Tech savvy Indians drive to villages for Covid-19 vaccinations. Those without smartphones lose out

A digital divide has emerged in India’s vaccination drive.

Vijayta Lalwani

· 3 hours ago

Delhi Police makes Kafkaesque arrests over a genuine question: Why did India export vaccines?

Rather than spend energies on clamping down on criticism of its vaccine policy, the Modi government needs to ensure steady supplies.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Yesterday · 08:30 pm

‘Each burning pyre is an unspeakable horror’: One researcher’s account of India’s Covid-19 crisis

The dreadful statistics coming out of India are not just numbers – they relate to people and to suffering.

Vyoma Dhar Sharma, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 07:30 pm

To arrest the surge of Covid-19 in villages, India must involve NGOs and use simple technologies

People’s trust in public systems must be rebuilt and home care encouraged, say experts.

Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com

· Yesterday · 01:30 pm

Like Modi government, India’s colonial rulers also knew that sight of pyres could be contentious

Cremations of nationalists became occasions for mass anti-colonial mobilisations and caused considerable anguish for the authorities.

Nandagopal R Menon

· Yesterday · 06:30 am

Pakistan should learn from India’s Covid-19 crisis and avoid the same mistakes

The country may be headed towards a similar trajectory.

Jishnu Das, Dawn.com

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Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Dawn.com

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Umair Kiani, Dawn.com

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Eisha Ali, Dawn.com

· May 15, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Death, despair and grief: A day in the life of a social worker in Lucknow

Azra Mobin has been arranging cremations, counselling bereaved families and helping Covid-19 patients find hospital beds.

Azra Mobin

· May 15, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Affluent Indians are desperate to buy oxygen concentrators at any cost – but the economy is murky

Most concentrators are being imported from China. Many are virtually useless.

Arunabh Saikia

· May 15, 2021 · 06:30 am

Covid-19 deaths are declining among the elderly. Does it mean the vaccine effect is kicking in?

In three southern states and in Mumbai and Pune, the share of the elderly in total deaths began to decrease after immunisations, shows data.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· May 14, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Is any other country in the world using the fragmented, half-private vaccination model India chose?

If there is no precedence, then what is the underlying model that proves that this approach is better?

Murali Neelakantan

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Ashish Kulkarni

· May 14, 2021 · 08:00 am

Harsh Mander: A lesson in how to end the mass suffering unleashed by India’s first lockdown

A report by the collective Hunger Watch reveals the extent of continuing hunger caused by state policy, and recommends ways to end the distress.

Harsh Mander

· May 14, 2021 · 06:30 am

Babies born to mothers with Covid-19 have a low risk of infection, new research shows

The separation of newborns from mothers who have tested positive for Covid-19 is unnecessary in most cases.

Mikael Norman, The Conversation

· May 13, 2021 · 11:30 pm