Much like COVID-19, when WHO procrastinated, FAO too is “considering”when to declare the locust upsurge as a plague
COVID-19: Power sector could kick-start halted economy, say experts
Lessons from COVID-19 on reducing India's environmental pollution
How to stall COVID’s march in rural India
Sparse monsoon 2021: Should Gujarat prepare for drought?
Amid a derailing COVID-19 pandemic, after Cyclone Tauktae devastation, comes a deep deficit in rainfall
GST collection for June 2021 below Rs 1 lakh crore
While GST collection is expected to increase from July onwards, a third wave of COVID-19 could again reduce it
Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Two crucial lessons for AMR on irrational antimicrobial use during COVID-19
Antibiotic misuse was more in strained healthcare systems such as India during COVID-19 than in high-income countries
India’s major COVID-19 website shuts, another comes up in its place
The new website, www.incovid19.org, will collate COVID-19 data across India
India is reeling under hunger. Will government intervention during COVID-19 help?
Data on nutrition status during COVID-19 could help improve future nutrition programmes in India
COVID-19: What is the newly launched antibody cocktail therapy
The cocktail therapy claims to reduce hospitalisation and death in COVID-19 patients by 70 per cent
‘Double mutant’ COVID-19 variant colonises lungs directly, evades RT-PCR: Experts
The so-called ‘Bengal variant’ of COVID-19 seems to have reached a plateau, say medical experts
Kumbh returnees test positive for COVID-19 in Odisha
Odisha to implement weekend shutdown, stop religious congregations to prevent spread of COVID-19
Timing and geography of COVID-19 spike in Bengal point to elections: Experts
Bengal districts polling later have been seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases which hints at the role of the elections, experts said
World not on track to reduce suicide mortality rate by 2030 : WHO
While COVID-19 has increased mental stress globally, a new WHO report shows a crisis was already in place in 2019
India lost nearly 5 million people to COVID-19, says WHO; that is 10 times the official figure
Some 14.9 million people died due to COVID-19 globally; that is three times the number reported
WHO: Global health systems have started showing signs of post-pandemic recovery
Most countries have made strides in incorporating COVID-19 services into routine health service delivery
COVID-19 vaccine update: Can boosters stave off new variants in India as cases rise?
CoWIN platform doesn’t allow registration for a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose so far
Can China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy survive in the face of citizen protests, infectious variants?
China is recording more than 70,000 COVID-19 cases daily, a pandemic high for the country
Treatment for COVID-19 in Omicron wave: What to go for, what to avoid
Experimental therapies used to treat COVID-19 in India’s first two waves should not be used this time, warn doctors
Odisha records single-day spike of 2,267 new COVID-19 cases on April 13
Odisha, which last recorded 2,000 COVID-19 cases in October last year, again sees spike
Sacred super-spreader: Kumbh Mela begins amid second wave of COVID-19
Down To Earth captures the sights, sounds and the violations of COVID-19 rules at the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar
Odisha CM rules out lockdown, shutdown, but urges people to take masks seriously
Let masks be Odisha’s most important safeguards during second wave of COVID-19, Naveen Patnaik says
COVID-19: Spike in infections, new variant raise worry in South Africa
The new variant is now dominant, responsible for 99 per cent of all positive COVID-19 cases in the country
Some 2.64 million Malawians face acute food insecurity between January and March: Report
Erratic weather patterns as well as job losses due to COVID-19 major factors behind shortages
World economy in 2021: here’s who will win and who will lose
The big winners are likely to be countries like China and South Korea that succeeded in suppressing COVID-19 early