Simply Put: India’s charge against COVID-19
Simply Put: Corona warriors
Coronavirus update: Uttar Pradesh records first death
Record 72 new cases in Maharashtra yesterday
Simply Put: COVID-19 testing
Simply Put: Corona preparedness
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
‘Sumbiotude’: A new word in the tiny (but growing) vocabulary for our emotional connection to the environment
Sumbiotude is the exact opposite of solitude: It involves contemplation and completion of a lifespan with the loving companionship of humans and …
Lateral Thoughts: We are dealing with a genius virus
The nuts and bolts of virus variants and why SARS-CoV-2 is different from other vaccine preventable viral diseases
Death of 200 chickens at Odisha farm stokes bird flu fears
Authorities have collected samples for testing and trained local poultry farmers to detect sick birds
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 warriors: How Assam’s Mishings brought agroforestry back into practice
A village in Assam escapes unemployment and food scarcity by reviving an ancient food forestry practice
COVID-19 third wave: The world is still dangerously unprepared
World enters an endless loop of disease outbreaks and remains dangerously unprepared for such crises even in third year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Residual pandemic: How India is battling long COVID
There is a huge number of people who have defeated COVID-19, but continue to suffer its debilitating long-term effects
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
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
EG.5.1 Covid variant takes off, India not at risk currently
On August 11, India has 1,505 active Covid-19 cases according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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
Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity vulnerable to future pandemics
If governments are serious about pandemic preparedness, they must support bold measures to conserve the effectiveness of antimicrobials within …
Preempting pandemics: Viral discovery is not enough to stop another contagion; here is why
Despite hundreds of novel coronaviruses being sampled, the COVID-19 pandemic grew over an order of magnitude beyond its 2003 SARS counterpart