COVID-19: How community platforms can help stem violence against women

Reduced availability of frontline healthcare workers  is likely, since the entire health system is focused on the novel coronavirus disease (…

COVID-19: Green policies good for economy too, says study

Environment-friendly projects create more jobs, deliver higher short-term returns per dollar and lead to an increase in long-term cost savings

COVID-19: Daily electricity demand dips 15% globally, says report

There is, however, a spike in residential demand for electricity, because of people staying and working from home

COVID-19: Indiscriminate use of azithromycin may cause more harm than good

Antibiotic use during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) needs to be guided by early diagnosis, proper characterisation of co-infections to …

COVID-19 makes summer 2020 harsh for Rajasthan’s pastoralists

Pastoralists suspend migration to other states, fodder crisis in several villages

COVID-19: Aarogya Setu app privacy concerns deepen despite govt assurance

Ravi Shankar Prasad may call app robust but hacker Elliot Alderson has raised unputdownable flags

Lasers could speed up coronavirus diagnostics

Our approach uses a technique called Raman spectroscopy to identify viruses by shining a light on a disposable cartridge that collects samples …

COVID-19: Here’s the difference between vaccines, antibodies

Vaccines are chemicals that help the body develop antibodies while antibodies are developed by the body’s immune system to fight pathogens

Bihar procures most paddy in 6 yrs, But will that help

Nitish Kumar government already has hands full; mills may not want to lift more

COVID-19: The need is to decentralise how we manage wastewater

The water crisis in India is dire: By 2030, the country’s water demand is projected to be twice the available supply

COVID-19: Slums in India provide fertile ground for outbreaks

it is near impossible for slum dwellers to practice WHO guidelines of social distancing, frequent hand-washing

Sexual and gender-based violence during COVID-19: lessons from Ebola

Sexual and gender-based violence does not begin with disasters like the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. But the chaos and …

Vishakhapatnam gas leak: What were the errors and what are the lessons

Industrial management methodologies have to be fine-tuned in line with the COVID-19 pandemic, not only to ensure safety but to function effectively

COVID-19: Why Gujarat is a worry for Bihar

Workers claim not receiving salaries from employers, not given any food by state government

COVID-19: New tool through CRISPR tech to aid quicker coronavirus tests

The technology confirms presence of viral DNA in samples faster and more accurately  

COVID-19: Centre’s financial package through DBT attracts criticism

Financial assistance given to approximately 390 million beneficiaries, says Union government, countered by experts who say stranded migrants left out

All about ACE-2 — the molecule that helps novel coronavirus invade cells

SARS-CoV-2 has a high-binding capacity for ACE2 — between 10 and 20 times more that of original SARS virus

‘Exiting COVID-19 lockdown needs robust disease surveillance’

If the virus spreads to rural areas and the Hindi heartland, we may have a peak much later, T Sundararaman, former dean at the Tata …

Coronavirus: Where are countries finding the money to mitigate economic catastrophe?

Governments are digging deep into their finances that in some instances were already under strain

COVID-19, summer season, a double blow for water issues in Odisha’s Jajpur

Villagers of the district’s Sukinda block forced to use water from contaminated sources

Prioritise safety in industry during the COVID-19 era

Recent accidents pose serious questions on claims of world-class practices in Indian manufacturing industries

Not being kept in loop: Odisha’s sarpanches on CM’s power decentralisation move

Several sarpanches who were given powers of district collectors alleged their administrative or financial roles were not spelt out clearly 

COVID-19 pandemic may drive 40-60 mln to extreme poverty: UNCTAD report

Families will be pushed deeper into poverty as the current employment decline is biggest since World War II, according to the report

What is a clinical trial? A health policy expert explains

A controlled trial means study participants are split in two groups: One group is given the treatment and the other (the control group) is not

COVID-19: Nitish Kumar orders more testing amid numerous challenges for Bihar

Kumar wants 10,000 tests for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) per day against current 1,900-2,000 daily tests