China is recording more than 70,000 COVID-19 cases daily, a pandemic high for the country
India lost nearly 5 million people to COVID-19, says WHO; that is 10 times the official figure
Treatment for COVID-19 in Omicron wave: What to go for, what to avoid
Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Two crucial lessons for AMR on irrational antimicrobial use during COVID-19
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
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
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
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
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 Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize
Organisation awarded not just for its previous humanitarian record but also for the role it will play in the post-COVID-19 world
Stubble burning, dust from West put an end to north India’s clean air
The region had experienced clean skies during the COVID-19 lockdown, but now, particulate matters have again increased
World Rhino Day: COVID-19 keeps rhino poaching in check
According to a new report by the International Rhino Foundation, the COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be beneficial for rhinos, especially in Africa
Post COVID-19 pandemic: Hybrid-work model in the new-normal
We discuss the digital divide, but the new-normal induced by COVID-19 should make us discuss the living divide as well
COVID-19: Infection in Dutch mink farms point to ‘reverse zoonosis’
The COVID-19 outbreak has reached 12 out of 130 Dutch mink farms, according to Science
Looking back at 2020: The year we must not forget
Once upon a time there was no COVID-19; then came the last day of 2019. Exactly a year ago, on December 31, 2019, China flagged the threat with …
Creative accounting, window dressing apart Centre's COVID-19 relief package 0.5% of GDP: Jean Drèze
The Centre announced a relief package recently and a few other interim measures after the 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat COVID-19 left …