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India’s Covid-19 response limited by strong urban and tech bias June 9, 2021, 4:33 PM IST India’s response to the second wave of Covid-19 glosses over the lack of infrastructure and technology know-how in rural India. The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic buckled the country for many weeks. We may have passed the peak, but are still struggling with rising infection rates in many parts of the country, a severe vaccine shortage, and a rocky road to ‘vaccines for all’....

Designing urban employment schemes for women June 4, 2021, 10:32 AM IST Nikhil Iyer is a Policy Analyst at The Quantum Hub, a public policy research and communications firm based in New Delhi. Seven way to bring women back to the labour force, provide livelihood and income security, and increase women’s agency in cities. With localised restrictions in 34 states and union territories, the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has effectively led to ...

"The government is trying to address the situation by basically diverting the sucrose which would otherwise be used for producing sugar as a raw material for generation of ethanol by processing it in the distillery."

Physical distancing is still a dream and vaccine hesitancy the norm. Here’s what the COVID-19 surge looks like in Narsinghpur district, Madhya Pradesh. During the first wave in 2020, although COVID-19 had primarily wreaked devastation...

Millions are suffering from hunger and lack of jobs.

"Till the time vaccination happens, you will always have to live in the fear of an impending wave."

Among the many reasons why women drop out of their jobs, sexism at workplace seems to be a visibly daunting factor. It is slow, toxic and happens every day. Sexism can seep into workplaces in the subtlest of ways too. Here is how to combat it.

Investment recovery unlikely without consumption revival: Devendra Pant, India Ratings SECTIONS Last Updated: May 28, 2021, 01:14 PM IST Share Synopsis "The growth number looks to be very difficult to predict as of now because more than any shock which economies can model with some extent of err, what we are struggling with right now and did last year is uncertainty." Agencies It is consumption revival which is very important because until and unless we have consumption revival, it is unlikely ...

The window of opportunity to stop preventable deaths is narrow, but doable. Here are some steps that NGOs can take to tackle rising Covid-19 cases in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh. The sudden spike in...

"When we talk about growth, there is a mechanical element that we are getting in FY22 just because of the low base effect of last year."