Adoptions but also abuse: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals

When it comes to animals, not only do we need to look and watch. We need to really see

Simply Put: Whose protocol is it anyway?

Delhi serosurvey says novel coronavirus infected 6 mln; how do we read this?

There’s more to be done before betting on herd immunity

Simply Put: The art of governance

Coronavirus update: World tally crosses 8 mln

Everyday, 100,000+ new cases being added

COVID-19: How did Gujarat become second worst-affected state?

Routine flow of visitors from Mumbai, Indore was overlooked, sources said 

COVID-19: Losses stoke fear among Bengal’s betel leaf farmers

More than 1.5 mln betel leaf farmers stare at losses in the state

COVID-19 lockdown: Odisha’s mahua flower collectors left in lurch

The state’s tribal economy intrinsically runs on mahua flower trade in summers

COVID-19: How will India plan its lockdown exit?

The PM has directed all chief ministers to devise a common exit strategy 

COVID-19: Odisha villages tense amid returning migrants

Villagers now demand health check-ups of the returning workers

Zika virus declared ‘Public Health Emergency’ by WHO

The virus has been related to microcephaly and other neurological disorders in newborns

Simply Put: COVID toppers

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

20 million Americans took to the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970

Burundi reports polio outbreak for the first time in 30 years

The vaccine-linked virus was detected in 3 children and 5 wastewater samples

Simply Put: Defaming the government

India lost 100,000 people to COVID-19 in May alone

Over a third of the country’s total deaths of 315,235 occurred in May

Simply Put: The closer you get...

Growing COVID-19 infection among children a concern in Odisha: Sources

Of the total cases registered between March 1 and May 16, 8% were among those under 18

COVID-19 wreaks havoc in Odisha’s Nuapada; families left destitute

Between April 1 and May 3, 87 people have died in the district bordering Chhattisgarh

Simply Put: Magic box of COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 Update: Centre to import medical oxygen from abroad

Centre orders industrial oxygen to be used in hospitals

COVID-19 in India: Less than half the tests are RT-PCR

We are witnessing third spike in Delhi which is bigger than the second one: ICMR D-G

Simply Put: The Great COVID-19 Race

Simply Put: Russian COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19: Tedros accepts proposal to ‘evaluate’ WHO's response

US Secretary of Health rebukes WHO, China at World Health Assembly