Earth Hour 2021: India should embrace clean tech that minimises environmental damage
Embracing clean tech innovations will not only help address the challenge of climate change but also bring about tremendous improvements in local …
More kids, parents want schools opened; say difficult to cope without support: Survey
Survey carried out in 20 backward districts across 10 states to study need for an inclusive approach to reopen schools
Is India's healthcare future ready? What does Economic Survey 2020-21 point at
Failure of the existing healthcare system suggests that there is a need to rethink health policy
The body’s fight against COVID-19 explained using 3D-printed models
Nathan Ahlgren, assistant professor of biology at Clark University, uses 3D-printed models to explain what proteins do in viruses, how they …
One year since we first reported on this coronavirus — what we’ve learned and still need to know
We must identify the origin of SARS-CoV-2 to prevent the continued spill-over of similar viruses into humans
What is Omisure, India’s first RT-PCR kit that identifies omicron in under 4 hours
This kit can identify omicron by targeting two regions of the spike gene, which bears heavy mutations
‘COVID-19 could have started 3-4 months before December in China’
Down To Earth speaks to Maureen Miller, infectious disease epidemiologist and medical anthropologist about the possible origins of the novel …
COVID-19: Himachal gears up to meet post-lockdown challenges
From economic relief to different use of premises to regulation of hotels, hoteliers are considering a number of options
State information commissions inactive during COVID-19: Survey
A telephone survey, conducted by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, found that this was in contrast to the Central Information Commission
MGNREGA budget cut sends wrong signal, goes against Odisha’s successful policy experiment
Collaborative MGNREGA implementation in Odisha improved livelihoods; such efforts will be discouraged by budget cut
Steroid misuse in COVID-19 patients can cause life threatening infections
Long-term use of steroids can cause a rise in blood glucose levels, which may trigger bacterial or fungal infections
Governance matters: COVID-19 pandemic shows how
India’s shame is not the virus but the fact that we do so little to provide healthcare even in normal times
Simply Put: AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
A better post-pandemic future means not giving in to COVID-19 now
Simply being tired of the pandemic is not reason to let it burn through the population
COVID-19: Africa could suffer 1.2 bln infections, 3.3 mln deaths, UN agency warns
A host of factors make the continent particularly vulnerable to the pandemic, it said
Simply Put: CoVID-19 treatment
COVID-19: Government drops first hint of community transmission
ICMR epidemiology head, however, witholds details
COVID-19: Curves that matter
Projected paths of the pandemic
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
The COVID-19 pandemic turns 3-years-old
As the pandemic enters its fourth year, it is turning endemic
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
Simply Put: The Deal
COVID-19:The world is not on the track to green recovery, finds UN report
Only 18% of recovery spending to deal with COVID-19 impact was green, the report said
Simply Put: Vaccine for a vaccine
Now, TB test recommended for COVID-19 patients in case of persisting cough
Experts hail decision as opportunity to increase detection of both COVID-19 and TB