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Would a one-size-fits-all booster policy be a sound decision in the long run?
Multiple social issues, such as rising crimes, poverty and lack of education have made it difficult to contain the spread of the pandemic and spread a
India has achieved better Covid-19 vaccine coverage than most other countries in its income class, aided mainly by domestic production capacity and the government’s decision to offer the vaccines to the adult population for free. There are stark sub-national differences, however, in the pace and coverage of the vaccine rollout. This special report tells the story of the district of Raigarh in Chhattisgarh—one of the low-income, Empowered Acti
The success of the Integrated COVID Campus in Mahasamund underscores the importance of a dedicated and integrated approach in the face of global pande
Cancer patients must learn to treat the post-COVID-19 world as a ‘new normal,’ and remain focused on what they need to do to manage their illness
Ultimately, the power of example counts, and the Chinese has matched this with an extremely sophisticated, worldwide propaganda and misinformation cam
As China witnesses a resurgence of COVID cases, the question that arises is whether China’s authoritarian system is jeopardising its struggle agains
The Chinese outreach in West Asia has been arguably subtle and careful.
China’s policy narratives against the COVID-19 in the initial stages adopted a denial crisis strategy to deal with the reputational damage.
China’s inability to control the sudden spike in COVID cases has exposed the limitations of its zero-COVID policy
China’s mere 1.2% projected GDP growth for 2020 will undoubtedly pose problems for its recently declared defence budget, possibly leaving other crit
What is needed most at this critical juncture is to strengthen coordination between the federal, provincial and local level governments by keeping the
COVID-19 has demonstrated how copyright acts as a barrier in accessing educational material
It may be more useful to discern the outstanding issues with global health governance, and revamp WHO’s powers to improve surveillance and complianc
In coming weeks, the battleground in all probability, could be the LoC and the villages dotting the vicinity.
As South Asia faces an increasingly complex and expanding disaster risk landscape, the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the systemic gaps in risk management. There is a need for a paradigm shift in disaster risk reduction—from a single-hazard, single-sector perspective to a multi-hazard, multi-sectoral, and systemic risk perspective supported by parallel risk financing measures. This brief examines the current gaps in the efficient operatio
With a very high population density, India has to prevent the virus from reaching vulnerable populations through a systematic approach.
An analysis of how the DHIS2 open-source platform was used in Sri Lanka, Norway, and Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic
The accelerated digital transformation has provided India and Australia with ample opportunities to work together and in collaboration with other like
Every time the government uses an e-governance technology, it results in more efficiency, lesser costs, lesser manpower requirement and lesser physica
While India has numerous policies for social security when it comes to education, healthcare, skilling, food security and pensions — most of these s
As long as you have any member of society, any demographic group, who is not seriously trying to get to the endgame of suppressing this, it will conti
Guidelines on public mobility may be needed to control community transmission. However, when this is carried out in a manner that evokes fear without
The European Union response to the pandemic shows that while the crisis has significantly challenged the multilateral system, cooperation and EU co-le
The incapability of processing grief after the death of loved ones during COVID-19 has showcased the need to address shortcomings in the mental health
Many would not have imagined fake news becoming a major menace in the time of life-threatening pandemic. Yet, this has become business as usual in Ind
The global pandemic has hit amid the 70th anniversary mark for relations and affected perceptions and realities in ties.
As the COVID-19 infection rate continues to increase in the United States (US), this brief examines the country’s social protection system and compares it to those of other rich OECD countries. It argues that implementing basic social protection measures in a time of crisis such as this, may be costly both in resources and time. While addressing immediate needs imposed by the public health emergency is priority, in the long term, institutionali
India’s ed-tech ecosystem can reap several benefits by utilising the data opportunity to re-engineer their value proposition, strategise partnership
India still has about one week left before deciding the fate of its nationwide lockdown. Therefore, if there are lessons to be learnt from the countri
