COVID-19 warriors: How one man saved a newborn abandoned by a travelling migrant

Social worker Abul Kalam Azad also helped many tired, on-the-road migrants during the initial days of the lockdown

Coronavirus update: Global death toll reaches 900,000 people

Delhi government will continue with plasma therapy to fight COVID-19, health minister says

Simply Put: COVID-19 and Sri Ram’s arrow

COVID-19: Where India stands 6 months since Modi called for lockdown

As the country marks six months since the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed, its metropolitan cities have resumed public transport and offices, …

Does coronavirus linger in the body? What we know about how viruses in general hang on in the brain and testicles

The mounting evidence suggests that SARS-CoV-2 can infect immune privileged sites and, from there, result in chronic persistent — …

Simply Put: The Great COVID-19 Race

9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be widely available in 2021

It is realistic that we will know sometime in late 2020 whether some COVID-19 vaccines are safe, exactly how effective they are and which ones …

Simply Put: Russian COVID-19 vaccine

The Ajrakh jacket (CoVest), the first COVID-19 smart clothing made in India?

Former professor at the National Institute of Design teams up with artisans to craft a jacket that can help one move around without much hassle …

Coronavirus update: India tally crosses 2 lakh

Number of active cases crossed 1 lakh mark

Simply Put: The COVID-19 show jump

Lateral Thoughts: Waiting for the vaccine?

Vaccination programmes cannot be dealt with outside the purview of public health

COVID-19 pandemic: India death toll in 9 months is 7 times what swine flu killed in a decade

India crosses five million mark in confirmed COVID-19 cases

Dangers of a nationalist vaccine

In the time of COVID-19, the Indian government has shown an embarrassing readiness to cut corners by seeking to push through a vaccination by …

Travel post COVID-19: Providing thrust to digital booking

Why e-ticketing introduced in post-globalisation era will be boon in post-COVID-19 one 

In the work-from-home battle for space, women are the reluctant nomads

Home offices, wherever they are present, are often taken by men by default when both partners are at home

Did Dharavi model work? Is it herd immunity or plain luck?

As cases mounted and the toll rose, the bylanes of Dharavi kept waiting for the system to kick in; for many, the wait never ended

Moderna’s COVID vaccine reports 95% efficacy. It means we might have multiple successful vaccines

It opens the door to the possibility we might have many successful vaccines, and be able to tailor different vaccines to people with different needs

100 days without COVID-19: How New Zealand got rid of the virus

New Zealand committed relatively early to a clearly articulated elimination strategy and pursued it aggressively

Coronavirus Update: Nearly 40,000 people have now died in India due to COVID-19

T cells can recognise some parts of coronavirus if they have been exposed to common cold, says new study

It’s easy to judge. But some people really can’t wear a mask

While we all adjust to wearing masks in public, it is important we try to assume as little as possible about others based on whether they’…

India to be 'leading manufacturer' of Russia’s 'doubtful' trial vaccine

Experts caution Indian government against hastened response; Russia researchers claim their vaccine is the best

COVID-19: Hong Kong University ‘confirms’ first case of reinfection, WHO advises caution

Whether reinfection cases existed at a population level or the Hong Kong case was an exception had to be studied, WHO said

Simply Put: Hand washing and COVID-19

Coronavirus update: 165 countries engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility

India records highest single-day spike of 32,695 cases