COVID-19: Climate-related disasters impact labour more than wars

The ongoing pandemic will add to already-reduced labour productivity caused by natural disasters whose frequency has doubled since 2000  

COVID-19, climate change, inequality: Centering rights and environmental protection

Alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-induced disasters and extreme weather have continued to wreak havoc in the Global South, adding to the …

COVID-19: Patanjali drugs get go-ahead from govt but key questions unanswered

AYUSH ministry says drugs only for immunity, Patanjali claims patients’ recovery

Coronavirus update: AstraZeneca halts global vaccine trials

COVID-19 has affected 19 sectors in India that were not under stress earlier, with a total Rs 15.5 lakh crore outstanding debt; retail and …

Coronavirus update: Testing dips after rise in cases

Increase in cases in Delhi is because of ‘lackadaisical attitude’ of people, says Mahesh Verma, head of Delhi government’s …

COVID-19: Importance of ensuring safety of sanitation workers in Nashik

The city has put its efforts to combat COVID-19 by ensuring the provision of essential services to front-line workers and maintaining cleanliness

‘Save COVID generation’: Ex-world leaders, economists urge education reform

The world’s poorest children are locked out of learning, denied internet access and have lost free school meals, a lifeline for 300 million …

India’s mysterious diseases: What is NCDC doing?

There is enough evidence to show that National Centre for Disease Control on diseases is not equipped to deal with the country’s …

COVID-19 promotes innovative HIV service delivery in Cape Town

South Africa’s health services were already strained pre-COVID-19. Its disruptive impact on HIV and other health services was of obvious concern

International Youth Day: These young change-makers are transforming Hyderabad

There are many youngsters from Hyderabad trying to create meaningful solutions for big and small social and ecological problems they see around them

COVID-19 outbreak sets new challenges to psycho-social issues

The COVID-19 pandemic is preparing us to adapt to a diverse way of living with positives and major negatives that directly or indirectly affect …

A post-pandemic world is unlikely to focus on meeting need over human greed

On what grounds do the optimists look to a future in which social justice, environmental sustainability and reduced inequality are prioritised?

Good news stories from Vietnam’s second wave — from dragon fruit burgers to mask ATMs

Throughout the first and second waves, Vietnamese business people and ordinary citizens have been coming up with innovative ways to respond to …

America’s inflection point: 4 key things Africa must watch for

In today’s America there are limits to blatant appeals to racial prejudice. Donald Trump absurdly claims to have done more for African-…

COVID-19: How to avoid super-spreading events on the metro

COVID-19 hit public transit systems in New York, US and London, UK badly, causing several deaths

Will there be a middle path for affordable COVID-19 vaccines?

It is expected for COVID-19 vaccines to be classified as 'global public goods', given their development is being substantially funded by …

Why 'vaccine nationalism' could doom plan for global access to a COVID-19 vaccine

A COVID-19 vaccine will likely be the only way to return to any semblance of normal life. The COVAX initiative currently offers the best way to …

COVID-19 to push 47 mln women to poverty, widen gender gap: Report

To close the gender inequality, $48 billion will be needed, with this number potentially increasing if governments either act too late or …

COVID-19 disrupted half of 25 key health services globally: WHO report

Immunisation-outreach services were the most hit (70%), while non-communicable diseases diagnosis and treatment was the second-most impacted (69%)

Post-COVID-19: Govt has opportunity to build eco-institutionalism

Long-term planning needs standardising data to monitor environment, institutionalising climate-risk assessment

Transitioning classes into electronic gadgets: Life of students in lockdown

The idea of using digital technologies to teach students from homes was introduced to continue with education and overcome mental stress and anxiety

Do Bihar migrants have the choice to not go back to cities?

North Bihar’s unique geo-physical settings and hydro-meteorology make it one of the most vulnerable regions to environmental forces to&…

Coronavirus update: 51.5% exposed to virus in Pune, shows serosurvey

A mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 recently detected in Malaysia is more infectious, but also less deadly

Coronavirus update: Scientists criticise Russia’s vaccine announcement

The ‘Sputnik V’ vaccine has not undergone large trials to test its safety and efficacy, warn scientists

COVID-19 may push half the world’s youth into anxiety, depression: ILO

Youth fear the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 38% uncertain about future job prospects