COVID-19
Coordination: The Need of the Hour in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Human history has seen many diseases caused by external agents, like rats or viruses (the 1918 Spanish flu being one… Read More
Denmark to Cull 17 Million Mink to Stop COVID-19 Spread
The Danish government is facing legal obstacles to its plan to cull all 17 million mink in the country, a… Read More
BRICS Summit in the Backdrop of COVID-19 and the US Election
On 17 November 2020, Russia will chair the 12th BRICS Summit. The initial BRIC acronym was coined by Jim O’Neill… Read More
State of India’s Poor: Learning from the Pandemic and the Way Forward
The Community-Led Local Entitlements and Claims Tracker (COLECT) initiative of Praxis has brought to light gaps in access to entitlements.… Read More
Study Underlines Link between COVID-19 and Air Pollution
As winters are arriving the Delhi/NCR region has started experiencing the problem of smog. From the past few years, it… Read More
CSIR partners with TataMD for diagnostic testing for COVID-19
Tata Medical and Diagnostics Ltd. (TataMD), the healthcare venture from Tata Group, has announced the commercial launch of TataMD CHECK,… Read More
Coronavirus-Laden Droplets can Travel Over 6 Meters: Study
Masks and physical distancing are the two weapons that can help us combat novel coronavirus. In view of upcoming festive… Read More
Durable Prefabricated Isolation Centre cum Hospital Facility Inaugurated
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has paved way for the establishment, development and enhancement of many health facilities. In this… Read More
Sanitation and Mortuary Workers: How COVID-19 Adds to Existing Vulnerabilities?
Sanitation workers in India face multiple marginalisation and vulnerabilities. This is because these workers have to face both biases—caste as… Read More
Economical COVID-19 Test ‘COVIRAP’ Gets ICMR Certification
RT-PCR for detecting COVID-19 is a standard test. The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-Kharagpur) has developed a diagnostic machine… Read More