Srija Mondal, who is pursuing a postgraduate diploma in Mass Communications from one of the reputed colleges in Kolkata, recently had to move back to her house in a rural area of the Nadia district in West Bengal. This was after her college declared an indefinite shut-down because of Covid-19 ...
In 2009, PREDICT, a project that aimed at the detection of the emergence of zoonotic viruses was launched by the United States Agency for International Development. Zoonotic viruses are those that pass from animals to humans and can be sources of potential pandemics. During its first dec...
It is widely claimed that one good thing the lockdown has done is initiating the healing process of nature. Urban wildlife has revived in many places as mornings are now welcomed with the sweet symphony of bird calls. Skylines have become clearer as the haze from vehicular and industrial pollu...
“It is not always possible to maintain social distancing in public vehicles. During office hours, crowded buses are inevitable. Moreover, waiting at bus stops for long periods is a waste of time as fewer buses are plying on the roads. So, this is the best available option,” said a sh...
There is a strong wave of anti-China sentiments prevailing in India following the Galwan clash. There are calls to boycott Chinese products. Several electronic stores across the country have stopped the sale of Chinese brands. Electronic equipment is the largest market for Chinese goods i...
Thirty-two thousand corpses are cremated in Varanasi every year and 200 tonnes of half-burnt flesh end up in the Ganges, according to a report published in a national English daily.Atul Gawande, an Indo-American surgeon and writer, in his book on ageing and death titled ‘Being Mortal’, des...
Pandi, Murugan, Afzal, and Kumar were Tamil labourers who used to work in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and lived in a nearby park. One night, their lives turned upside down. They were arrested, beaten, and brutally tortured in the police lock up for two weeks, for a theft that they did not commit as the p...
On June 29, 2020, the Government of India banned 59 apps of Chinese origin citing security issues. The digital strike was the government’s policy to retaliate with the Chinese government in the wake of the military clash that took place in the Galwan valley and took the lives of 20 Indian soldiers...
Professor Sugata Mitra did not need much convincing when a school teacher from Korakati that lies deep inside the Sundarbans, suggested a remote village as the perfect site to set up a School in the Cloud in 2013. It was the fourth of the seven Self Organised Learning (SOLEs) locations that Mi...
American investment company TPG Capital has recently bought 0.93% of Reliance Jio for Rs. 4546.80 crore. A Reliance statement stated, “With this investment, Jio Platforms has raised Rs 102,432.45 crore from leading global technology investors including Facebook, Silver Lake, Vista Equity Par...