There are concerns that the end of lockdowns in China will see thousands of infectious people move back into daily life without knowing they carry the virus.

With India well into week two of a 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, animal activists continue highlighting its impact on stray animals.

The famous exponent of condensed-matter physics and Nobel laureate passed away at the age of 96 on March 29, in Princeton, New Jersey.

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"During this lockdown we request the government to keep those research laboratories operational which are working at the forefront of finding a cure or managing the disease," they write.

The projections don't make much sense considering the disproportionately negative impact of extreme measures on the livelihoods of millions of Indians at the bottom of the pyramid.