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My little lime tree has been completely stripped off its leaves. My neighbour Rita and I have decided that human hands have been at the bottom of this misdeed. Does somebody in my block think that these lime leaves will keep away the coronavirus ? Quite Possible. People, I hear are sniffing cut onions and leaving sliced onions... 

Supplies of everyday medicine, think pain-reliever paracetamol, face a threat. India one of the world’s largest exporter of drugs, relies on China for 70% of its raw pharmaceutical ingredients. The Indians are not getting the ingredients because of China’s very responsible attitude of lock-down in response to the Wuhan virus,... 

The World Health Organisation has declared that the Coronavirus is a pandemic with the implications that the world is going to face the horrifying threat of existential devastation. Singapore seems to be handling the crisis well, a credit to the self-centred PM Lee Hsien Loong and his cohort of mercenary minsters. They are probably...