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covid-19 pandemic
Farrukh Dhondy | New UK crisis: Chicken tikka masala at risk as prices rise!
Of course, one should be concerned about the thousands of jobs that will be lost if a sizeable number of restaurants close
18 Feb 2022 11:40 PM
Patralekha Chatterjee | Don’t let hopes fall: Make jobs Budget’s top priority
In the pandemic’s third year, jobs must be the top priority. It’s not enough to depend on any trickle-down theory
28 Jan 2022 11:05 PM
Centre likely to issue advisory on reopening schools soon: Sources
Ever since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have remained by and large shut
28 Jan 2022 8:26 AM
K.C. Singh | How absolutist policy can make a nation less secure
Taking the cue from Jia, one needs to ask whether viewing the region through the prism of 'absolute national security' is any longer useful?
24 Jan 2022 11:47 PM
COVID-19 cases rose by more than 50%, deaths stable, says WHO
Last week, WHO noted a pandemic record high of 9.5 million new infections in a single week
12 Jan 2022 4:40 PM
Shashi Warrier | How I made peace with my scooter and my life
I tried lots of popular scooters, and they all seemed the same: small and light and cramped, with my knees hitting the apron if braked hard
02 Jan 2022 2:25 AM
Facebook executive blames society, not social networks for COVID-19 misinformation
Facebook's Andrew Bosworth noted that free speech can sometimes be dangerous, but democracy must be able to tolerate it
13 Dec 2021 2:52 PM
COVID-19 pandemic pushed over half a billion into extreme poverty: UN report
The pandemic also triggered the worst economic crisis since the 1930s
13 Dec 2021 9:31 AM
Two unmanned missions to be launched before flying Gaganyaan by end of 2022: Minister
Chandrayana got delayed due to the pandemic and maybe it will be launched by next year, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said
09 Dec 2021 4:12 PM
Rukmini Banerji and Wilima Wadhwa | Covid effect: Changes in schooling of rural India
The drop in private school enrolment was accompanied by more children not being in school rather than a shift to government schools
01 Dec 2021 1:30 AM
India opens up for foreigners for first time since pandemic began
To encourage travellers to visit India, the government is also planning to issue five lakh free visas through next March
16 Nov 2021 1:26 AM
China’s wildlife is a pandemic ‘waiting to happen,’ study finds
A comprehensive survey of viral pathogens has found they harbor a range of diseases threatening humans and other animals
13 Nov 2021 1:59 PM
COVID-19: Centre issues revised guidelines for international arrivals in India
The order further directed the in-flight crew to ensure that COVID appropriate behaviour is followed at all times
20 Oct 2021 7:23 PM
Highest post-pandemic domestic air traffic seen on Sunday: Scindia
The Centre had suspended all scheduled domestic flights from March 25, 2020, to May 25, 2020, as part of the coronavirus-induced lockdown
18 Oct 2021 3:06 PM
India permits to operate domestic airlines with 100 pc capacity from Oct 18
Currently, the seating capacity in airlines is restricted to 85 per cent
12 Oct 2021 5:02 PM
US woman who survived 1918 flu, world war succumbs to COVID
The flu pandemic killed about 675,000 Americans — a death toll eclipsed this month by the 2020-21 coronavirus pandemic
01 Oct 2021 11:38 AM
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana | Digital equity for all ages: A success story in Asia-Pacific
Asia and the Pacific is home to the largest number of older persons in the world -- and rapidly ageing
01 Oct 2021 1:26 AM
Political parties should set example, avoid gatherings: CM Uddhav Thackeray
We should set an example for people by observing discipline, said Thackeray, who heads the Sena
07 Sep 2021 8:54 PM
Chandrakant Lahariya | Why primary schools should be the first to resume classes
The individual benefits are in terms of better jobs and increased family earning in the future
01 Sep 2021 1:52 AM
COVID-19: India gifts medical oxygen plant to Nepal
The embassy said the Indian government will continue to stand with Nepal and its people in fighting the pandemic
26 Aug 2021 3:44 PM
Columns
China’s 'loan and own' strategy seems to have backfired in this piece of paradise which lies in the Indian Ocean
Perhaps the Sue Gray report should be labelled 'fifty shades of shame'
For a party in serious need of repair, this is a fair enough start, though clearly more needs to happen
The move has created a gap of six years between parallel ranks in the IAS and IPS, and IPS officers are upset at this 'unprecedented' order