Month: August 2020

Passengers wearing masks wait in a queue at a bus terminus to board a bus, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease in Kolkata

COVID-19: Overpopulation Fears in India Have Spawned a Culture of Looking Away

Nayantara Sheoran Appleton 21/08/2020

India doesn't have an overpopulation problem – but the...

COVID-19 test in Srinagar

As COVID-19 Cases Continue To Climb, Srinagar Hospitals Gasp for Oxygen

Mudasir Ahmad 20/08/2020

"We hope and pray the situation doesn't worsen further."

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Is India’s Millets Policy Headed in the Right Direction?

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 20/08/2020

Despite the Green Revolution, which favoured rice and wheat,...

A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring

In Surprise Ruling, FDA Rejects American Co’s Gene Therapy for Haemophilia

Caroline Humer 20/08/2020

The company, Wall Street and doctors had expected the...

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India’s First Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Has a New Deadline. Should We Trust It?

R. Ramachandran 20/08/2020

When the PFBR becomes operational, India will enter the...

Convalescent plasma from a recovered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient at Bloodworks Northwest during the outbreak in Seattle

FDA’s Emergency Approval of Blood Plasma as COVID-19 Treatment on Hold

Reuters 19/08/2020

A group of top federal health officials, including Anthony...

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‘Didn’t Estimate Need for Liquid Oxygen’: Minister Sudhakar K. on Shortage at KIMS

Prajwal Bhat 19/08/2020

Health authorities were briefed at 4 pm on Monday...