COVID-19: Prolonged lockdown can affect renewable energy sector
Power demand has gone down by 20-25%, affecting revenues of distribution companies
Cost of COVID-19 lockdown: Who bears the burden?
A curfew of three weeks requires more financial remedies, especially for the low-income groups
COVID-19: African economy could take up to 3 years to revive
GDP growth rate likely to decline by 3-8 percentage points, according to African ministers of finance
COVID-19 lockdown will damage more than demonetisation: Pronab Sen
DTE talks to Pronab Sen, head of the Centre's Standing Committee on Economic Statistics, to make sense of the lockdown
Coronavirus update: Bengal home secy claims community transmission in areas
The UK’s vaccine candidate and a Chinese one, both showed promising results according to research published in The Lancet
COVID‑19 will have severe impact on most SDGs: Report
Global partnerships will be essential to deal with health and socio-economic crises due to the pandemic, it says
COVID-19 pandemic sheds light on urban inequality vs mobility needs in cities
Millions who make the urban ecosystem tick live as squatters, in dense lanes and single rooms
Coronavirus Update: Asia’s growth will be lowest since 1967 due to COVID-19, says World Bank
Up to 38 million people in the region will be pushed back into poverty, according to the Bank
Coronavirus update: EU leaders reach landmark deal on COVID-19
Serum Institute of India to apply for local trials of Oxford University’s vaccine candidate in India within a week
Cities in the time of COVID-19
The current scenario underscores the need to make cities adapt and respond to threats through effective planning
Who gets to decide when the pandemic is over?
Despite a long-held wish for the pandemic to end, our findings suggest many may feel it is far from over, and that the public may disagree over …
COVID-19 resurgence: Cases rise in China, Europe and New Zealand
Hong Kong and New Zealand facing huge waves; situation in Hong Kong similar to India delta wave
Trade in tatters, Dharavi’s potter community struggles to stay afloat
As economic activity inches back to normalcy, country’s artisans continue to face a hard time
Amid COVID-19 cases, Bihar faces black fungus challenge
Controversy in Bihar as opposition politicians claim state’s declining cases results of antigen tests, not RT-PCR
Bharat Biotech will begin clinical trials of Covaxin on 2-18 age group
The clinical trials will be conducted to evaluate Covaxin’s safety and efficacy on a population group left out of India’s current …
COVID-19: You have water to wash your hands; but that is a privilege
Given the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact over the country and the globe, systems that supply water are extremely crucial for rural …
COVID-19 2nd wave: PM Modi, here are 5 things you should do right away
Surveillance and testing, field hospitals, health corps, a human touch and awareness drives can help stem the current wave of COVID-19 in India
Horn of Africa: 20 million children at risk of disease, thirst, starvation, says UNICEF
Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in more than 40 years
Climate change, conflicts & poor hygiene accelerate global cholera outbreaks
If the current trend persists, the supply of preventive vaccination will likely continue to be limited
Devil in the details: Focus on US energy department’s ‘low confidence’ in COVID lab-leak theory is must
A low confidence level generally indicates that the information used in the analysis is scant, questionable, fragmented, or that solid analytical …
How African countries coordinated the response to COVID-19: lessons for public health
Decentralisation strategies and innovation played key roles in coordination. Financing was a challenge to coordination
‘Traditional measures of pandemic preparedness don’t explain highest or lowest COVID-19 infections, mortality rates’
Erin Frame from the University of Washington, US, says trust has been shown to be valuable in keeping COVID-19 infection rates relatively …
Omicron, Delta driving 3rd COVID-19 wave in Kolkata and Bengal: Experts
Delta constitutes a large number of the current infections but Omicron will soon take over as the dominant COVID-19 variant in Kolkata and West …
COVID-19: 2 cases of Omicron detected in Karnataka, testing of contacts underway
Two males, 66 and 46 years of age, test positive for omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2; all primary and secondary contacts of both cases have been …
Omicron ‘re-infection’ raises questions about waning immunity against COVID-19. Here’s what we know
The metric being currently used to test waning immunity is an antibody test. Immunologists, however, have cautioned against an overreaction to …