India’s COVID-19 deaths higher than that reported by the government, indicate sample surveys

India’s cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 6-7 times higher than reported officially, says analysis

In most countries, excess deaths due to COVID-19 greater than leading causes of death: World Bank analyst

Pandemic hit countries even with a younger population where a milder impact was earlier assumed

Data on COVID-19 deaths in ‘model’ Gujarat may be a vast undercount: Report

There were 16,892 more deaths in 68 of Gujarat’s 170 municipalities between March 2020 and April 2021, the Reporters’ Collective found

Audit COVID-19 death from oxygen shortage: Parliamentary panel to health ministry

The report also advised expanding the genome sequencing machinery in the country & conducting studies on COVID-19 origins

Excess COVID-19 deaths: India’s statement on WHO calculation model ‘inaccurate’, say experts

Global predictive model not used for India, WHO expert says dismissing claims by health ministry

Type 1 diabetes leading cause of diabetes deaths in those below 25, easily preventable: Study

Countries with low socio-demographic indices recorded more type I diabetes deaths

Jumbo graveyard: Odisha registers 282 elephant deaths since 2018

As many as 2 Bengal tigers and 15 leopards also died in the state in the same period  

Kerala, COVID-19 management exemplar? Data on additional deaths forces rethink

Kerala government may have suppressed data regarding true number of deaths in 2021 for political reasons, say experts

Classify COVID-19 as ‘occupational disease’, trade union federation tells UK government

Section of Indian experts say the country needs to follow suit but is a long way off

Global warming caused over a third of heat-related deaths between 1991 and 2018: Study

The highest percentage of heat-related deaths caused by human-induced climate change (more than 50%) were in Iran, Kuwait, the Philippines, …

COVID-19: India’s erratic CFR makes it difficult to calculate toll over 2 years. Experts suggest alternatives

No agreement on exact number of deaths, even though it is certain that India’s CFR is one of the highest in the world

Elephant electrocution deaths: Odisha gives Rs 445 cr to power DISCOMS to prevent live wire snare

Electric wire trap poaching is a growing concern in the state; at least seven elephants have died in the last 10 months 

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Air pollution: Half of India’s death toll in these 5 states

Uttar Pradesh has the largest burden of both ambient, household air pollution 

India may have seen most COVID-19-related deaths globally — close to 5 million

Official figures show 531,843 deaths; mortality could be 10 times the reported figures, show WHO estimates 

India lost nearly 5 million people to COVID-19, says WHO; that is 10 times the official figure

Some 14.9 million people died due to COVID-19 globally; that is three times the number reported

Air pollution kills: Study counts 100,000 premature deaths in 8 Indian cities

Air pollution-related fatalities in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Surat, Pune and Ahmedabad from 2005-2018

Summer 2022: Indian cities, districts must be ready to protect vulnerable from heat stress, urges report

It is important to invest in strengthening resilience to heat, say experts at report launch

COVID-19: Who stands where as world tops 10 million cases

The world added the last million cases positive to the novel coronavitus in only 6 days — the fastest rate until now  

57 people die as heat wave sweeps Andhra Pradesh

Student dies while travelling in bus after giving exams

Coronavirus update: World adds record new cases

Global COVID-19 tally jumped by 189,077 in 24 hours — the most until date

COVID-19: Life expectancy losses in western Europe comparable to WWII

Life expectancy reduced by over 1 year in 11 countries for men and 8 for women  

Air pollution killed 116,000 Indian kids within a month of birth in 2019

Household air pollution accounted for 64% of all neo-natal deaths attributable to air pollution

Lockdowns brought down poaching rates in Africa, but rhinos still under threat

Poaching numbers went down in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown; they went up again in 2021

‘COVID-19 has become endemic in India’

The risk of a future severe wave in the country is very low, says expert