Delhi hasn’t done enough to contain COVID-19, Centre tells Supreme Court

Affidavit lists lack of testing, beds, contact-tracing

Simply put: Log on for mid-day meal

COVID-19 lockdown hits crab farming in coastal Odisha

Prices have crashed and farmers cannot find exporters to sell their produce to

Simply put: What’s cooking in lockdown

Simply Put: Corona warriors

Simply Put: COVID-19 testing

New COVID-19 variant ‘Eris’: How bad is the new EG.5.1 variant?

There is currently no evidence to suggest that Eris is more dangerous or causes more severe disease than previous variants

A political thought for food

Global parliamentarians are forming a multilateral body to reform the agrifood system

Reinfection will be part of the pandemic for months to come. Each repeat illness raises the risk of long COVID

We would and reduce the burden of long COVID if we increased vaccination coverage and universally adopted Japanese-style regular mask use and …

Omicron: What we know so far

The recent variant of concern threatens to derail the process of normalisation across the world. Here’s a quick primer

How the COVID-19 pandemic affected North America

One of the biggest factors that resulted in the rapid spread of the infection across the continent of North America was the overconfidence and …

Smokers were never really protected from COVID, despite what early studies claimed

COVID-19 should teach us to hold extraordinary claims — about smoking, vitamin D, zinc, bleach, gargling iodine, or nebulising …

Silent pandemic needs agenda for change

The rise of antimicrobial resistance is as catastrophic as COVID-19 or climate change  

This Pride month, the LGBTQIA+ community wants to talk about healthcare, pandemic crisis

The community wants special provisions for them during the global crisis and sensitivity training for medical staff, among other things

Mass poverty is back in India

After 45 years, the world’s fastest poverty-reducing country adds the maximum poor in a year  

Interested in vaccine rollouts across Africa? Here’s a map to guide you

A map that will be updated daily, showing how many people have been vaccinated across the continent

Corporate social responsibility practices in the times of COVID-19: A study of India’s BFSI sector

Banking, finance and insurance firms must understand the areas in which the society needs action and focus on them

COVID-19: Headline management will not work

If the poor are hit today, the rich — who started this transmission in the first place in most cases — will be …

COVID-19: ‘It is easy to blame bats than to look at ourselves’

Bat expert Tigga Kingston flags societal behaviour, human prejudice amid increasing vilification of bats for novel coronavirus

Airports Authority sets new guidelines for aircraft to operate post-lockdown

Airports will have to provide a host of facilities once the lockdown lifts and passengers are allowed to fly

How COVID-19 has jammed South India’s jackfruit economy

With no harvest, contractors, farmers, transporters and labourers are suffering huge losses

COVID-19: ‘Miniscule traces’ of novel coronavirus found in Paris’ non-potable water

It is essential that wastewater and sewage workers should use standard practices, practice basic hygiene precautions, and wear personal …

Global Eco Watch: Lions cat nap on Kruger road, with South Africa in lockdown

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology  

COVID-19: Odisha’s Subarnapur sets example by treating stranded migrants with dignity

The district administration, along with non-profits is helping provide food and essentials to migrants from other districts and states

COVID19: Give-and-take ensures unhindered sugar operations in south Gujarat

Sugar production has continued in the region due to traditional interdependence, despite a complete halt in other sectors