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Among the states affected by the second wave of Covid-19, Uttar Pradesh exemplifies the mix of incompetence and callousness that has characterised the Indian state response to the crisis the most. UP is witnessing some of the most brutal effects: No oxygen, no ventilators, no hospital beds, shortage of medicines, overcrowded crematoriums and cemeteries, and black marketeers.
It was the best teacher who usually became the school principal and the best professor the head of a college. In hospitals, the best doctor was made the dean. It was as though these institutions did not need specialised management. In the bargain, the best teacher or doctor got lost in the labyrinths of administration not really knowing what to do.
The Indian variant of SARS-CoV-2 (B1.617) causes worse lung disease in hamsters than earlier versions of the coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research has said in a new study days after the Union Health Ministry described it as a “variant of concern".
India's reputation as the "pharmacy of the world" has been bruised by COVID vaccine shortages. However, vaccinating people in developing countries largely depends on getting Indian production back on track.
Mental health has often been looked at with distrust; if we cannot “see” the problem that exists, can it really exist? With the pandemic, this visual might have changed. According to Women and Child Development Ministry, there were more than two lakh distressed calls registered by the government’s helpline from April 2020 to June 2020 when emergency lockdown due to Covid-19 was announced in India.
Employment in the manufacturing sector has sharply declined and has become nearly half of what it was, according to a bulletin by the Centre for Economic Data and Analysis at Ashoka University and the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. The bulletin focussed on seven sectors which make up 99% of employment in the country.
The coronavirus wave that plunged India into the world’s biggest health crisis has the potential to worsen in the coming weeks, with some research models projecting that the death toll could more than double from current levels.
India initially seemed like it might make it through the pandemic relatively unscathed, with a strict lockdown from March 25 to May 31 saving it from the first wave of the virus last spring.
Jharkand girl Seema Kumari , 17, daughter of illiterate parents working as subsistence farmers made headlined after securing a full scholarship from Harvard University. She gained prominence as Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra tweeted a congratulatory message.
BW Techtors associated with BW Disrupt was organized by BW Business World on the 23rd of April, 2021. The virtual summit was organized to discuss the new trends in technology and how they are affecting and changing our workspaces, changing the way of doing business, and as well as our way of life. The day was filled with various panel discussions which were informative and insightful.
Professor Gautam Menon was more reluctant to put a precise figure to the daily deaths, when the surge reaches its peak, but did agree to put a ballpark figure. He said it should be double the present daily death rate which is just over 3,500. That suggests that at the present surge’s peak in mid-May daily deaths will be probably around 7,000.
Chancellor of Ashoka University and eminent historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee speaks in Guwahati on the imminent threats to some fundamental features of our democracy.
Over 300 scientists from across India, including renowned names like Prof LS Shashidhara (Professor of Biology, IISER Pune and Ashoka University) and Prof Partha Majumder (National Science Chair, Government of India), have requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to open access to various data in order to transparency in COVID-19
As the second wave of Covid-19 infections sweeps across India and efforts are underway to bring the worrying situation under control, experts have flagged concerns that the scale of the surge could have been prevented.
“I was waiting at the Ladies Hostel at the University of Hyderabad for a friend, when a security guard threatened me,” says Aruvi, a student at the university. “She said I was not supposed to be there as it’s a ladies’ hostel,” the transgender student recalls, adding that she was humiliated by the guard.