Migrant workers have learnt their lesson from last year’s lockdown, but state governments have not

Even without strict lockdowns during the second wave of Covid-19, urban India is witnessing an exodus of daily wage and informal workers again.

Aarefa Johari

· 11 hours ago

The global approach to vaccine equity is serving as a smokescreen for vaccine nationalism

Instead of looking to multilateral institutions for permission, the focus should be on the policy tools that are already available to states.

Erin Hannah, The Conversation

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James Scott, The Conversation

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Silke Trommer, The Conversation

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Sophie Harman, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 07:30 pm

Covid-19: Vaccine production and distribution has exposed – and intensified – global inequality

Rich countries are now stockpiling vaccines that they have grabbed but are unable to distribute.

Jayati Ghosh

· Yesterday · 09:00 am

The Covid-19 pandemic is raging like never before. Why can’t India suspend the Kumbh?

Associated with the congregation are players crucial to the BJP’s political calculations.

Arunabh Saikia

· Yesterday · 06:30 am

How India and China are using Covid-19 ‘vaccine diplomacy’ to compete globally

In an interview, Chinese foreign affairs expert Zhiqun Zhu explains how the pandemic has changed the international relations of Beijing and New Delhi.

Mark W Frazier

· Apr 15, 2021 · 11:30 am

How is India’s second wave of Covid-19 different from the first?

The infections are spreading faster but whether the disease is more severe among the young is hard to say in the absence of data.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Apr 15, 2021 · 09:00 am

Covid-19: At the current pace, India will need another 13 months to vaccinate 60% of the population

The central government has fast-tracked emergency approvals for foreign-produced vaccines.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

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Kriti Kapur, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 14, 2021 · 01:30 pm

As the dead pile up in Gujarat, the state’s media is on a warpath with the government over Covid-19

Media reports from Gujarat allege that the government is severely undercounting Covid-19 deaths in the state.

Aarefa Johari

· Apr 14, 2021 · 09:10 am

India played down new mutant Covid strains to avoid panic – but this may have backfired

Some amount of panic may have actually helped reinforce Covid-appropriate behaviour, say experts.

Arunabh Saikia

· Apr 14, 2021 · 06:30 am

By playing pandemic politics against Maharashtra, Centre is weakening the battle against Covid-19

Instead of providing real support to the state, the Centre seems committed instead to dividing public opinion.

Sumedh MK

· Apr 13, 2021 · 07:30 am

Feeding the hungry is virtuous. But what we need is greater social security for the urban poor

The Covid-19 lockdown wiped out incomes in Mumbai’s Shivaji Nagar slums, bringing greater debt and food insecurity, a survey showed.

Arun Kumar

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Diksha Shriyan

· Apr 13, 2021 · 06:30 am

Covid-19: Imagine the headlines if any other religion had been responsible for Kumbh-like gathering

The Uttarakhand chief minister said ‘nobody would be stopped in the name of Covid-19’. Now officials say the crowds are too big to enforce pandemic guidelines.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Apr 12, 2021 · 04:49 pm