of infection? See all of our News coverage of the pandemic here. See all of our Research and Editorials here. As part of a drought special issue of Science, Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade joins Sarah to talk about water management and the downfall of the ancient Wari state. Sometimes called the first South American empire, the Wari culture successfully expanded throughout the Peruvian Andes 1400 years ago. Also this week, Yon Visell of the University of California, Santa Barbara, talks with Sarah about his Science Advances paper on the biomechanics of human hands. Our skin’s ability to propagate waves along the surface of the hand may help us sense the world around us. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF).




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From nose to toes—how coronavirus affects the body, and a quantum microscope that unlocks the magnetic secrets of very old rocks

Coronavirus affects far more than just the lungs, and doctors and researchers in the midst of the pandemic are trying to catalog—and understand—the virus’ impact on our bodies. Staff Writer Meredith Wadman joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss what we know about how COVID-19 kills. See all of our News coverage of the pandemic here, and all of our Research and Editorials here. Also this week, Staff Writer Paul Voosen talks with Sarah about quantum diamond microscopes. These new devices are able to detect minute traces of magnetism, giving insight into the earliest movements of Earth’s tectonic plates and even ancient paleomagnetic events in space. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF).




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Making antibodies to treat coronavirus, and why planting trees won’t save the planet

Staff Writer Jon Cohen joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about using monoclonal antibodies to treat or prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2. Many companies and researchers are rushing to design and test this type of treatment, which proved effective in combating Ebola last year. See all of our News coverage of the pandemic here, and all of our Research and Editorials here. And Karen Holl, a professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, joins Sarah to discuss the proper planning of tree-planting campaigns. It turns out that just putting a tree in the ground is not enough to stop climate change and reforest the planet. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF).




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Coronavirus: There’s no free lunch, says CEA on demand for big-bang stimulus

KV Subramanian said India’s GDP is likely to grow 2 per cent for the full financial year.




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Toll collections to see 13% drop due to 57-day coronavirus lockdown: CRISIL Research

With the nationwide lockdown to fight the COVID-19 pandemic restricting inter- and intra-state traffic to essential services, toll collections from build-operate-transfer (BOT) highway projects, and remittances from publicly funded projects would decline sharply in the near term, Crisil report said.




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Tax relief likely on forced residency due to Coronavirus Lockdown

Their period of overstay in India due to lockdown could be exempted, as prescribed by OECD.




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Coronavirus Creating Short-Term Delivery Delays from ARRL Headquarters




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Coronavirus: I am being harassed for breaking lockdown rules, says Manchester City’s Kyle Walker

The defender was forced to issue an apology last month after media reports that he had hosted a party at his home.




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Why Bihar is seeing a drop in coronavirus tests – even as migrant workers return to the state

Bihar’s testing rate is one of the lowest in the country.




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Coronavirus: After Abu Dhabi, Indians evacuated from Singapore and Dhaka on special flights

Air India will also bring back people from other countries including the US, UK, Bangladesh, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Philippines, UAE and Malaysia.




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Coronavirus: BMC chief transferred as Covid-19 cases in Mumbai cross 11,000

Iqbal Singh Chahal will now take over Praveen Pardeshi’s post.




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Coronavirus: Football teams will be allowed to use five substitutes to deal with fixture backlog

The International Football Association Board said in a statement that it had agreed to a proposal by Fifa for a temporary rule change to protect players.




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Coronavirus: Inter, AC Milan resume training after two-month lockdown in Italy’s epicentre

The Italian Football Federation met with the government’s technical scientific committee to discuss details of the medical protocol for a return to training.




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Coronavirus: Pune-based cricket museum buys Azhar Ali’s auctioned bat and jersey to raise funds

The Pakistan Test captain had put his bat used to score triple century in a day-night Test and Champions Trophy 2017 jersey up for auction.




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Coronavirus: Premier League should resume only after public safety is assured, says Britain minister

Premier League clubs are due to meet on Monday to discuss the latest plans for “Project Restart” – a day after an expected minor easing of coronavirus lockdown.




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Coronavirus: Players not wholly on board with proposal to resume NBA in giant quarantine zone

NBA Players Association executive director Michele Roberts told ESPN that the idea of setting up a bubble to guard against coronavirus was met with skepticism.




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Ighalo hopes his loan at Manchester United extends until coronavirus-hit Premier League season ends

The 30-year-old moved to Old Trafford from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua in January and has a contract until May 31.




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Coronavirus: Two Indians flown back from Gulf to Kerala test positive

The Centre said it will now only test severe cases of the disease before releasing patients.




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BCCI considers fielding two separate teams for matches on same day post coronavirus: Report

The board has reportedly run the idea with the coaching staff.




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‘We must learn to live with the coronavirus,’ says health ministry

The ministry said it was possible that with adherence to physical distancing norms and aggressive containment, India may never hit the peak.




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Coronavirus: Cases in India will peak by July end, but will get better, says WHO envoy

David Nabarro said India has managed to keep the virus ‘reasonably well located in specific places’ by imposing timely restrictions.




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Football: Some players are still recovering from coronavirus, says AC Milan president Scaroni

The Lombardy club returned to individual training this week and are expecting Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic to return in the coming days.




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UFC to go ahead with it’s schedule despite one of the fighter testing positive for coronavirus

The organisers said Brazilian Ronaldo Souza, who was to fight Uriah Hall on the undercard, will not take part in the event.




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NBA’s restart plan amidst coronavirus includes daily testing of players, limited locations: Reports

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver explained the plan in a conference call open to all NBA players.




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Coronavirus: Only severe cases need to be tested before discharge, says Centre in revised guidelines

Other categories of patients – including very mild, mild, pre-symptomatic and moderate cases – need not be tested before discharge, it added.




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Coronavirus: Trinamool Congress hits back at Amit Shah, claims eight trains scheduled for migrants

The Union home minister had alleged that the state government was being unjust to migrant workers by not allowing ‘Sharmik’ special trains.




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Coronavirus: Senior India hockey players to undergo online coaching course amid lockdown

The course will be attended by 32 senior men and 23 senior women core probables on May 11 and 15 respectively.




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Coronavirus: Tamil Nadu moves SC against Madras High Court order to close liquor shops

On Friday, the Madras High Court noted that there was a ‘blatant violation’ of its guidelines regulating liquor sales and ordered only online sale.




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Coronavirus: Tamil Nadu to ease lockdown restrictions in non-containment areas from Monday

The state has registered a huge increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the last few days.




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Coronavirus | Chennai-based ayurvedic pharmacist dies after drinking concoction of his own preparation

Managing Director of the firm faints after tasting the chemical




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Coronavirus | Tamil Nadu tally goes past 6,000 with 600 new cases

Chennai adds 399 patients to its total




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Apple, Google release coronavirus contact tracing APIs to select developers

The release is to encourage feedback that will help improve various features of the framework before the final rollout




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Amazon sees loss in Q2 as it forecasts $4 bn in coronavirus related costs

Internationally, the pandemic has hit Amazon the hardest in India, where the company has had to forgo sales to comply with the government restricting delivery to essential goods such as groceries




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Coronavirus has accelerated importance of AI, hybrid cloud: IBM CEO

Speaking during a keynote at the IBM's Think Digital 2020 conference, Krishna said the pace of adoption of transformation journeys by enterprises has been "compacted" into months