On the road: DTE travels 500 km with returning migrants amid COVID-19 lockdown
Unplanned shutdown led thousands of India’s migrant workers to walk in the scorching summer, often on empty stomachs, in their effort to …
Banning bushmeat could make it harder to stop future pandemics
Bushmeat is popular. Consumers believe that eating wild animals is normal, respectful of traditions, medicinal and even healthy
COVID -19: Invisible policy fault lines are more by accident than design
Fractures in public policy always existed. They are now only more blatant than ever before.
COVID-19: HCQ fails in first randomised controlled trials in France, China
Both studies show significant adverse effects of the drug on moderate and serious patients
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 …
Coronavirus update: AstraZeneca halts global vaccine trials
COVID-19 has affected 19 sectors in India that were not under stress earlier, with a total Rs 15.5 lakh crore outstanding debt; retail and …
Coronavirus update: Testing dips after rise in cases
Increase in cases in Delhi is because of ‘lackadaisical attitude’ of people, says Mahesh Verma, head of Delhi government’s …
COVID-19: Importance of ensuring safety of sanitation workers in Nashik
The city has put its efforts to combat COVID-19 by ensuring the provision of essential services to front-line workers and maintaining cleanliness
‘Save COVID generation’: Ex-world leaders, economists urge education reform
The world’s poorest children are locked out of learning, denied internet access and have lost free school meals, a lifeline for 300 million …
India’s mysterious diseases: What is NCDC doing?
There is enough evidence to show that National Centre for Disease Control on diseases is not equipped to deal with the country’s …
COVID-19 promotes innovative HIV service delivery in Cape Town
South Africa’s health services were already strained pre-COVID-19. Its disruptive impact on HIV and other health services was of obvious concern
COVID-19: Livelihood of 1.6 bln informal workers worldwide at risk, warns ILO
Approximately 164 mln informal workers in Africa stuck under complete lockdown measures
Can Dexamethasone be the answer for critically ill patients
The steroid reduced fatalities in COVID-19 patients on ventilators by a third, according to findings from a clinical trial in the island nation
Who has been hit hardest by South Africa’s lockdown? We found some answers
The largest initial shocks were in mining, service sectors and non-essential industries directly affected by the lockdowns
Sub-Saharan Africa needs to plug local knowledge gap to up its anti-COVID-19 game
Given local conditions in many of Africa’s urban areas — including high density slums and informal settlements — lockdown …
COVID-19: Is govt’s Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus a relief or more stress
The details of the stimulus seem to be more loan offerings, rather than a comprehensive relief package
New Zealand’s COVID-19 budget delivers on one crisis, but largely leaves climate change for another day
Under the circumstances, the New Zealand budget’s short-term vision is not surprising
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
International Youth Day: These young change-makers are transforming Hyderabad
There are many youngsters from Hyderabad trying to create meaningful solutions for big and small social and ecological problems they see around them
COVID-19 outbreak sets new challenges to psycho-social issues
The COVID-19 pandemic is preparing us to adapt to a diverse way of living with positives and major negatives that directly or indirectly affect …
COVID-19: Here's what decentralised planning teaches us to curb pandemics
Decentralised infrastructure and services provide a range of benefits for all stakeholders
COVID-19: Why the surge in Bihar's cases
Rise in cases in the state puts spotlight on worrying trend of migrant workers reportedly crossing border without telling authorities
Odisha claims lowest rate of COVID-19 cases in the country
Odisha government launches portal for registration of migrant workers who anticipate their return to the state
Even during the coronavirus pandemic, the role of public health workers is unrecognised
Public health nurses and physicians, health inspectors and educators, laboratory technicians, epidemiologists and statisticians process tests …
COVID-19: More than thousand Nepalese migrants stranded in India during harvest time
All the migrants have only one request for authorities in Nepal: To arrange for them an entrance to their home country