covid-19 pandemic

Forest fires in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil

UN Urges Nations to Spend More on Species Protection as New Pact Talks Begin

David Stanway 11/10/2021

One pledge the UN is pushing is for countries...

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Why the New Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission Does Not Bode Well

Dr Sylvia Karpagam 10/10/2021

Unlike what devotees of the ruling party believe, we...

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi

With COVID-19, India Experienced Its Greatest Mortality Crisis Since Independence

Murad Banaji and Aashish Gupta 05/10/2021

According to a new analysis, excess deaths rise and...

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Central Team to Visit Mizoram Soon Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases: Official

The northeastern state on Friday reported 1,170 new COVID-19...

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When You Go Back to School, Remember to Ask ‘How’ You Will Learn, Not ‘What’

Gopal Midha 30/09/2021

The objectivity of educational assessments is a myth, and...

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Should Work on the Coronavirus in Wuhan Be Considered ‘Gain-of-Function’ Research?

Charles Schmidt 28/09/2021

In the most basic sense, gain-of-function research refers to...

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When a Virus Strikes, Can the World Pause Its Wars?

Madeline Drexler 10/09/2021

In the 17 months since António Guterres linked the...