How COVID-19 measures have affected food safety in East Africa

Livestock and cereal farmers faced a drastic loss of demand

The wrong side of digital divide: Students in Jhabua take up odd jobs in farms, construction sites

Most of these children will never return to formal education, say experts

A third of businesses in South Asia not in operation amid COVID-19 pandemic: World Bank

Firms in South Asia witnessed an overall sales decline of 64%

Three medical innovations fuelled by COVID-19 that will outlast the pandemic

Gene-based vaccines had never been approved for humans before the coronavirus pandemic

Nature’s bounty to boost immunity at a Greater Noida village

A look at 10 medicinal plants known to enhance immunity and strengthen brain power

Coronavirus Update: After 4 mln cases in US Trump calls for putting on masks

Pandemic will worsen, US president thinks after 15 mln cases worldwide

Coronavirus update: Tamil Nadu to lock down Chennai, 3 other districts

ICMR distances itself from study suggesting November peak

Coronavirus update: Doubling rate has hastened to 10 days

ICMR starts trial for convalescent plasma as treatment

Amid COVID-19 outbreak, India imports record LNG

The pandemic has led to a reduction in demand for crude globally

Coronavirus: Older cousin MERS killed as recent as December

Years of research on SARS, MERS diseases have not helped much in dealing with COVID-19

Simply Put: Pandemic planet

2021 saw over twice as many COVID-19 cases as 2020, December worst month on record

2021 saw 1.8 times more COVID-19 deaths than 2020 

COVID-19: How useful are travel restrictions in curbing spread?

Travel bans make sense only in the beginning of a pandemic, say experts

Deaths, hospitalisation can go up due to Omicron, warns Europe’s health agency

A ‘stealth’ version of Omicron can raise risks of virus spread

COVID-19 impacted global migration trend in 2020: UN report

The number of emigrants increased to 281 million in 2020 from 272 million in 2019

Wuhan strain to Omicron: Where are we headed now?

Why has the original strain disappeared and what has replaced it?

COVID-19 update: India to grant emergency authorisation to vaccines approved by foreign regulators

No pre-approval bridging study will be required, said the Union health ministry

‘COVID-19 India reproduction number exceeds 1’

Expert tracking novel coronavirus reproduction number flags surge in cases

COVID-19 pushed 119-124 million into poverty: World Bank updates estimates

The number of pandemic-induced new poor is forecast to rise to 143-163 million in 2021

Coronavirus update: Delhi Metro resumes even as India keeps adding more than 90,000 cases a day

India added 90,802 new cases in the last 24 hours, overtakes Brazil in total case tally

COVID-19 underlines medicine interdependency, which is not good: Experts

Countries must come out of global value chain and become self-dependent, they said

Simply Put: CoVID-19 treatment

COVID-19: Government drops first hint of community transmission

ICMR epidemiology head, however, witholds details

People working fewer hours due to Long COVID, as sick days increase dramatically: ILO report

Accommodation & food services, transportation & storage among sectors that saw substantial drops in mean hours worked

WHO strongly recommends COVID-19 pill Paxlovid for high-risk populations

Paxlovid may prevent more hospitalisations than its alternatives