COVID-19 second wave: SBI slashes FY22 GDP growth estimate to 7.9%

India’s economic recovery will be ‘W-shaped’ instead of ‘V-shaped’ as was anticipated earlier, the bank said.  

COVID-19 second wave: Rural demand may be hit despite normal monsoon

Out-of-pocket expenses on health in rural areas may push millions into poverty, warn experts

COVID-19 among Dongriya Kondhs: 4 test positive

Their economy hit; several unable to go out to sell crops and other produce due to COVID-19 fear

COVID-19: Dip in milk sales leave 1.5 million farmers in the lurch in Odisha

Several milk purchasing firms have either stopped lifting milk products or reduced the share of products they used to buy following a two-week …

‘SUTRA modellers’ claim of India reaching herd immunity last September was wrong’

Down To Earth speaks to Ashoka University Professor Gautam Menon as to why the Union government’s model, SUTRA, failed to predict the …

COVID-19: Rural Gujarat screaming for help, but who’s listening

Lack of COVID-19 testing and medical personnel has led to chaos and turmoil in Gujarat’s rural areas

COVID-19 Surge: The battle to save lives amid scarce resources

Community health experts and microbiologists in Karnataka suggest the second wave wasn’t unexpected but the quantum was not assessed …

Is India's public health infrastructure ready to tackle the second COVID-19 wave? Here's what data says

Government hospitals in Maharashtra added just 672 ICU beds between April 2020 and January 2021

COVID-19 update: India overtakes Brazil as 2nd worst-hit country

A few government and private hospitals will again be converted into fully COVID-19 facilities, said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

COVID-19 second wave: Workers from Bihar return home fearing lockdown

They are wary of a repeat of last year’s situation when thousands of them had to walk back home

How COVID-19 startled Rwanda that seemed to have it under control

Rwanda's efforts to tackle the first wave of infections were recognised internationally 

COVID-19 second wave in Africa more severe than first, confirms study

The continent may face a third wave as well, cautions a new study

Warmer weather may not control COVID-19 resurgence, warns WMO

Government intervention important in containing the pandemic in 2021 as well, the report says

Caught in second COVID-19 wave? What signs of surge in new entrants mean

COVID-19 cases are being reported in large numbers from districts that had so far been mildly hit by the pandemic