COVID-19: Expect a million deaths in India by August 1

India’s COVID-19 cases are 20 times more than officially declared  

COVID-19’s cost

The socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on Africa has been more severe compared to the rest of the world

COVID-19 immunity: Treading turbulent waters

We constantly hear of pills and food supplements that we must consume or lifestyle changes we must inculcate to boost our immune system. …

Being humans: How do we look back at COVID-19 lockdown a year since

What has the disruption taught us? Has the lack of socialisation made us better humans or worse? What will the future be like when we have more …

COVID-19 pandemic & children: Long-term impacts warrant concern

The physical and psychological effects of the pandemic pose major threats to children’s development

Year(s) of the virus: Things we must not forget

The sheer power of the virus, our collective callousness, the sufferings of the working class... there are lessons to be learnt …

Troubled interiors: How COVID-19 second wave has struck deep in heartland India

The second wave saw COVID-19 spread beyond urban centres, infecting rural and tribal populations. DTE examined 16 severely hit districts on how …

State of India’s Environment In Figures: Rural India worst hit by COVID-19 second wave

In May, over half of daily global cases happened in India on six days — triggered due to the surge in cases in rural districts  

Here’s where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

HIV remains a major global public health challenge and the COVID-19 pandemic has added to it

COVID-19 December guidelines: Offices in areas with 10% positivity rates should stagger timings

Home ministry issues norms for December amid surge in pandemic; states can now fine you for not wearing masks

COVID-19 aftershocks: This is an economic collapse triggered by a health crisis

Mehrotra is visiting professor, Centre for Development, University of Bath, UK, and former economics professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

Lateral Thoughts: We are dealing with a genius virus

The nuts and bolts of virus variants and why SARS-CoV-2 is different from other vaccine preventable viral diseases  

COVID-19 warriors: How Assam’s Mishings brought agroforestry back into practice

A village in Assam escapes unemployment and food scarcity by reviving an ancient food forestry practice

Centre’s Rs 64,000 cr plan for future pandemics: What does it consist of?

New policy aimed at improving tertiary care, diagnostics and surveillance; it will supplement National Health Mission, says government

Life or livelihood: COVID-19 second wave puts up tough choice for Himachal farmers

Farmers caught between life and livelihood as second wave coincides with the year’s only farming season

India’s deep economic paralysis just set in

Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, India enters into a situation that currently looks unimaginably distressed.

When schools rose to the challenge of COVID-19

Schools provide the required emergency infrastructure and function more than learning ecosystems; Long-term investments in schooling …

October unemployment rate up slightly but stays below 7%

Rate climbs to 6.98% from 6.67% in September; Haryana, Rajasthan figures continue to remain high despite widespread relaxations from lockdown months

Coronavirus: Country comparisons are pointless unless we account for these biases in testing

When statistics are communicated at press conferences or in the media, their limitations should be explained and any relevance to the individual …

Cut off amid CVID-19 lockdown: How a positive case next door changes the way I live

One of the latest novel coronavirus positive case in Delhi is at Kalkaji — a house away from mine

Women less likely to receive COVID-19 relief from government: UN Women report

At least 29% of working mothers living with children lost their jobs compared to only 20% of working men living with children; single women …

COVID-19 second wave throws up unique problems in Arunachal Pradesh

The sparsely populated state of various tribal lineage across a challenging topography stretches administration even as …

New alphabets: How kids in Rayagada, Kalahandi continued learning amid COVID-19

Children in two of India’s poorest districts continue their education as communities convert open spaces into schools, rope in youths as …

COVID-19: How do things look 6 months since it all started

India did not get its 1st novel coronavirus positive case before end-January; But the situation has escalated to much worse

Reporter’s diary amid COVID-19: The long walk home

As india witnesses its largest movement of workers, Down To Earth’s Vivek Mishra walks with them for over 500 km, chronicling the crisis. …