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As the number of cases of the novel Coronavirus in India rise to 29, we ask Dr Arvind Lal, Chairman and Managing Director of Dr Lal PathLabs, how dangerous is the virus and are India's systems in place to deal with this virus.

Major General Dr Madhuri Kanitkar, former Dean of Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, has been promoted to the second-highest rank of Lt General in the Indian Army. She is the third woman officer to bag this position. We speak to her about how she feels about being promoted to this position. She also talks about what she feels about women in combat role.

As more coronavirus positive cases get detected in India, the Prime Minister got involved tweeting that he has had an extensive review with a number of ministries and state government. He also urges citizens not to panic. India has barred travelers from Italy, Iran, South Korea, Japan with visas issued on/before today. Many Indian students are also stuck in Iran and Italy, as they cannot come back to India, as their tickets were cancelled after positive tests of coronavirus in those countries. Tonight, we are discussing what are the steps that the government is taking to deal with coronavirus. And what are we doing about Indian students who want to come back to India and stranded in foreign countries?

Air India has now appealed to 110 passengers onboard a flight from Vienna to Delhi on February 25 in which one of the passengers tested positive for the coronavirus. Crew members on the flight have been placed in self quarantine. This passenger was not screened upon arrival in Delhi because Austria was not seen to be a country with a serious coronavirus threat. Tonight, we ask the Delhi Health Minister, Satyendar Jain, isn't it time to start screening the passengers at the airports? Also, Satyendar Jain shares precautionary steps for people to follow, to try and protect themselves from getting infected.

We speaks to WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan about the coronavirus outbreak in India. She says as the threats posed by coronavirus can't be ignored, people need not panic and definitely not spread wrong information about it to others.

The parliament was back in session on Monday, and the opposition went on the offensive over the violence in Delhi, demanding answers from the government. The centre, however, refused to have any discussion until "normalcy" returns. The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a plea seeking police cases for hate speech against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, Parvesh Verma and Abhay Verma. The petitioners have said a court in Delhi has posted the matter six weeks later and that the matter was urgent.

Trinamool Congress's Derek O'Brien tells NDTV that the people of West Bengal trust Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and also hit out at Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he is unfamiliar with history and BJP is spreading bigotry.

46 people have died in violence in Delhi under Home Minister Amit Shah's watch. The Home Minister was in Bengal today, launching BJP's poll campaign. Party workers at the rally were seen in video shouting hate slogans. Isn't it worrisome that hate speech has reached Kolkata? We discuss.

Days after violence in northeast Delhi, a group raised objectionable slogans at Delhi Metro's Rajiv Chowk metro station. The latest "goli maaro" slogan-raising comes weeks after hate speeches were made by several politicians before assembly polls. Tonight we discuss- were all the signs leading to the Delhi riots were ignored?

Within hours after Justice Muralidhar and his fellow judge expressed anguish at no FIRS being registered against the hate speeches by 3 BJP leaders, the case was transferred and his marching orders came abruptly via this late night transfer order. The timing of this transfer has been questioned nationwide. Meanwhile, the government defended the decision saying it took consent of the 3 judges. Also the High Court today gave a month's time to centre seeking an update on the action taken. Tonight on LRC we ask that why has justice been delayed by taking no action against hate speeches?