Surviving India’s Worst Plane Crash In 10 years
Seated on the last row of the plane, Muhammed Junaid sensed something was amiss when…
COVID-19 pandemic
Japan To Mark 75 Years Since Hiroshima, Nagasaki Atomic Bombing
Thursday marks 75 years since the United States unleashed the world’s first atomic bomb attack…
“Covid-19 Virus Has Been Circulating In Bats For Decades”
An international team of researchers has discovered that the lineage that gave rise to the…
Travel Bans Cannot Be Indefinite: WHO
Bans on international travel cannot stay in place indefinitely, and countries are going to have…
Covid-19 Cost Jobs At A Third Of Small Firms Open In May
One small firm in three around the world was obliged to cut jobs to stay…
Amid Pandemic, Atrocities Against Dalits See A Rise
The Centre and states need to step up to clamp down on rising atrocities against…
CAA Protests: UN Experts Seek Release Of Activists
In a statement published on June 26, several experts from the United Nations have called…
Dalits Call For Centuries Of Oppression To Be Acknowledged
Spurred on by the anti-racism protests in the United States, Dalits (a marginalised community once…
How A Mosquito Spit Vaccine Could Stop The Next Epidemic
Five years ago, in an office complex with a giant sculpture of a mosquito just…
People In Wuhan Fear Covid-19 Testing Could Rekindle Disease
As Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic began, revs up a massive testing…
Ease Lockdowns Slowly, Be Ready For Virus To Jump Back: WHO
Countries must lift lockdowns gradually, while still being “on the look-out” for COVID-19 and ready…
Covid-19: UN Chief Salutes India for Helping Others
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres salutes countries helping others in the global fight against the COVID-19…
Virus Fallout Inflames Divisions Among Communities
The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui’s hand by health workers was supposed to…
“Terrorists May See Window Of Opportunity”: UN Chief
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a “window” into how a bio-terrorist attack might unfold across…
Covid-19 Crisis Could Plunge Half A Billion Into Poverty: Oxfam
The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked…
Explainer: Do Men Fare Worse With COVID-19?
Death and infection tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic spreading around the world point to men…
“Solidarity With India, Lockdown Comprehensive, Robust”: UN
The UN has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against coronavirus, with a top…
“India Led World In Eradicating 2 Pandemics, Should Show The Way”: WHO
The executive director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Michael J Ryan, on Tuesday said…