Is 49-day lockdown necessary to stop coronavirus resurgence?

Two Indian-origin researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK have come up with a new mathematical model that predicts a flat 49-day nationwide lockdown -- or sustained lockdown with periodic relaxation extending over two months -- may be necessary to prevent COVID-19 resurgence in India.

Do you know, Water is one of the biggest reasons India's poor need to leave home every day?

Sia, a slum dweller and migrant construction worker in Gurugram, near New Delhi, wakes up at 5 a.m. and defies Modi's call to stay indoors. The reason? She needs to walk 100 meters (328 feet) to a water tank that serves her slum of 70 migrant construction workers.

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Do you think India’s low number of Coronavirus cases could be because limited testing and the actual figures of infected people may be higher? (nearly 18 tests per one million people)

India performed 18 tests for one million population, Italy performed 5,268 tests per million of the population, UK has performed 1,469 tests per million people. South Korea 6,931 tests per million people, United States 1,280 per million of population.

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Fast eating can lead to health problems?

Being fast and furious while eating helped nobody. In fact, not chewing your food properly can make you gain weight and lead to digestion problems.

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Are you happy with EMI/Loan repayment moratorium?

While customers of some banks must opt in for the relief, others will be automatically eligible for it, Banks will recover the cost once the moratorium is over, resulting in higher EMIs or increasing the tenure if the person can’t afford higher EMIs

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People are going to shop the same way they did after this is CoronaVirus over?

"We're all going to be starting over after this," Reddix told Al Jazeera. "I'm scared whether I can financially handle this. And being in retail, I worry whether people are going to shop the same way they did after this is over."

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Do you know from Today 10 PSU Banks to be Merged?

10 PSU Banks to be Merged From Today: All You Need to Know, The customers of the 10 banks will be treated as the customers of the banks their banks got merged with. Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will be merged into Punjab National Bank. Syndicate bank will be merged with Canara Bank, Indian bank will be merged with Allahabad Bank, Union Bank of India will be merged with Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Uco Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Punjab and Sind Bank, Bank of India, Central Bank of India will remain the independent banks. The customers of the 10 banks will be treated as the customers of the banks their banks got merged with. Punjab National Bank will become the second-largest lender after the merger. The first is the State Bank of India.

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