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टेलीमेडिसिन (Telemedicine): सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य का क्षितिज

इस वैश्विक महामारी के दौरान स्वास्थ्य देखभाल उद्योग वर्तमान में बड़े पैमाने पर परिवर्तनशील दौर से गुज़र रहा है। इस संकट के दौरान सामान्य स्वास्थ्य देखभाल सेवाओं को बहाल करने की आवश्यकता है। वर्तमान...

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Corona bond

Deliberations on the €540-billion emergency rescue package that Eurozone Finance Ministers agreed on Thursday underscore the difficult road ahead to chart the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis. They also decided to open an...

Safe forests, safe people: On diseases of animal origin 0

Safe forests, safe people: On diseases of animal origin

  The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus across the world has focused attention on the seemingly invisible processes that help pathogens originally found in wild animals make the leap to humans. Diseases of...

Break from tradition: On Wimbledon cancellation 0

Break from tradition: On Wimbledon cancellation

A yellow ball glides past the net, the players grunt, the grass twitches and under azure blue skies, the applause from the stands ranges from the muted to the ecstatic. Wimbledon is tennis at...

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Lockdown and beyond: On India’s response to coronavirus

India has responded to the spectre of large-scale transmission of the novel coronavirus and the unprecedented public health catastrophe it may bring by ordering a full national lockdown. The goal is to flatten the...

People over profit: On IPL and coronavirus 0

People over profit: On IPL and coronavirus

Sports and celebrations are the antithesis of social distancing, far from the optimum degree of remoteness required between individuals and between social groups in the time of a pandemic. As COVID-19 takes hold, spreading...

Dominion over territory: On UTs and Lieutenant Governors 0

Dominion over territory: On UTs and Lieutenant Governors

The verdict by a Division Bench of the Madras High Court on the respective roles of the elected regime in Puducherry and the Administrator appointed by the President underscores both the inherent potential for...

Secrecy hurts On handling SARS-CoV-2 outbreak 0

Secrecy hurts: On handling SARS-CoV-2 outbreak

From quick sequencing of the whole genome of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 — after alerting WHO in December 2019 about a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown cause — to quickly developing...

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Visa power: On deportation of British MP

The government has explained its decision to detain and deport British Labour MP Debbie Abrahams, saying that she had attempted to enter India on an “invalid visa”, as the government had revoked her e-business...

Birds hit: On state of Indian birds 0

Birds hit: On state of Indian birds

Birds are under increasing pressure from human activity, struggling to survive as habitat loss, pesticides, hunting and trapping for the pet trade push them closer to the edge. Once-thriving endemic or migrant bird populations...