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Apr 17, 2021

Indian Muslim clerics’ call for action to overcome vaccine hesitation during Ramadan

Enforcing a sense of discipline among 170 million people, sharply divided on sectarian and linguistic lines, is never an easy task as it requires volu

Naghma Sahar | Rasheed Kidwai

The novel sobriety of Joe Biden’s public health playbook: 5 highlights

Healthcare | US Domestic Politics

Nov 13, 2020

The novel sobriety of Joe Biden’s public health playbook: 5 highlights

| Nikhila Natarajan

Work from home to work from anywhere: The future of co-working spaces

Cyber and Technology

Oct 27, 2020

Work from home to work from anywhere: The future of co-working spaces

The accelerating remote work culture born during COVID-19 is bound to further propel the growth of flexible workspaces, especially since several emplo

| Arnav Singh Gusain

COVID19: Understanding the Latin American Scenario

International Affairs | Healthcare

Sep 22, 2020

COVID19: Understanding the Latin American Scenario

Silvana Lopez

Peru remains in lockdown, But promise of vaccine brings hope

International Affairs | Healthcare

Sep 19, 2020

Peru remains in lockdown, But promise of vaccine brings hope

Clarissa Rios Rojas

Mitigating COVID19 Impacts: Exploring Solutions for Caribbean Nations

International Affairs | Healthcare

Sep 18, 2020

Mitigating COVID19 Impacts: Exploring Solutions for Caribbean Nations

Paulette Bynoe

Controlling crowds in public areas as India unlocks

Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation

Aug 28, 2020

Controlling crowds in public areas as India unlocks

A decentralised cluster planning approach holds the key to social distancing in urban public spaces.

Sayli UdasMankikar

The fear factor: How Portugal tackled COVID19

International Affairs | Healthcare

Aug 28, 2020

The fear factor: How Portugal tackled COVID19

Eleanor Legge-Bourke

Explaining community spread in Indian states using Google Mobility Data

Healthcare

Aug 22, 2020

Explaining community spread in Indian states using Google Mobility Data

Anushka Shah | Anushka Shah

Healthcare

Aug 19, 2020

Will herd immunity cure COVID19?

Ananya Koppikar Moorthy

International Affairs | Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare

Aug 07, 2020

Pincodes & the pandemic

Domestic Politics and Governance

Jul 09, 2020

COVID-19 and Indian Muslims

While the community needed to address the elephant in the room and could not be absolved of its responsibility for wrongful acts by the Tablighi Jama

Naghma Sahar | Rasheed Kidwai

Staggered timings, the new way ahead for socially distanced mobility

Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare

Jul 09, 2020

Staggered timings, the new way ahead for socially distanced mobility

Amruta Ponkshe

COVID-19 in the Caribbean: Exploring the issues

Healthcare

Jun 13, 2020

COVID-19 in the Caribbean: Exploring the issues

Caribbean countries are already facing the existential threat of anthropogenic climate change — the timing of the pandemic could not attack the regi

| Paulette Bynoe

The End of Circuit Breaker and Singapore’s Policy Response

International Affairs | Healthcare

Jun 10, 2020

The End of Circuit Breaker and Singapore’s Policy Response

| Mohnish Kedia

COVID-19’s origins maybe in Asia but its breaking point has been in the West

Healthcare

May 28, 2020

COVID-19’s origins maybe in Asia but its breaking point has been in the West

The juxtaposition between the death toll in Asia and the West as well as government response teams has been stark.

Akshobh Giridharadas

Military training in the times of social distancing

Defence and Security | Indian Defence

May 20, 2020

Military training in the times of social distancing

It would seem worth the effort for the Indian military to invest well — in a sustained manner, over the coming decade — in high-end simulators.

| B S Dhanoa

How Nepal has tried to tackle the Covid19 pandemic

Neighbourhood | Healthcare

May 15, 2020

How Nepal has tried to tackle the Covid19 pandemic

| Avaniendra Chakravartty | Mira Khadka

India-Bangladesh border trade tries to get back on track

Privacy & Data Protection

May 14, 2020

India-Bangladesh border trade tries to get back on track

It seems very difficult to maintain social distancing while transferring goods.

Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury

Indo-Nepal borderland: The fate of migrant labourers

Privacy & Data Protection

May 07, 2020

Indo-Nepal borderland: The fate of migrant labourers

The plight of the Nepali migrant labourers stuck in foreign countries like India advertently questions the interest of these labourers to travel abroa

Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury | Sohini Nayak

Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation

May 01, 2020

Urbanisation of pandemics

The urban nature of the pandemic becomes clearer when we consider the megacities and the large Indian cities.

Ramanath Jha

COVID-19 and migrant workers in India: Reinstating ethics of care as state policy

Domestic Politics and Governance

Apr 27, 2020

COVID-19 and migrant workers in India: Reinstating ethics of care as state policy

Migrant workers have perennially remained at the socio-economic margins of our society silently serving as the instrumental labour force of the urban

Ambar Kumar Ghosh | Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury

Climate Change

Apr 21, 2020

Telecommuting to a green future

The pandemic has presented a window of opportunity to reimagine the way we work and imbibe the flexibility to try new ideas such as telecommuting.

| Sayanangshu Modak

Too early to tell if BCG vaccine is our saviour in fight against COVID-19

Healthcare

Apr 21, 2020

Too early to tell if BCG vaccine is our saviour in fight against COVID-19

Until we know for sure if BCG — or any other drug or vaccine — is the antidote against COVID-19, testing, contact tracing and social distancing ar

| Pooja Tripathi

Covid-19: China’s donation diplomacy towards Africa turns into a public relations disaster

International Affairs | Healthcare

Apr 13, 2020

Covid-19: China’s donation diplomacy towards Africa turns into a public relations disaster

| Abhishek Mishra

Social distancing in low resource setups

International Affairs | Healthcare

Apr 13, 2020

Social distancing in low resource setups

| Faith Odwaro

Coexisting with #Covid19: Saving lives and the economy

Indian Economy | Healthcare

Apr 12, 2020

Coexisting with #Covid19: Saving lives and the economy

Samir Saran

COVID19: What we’ve learnt from New York’s deadliest week

International Affairs | Healthcare

Apr 12, 2020

COVID19: What we’ve learnt from New York’s deadliest week

| Nikhila Natarajan

Healthcare | Urbanisation

Apr 07, 2020

Lockdown and the urban poor

The lockdown is a tough examination that the nation must pass. Depending on how people behave and how the virus spreads, governments would decide thei

Ramanath Jha

COVID19: Americans brace for brutal week against grim backdrop of chaotic policymaking

Healthcare | US Domestic Politics

Apr 06, 2020

COVID19: Americans brace for brutal week against grim backdrop of chaotic policymaking

| Nikhila Natarajan

Can Uganda win the fight against COVID19?

Healthcare

Apr 03, 2020

Can Uganda win the fight against COVID19?

As the world seeks to emerge from this crisis, the real question for Ugandans to ask is: what lessons will the nation learn from this crisis. Will pub

| Isaac Mukama

Healthcare

Apr 03, 2020

Can Uganda win the fight against COVID19?

As the world seeks to emerge from this crisis, the real question for Ugandans to ask is: what lessons will the nation learn from this crisis. Will pub