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Murad Banaji
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Many say Covid-19 will transition ‘from epidemic to endemic’. But what does this mean?
In an endemic future, we will need to learn what levels of disease and death to expect.
Murad Banaji
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Covid-19: What data about excess deaths reveals about Mumbai’s class divide
It highlights the risk of underestimating the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the most marginalised communities.
Murad Banaji
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What does mortality data tell us about Bihar’s first Covid-19 wave?
Was the state spared the worst, as some reports based on its official case and fatality data suggested?
Murad Banaji
Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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How Pakistan’s massive power outage has reaffirmed fears of a Sri Lanka-style economic collapse
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Bharat Jodo Yatra is ending. What do voters think about it?
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What local news reports tell us about Covid-19 mortality in rural areas of North and Central India
It is likely that the great majority of rural Covid-19 deaths in many parts of India have gone unrecorded.
Murad Banaji, Aashish Gupta & Leena Kumarappan
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Bengaluru is reaching a Covid-19 crisis point. How did it get there?
The disease has been spreading at an alarming pace. Data shows daily cases and deaths rising like mountains to overshadow all previous peaks.
Murad Banaji
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What could be driving Delhi’s devastating fourth Covid-19 surge?
We need to junk the assumption that high prior infection rate protects a city against big surges.
Murad Banaji
Video
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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Watch: How colleges across the country screened the controversial BBC documentary
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As Mumbai battles its third Covid-19 surge, could vaccination stop the wave?
Optimistically, we might hope that fatalities will be limited during this wave.
Murad Banaji
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What lessons do India’s Covid-19 serosurveys hold?
Sometimes they tell us less about the disease and more about the interaction between science, media and politics.
Murad Banaji
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Why is Covid-19 surging in Delhi eight months after the pandemic started?
The disease may now be hitting a population more vulnerable to hospitalisation and death.
Murad Banaji
The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
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Covid-19: Why it’s impossible to draw firm conclusions from the first national serosurvey
Still, for the first time, the ICMR appears to have acknowledged Covid-19 death undercounting – on a significant scale.
Murad Banaji
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A city divided: Covid-19 reveals Mumbai’s faultlines
Coronavirus is not a great leveller. It spreads much more rapidly in poor housing.
Murad Banaji
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How many people in India have had Covid-19?
The ICMR’s estimates for the prevalence and fatality rate of the disease do not tally with what we know of the coronavirus in India and worldwide.
Murad Banaji
The Field
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma’s India vs Grace Scrivens’ England in inaugural title clash
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Women’s Premier League: Mithali Raj named mentor for Ahmedabad’s franchise Gujarat Giants
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Hockey World Cup, IND vs RSA as it happened: Harmanpreet and Co finish 9th after 5-2 win vs RSA
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Aryna Sabalenka wins the Australian Open title for her first Major: ‘Incredible resilience’
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Sophie Devine column: NZ have had plenty of cricket before the T20 World Cup, we feel prepared