Cyclone Yaas is predicted to strike Bengal, which is recording 20,000 COVID-19 cases daily, on May 26
No medical staff, equipment in ‘model’ state Gujarat’s villages, as COVID-19 wreaks havoc
Where are the vaccines for UP’s May 1 COVID-19 vaccination drive
What steps must be taken to secure oxygen – for COVID-19 patients and into the future
Will MGNREGA help again? Rs 1,387 crore pending in wages
Migrant workers are returning to their home states again as COVID-19 pandemic lashes out brutally at several urban centres
Kumbh amid COVID-19: Protocol sinks as over 3 million take a dip
Down To Earth tracked developments from Haridwar as a sea of humanity bathed in the Ganga amid the second surge of COVID-19
Can vaccines become as cheap as generics?
Unlike with drugs, freeing up patents will not make it any easier to manufacture vaccines for COVID-19, says Cipla’s Hamied
New sublineages of Omicron’s BA.2 detected in India: How the virus has evolved over time
Sublineages might be behind recent rise in COVID-19 cases
Making COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: Advances and sustainability issues
Demand, market for locally produced vaccines critical for sustainability of 15 COVID-19 vaccines manufacturing facilities
Shanghai reports 3 Covid-19 deaths in latest Covid outbreak, over 22,000 cases
These latest deaths have taken the overall COVID-19-related deaths in Mainland China to 4,641, an official toll much smaller than many other countries
Rise in atrocities against forest-dwellers during COVID-19 crisis, flags report
Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs should create a COVID-19 response cell to monitor issues and provide support, it said
‘Passionate strategy needed to mitigate malnutrition due to lockdown’
Down To Earth talks to experts, William Joe and SV Subramanian, about the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on child malnutrition
COVID-19 has cost sub-Saharan Africa 13.5 million jobs in working hour losses: ILO
Nearly 5 million workers and their families in sub-Saharan Africa have been pushed into extreme poverty due to COVID-19, ILO says
COVID-19: India now has 21 cases of Omicron
Nineteen persons tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 December 4 and 5
Why breastfeeding is crucial for building nutritional foundation beyond infancy
Breastfeeding is at the core of infant nutrition. But mothers in rural areas are avoiding it due to COVID-19 fears
Gender bias at workplace: 4 in 5 women miss out on raise, promotion, finds survey
Women were disproportionately impacted during COVID-19 pandemic; more than a fifth said they experienced ‘favourable bias’ at work
The struggle to get inclusive education to south Odisha’s tribal children
Already marginalised, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on tribal groups, especially children in Koraput; but civil society is trying its best to …
Preempting pandemics: Viral discovery is not enough to stop another contagion; here is why
Despite hundreds of novel coronaviruses being sampled, the COVID-19 pandemic grew over an order of magnitude beyond its 2003 SARS counterpart
COVID-19: Lessons from past epidemics, natural disasters
India has a robust legal framework for disaster management, yet there are gaps in response and preparedness to fight COVID-19 outbreak
COVID-19: India trips on its patent waiver proposal
New Delhi has not backed its WTO proposal to suspend intellectual property rights on COVID-19 pharma products with robust action
Hospitals in Bihar run out of space as hundreds of children admitted with fever
Most health experts have said the hundreds of children admitted to hospitals in Bihar not COVID-19 positive or infected with Acute Encephalitis …
Clean energy: India should deepen its global partnerships on critical minerals
COVID-19, coupled with Russia’s war on Ukraine, disrupted the supply chains of critical minerals; global partnerships are the way out
The Pandemic Year: Lockdown pushes India’s poverty levels
A five-part series as India marks a year of the dreaded COVID-19 lockdown: We look at how the pandemic became a double burden for the poor in India
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, ACT Accelerator face cash crunch
ACT Accelerator needs $22.1 billion in 2021; COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund $1.96 billion
Can COVID-19 pandemic help India foster rural livelihoods and build resilient villages?
The shift of balance created by COVID-19 has revealed that urban centres, while important, need not be the sole creator of jobs or economic …