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Behind the fall and rise of India s coronavirus cases
India had one of the highest Covid-19 cases last year but low fatality rates. Daily infections plunged late last year but are climbing again. The Straits Times explores the issue.
Senior citizens sit in an observation room after being inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine at a government hospital in Bangalore, on March 5, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
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Brawin Kumar examining a Madras Hedgehog during a day-time field survey. | Jude
Hedgehogs seem to be the stuff of picture books from Britain or characters from American animation films, but they are living, breathing mammals and three different species of hedgehogs inhabit the Indian subcontinent alone. Of these, the Madras Hedgehog
(Paraechinus nudiventris) is very poorly studied, said Brawin Kumar, ecologist and conservationist, who is working to save this endemic species from obscurity, even possible oblivion. The Kanyakumari-born researcher recalled his first sighting of the spiny animal, resembling “a small bunch of twigs arranged with utmost care”, as it ambled about in the scrub looking for food.
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Universities in emerging economies are improving at a faster rate than universities from developed countries, according to results from the 2021
Times Higher Education rankings.
This stellar performance is being driven by institutions from Pakistan, Russia and China, the latter accounting for an unprecedented clean sweep of the top five positions. China’s Tsinghua University topped the pile for the fourth consecutive year, for added kudos. In the most competitive Emerging Economies Universities Rankings so far, it is a testament to the success of China’s investment in its higher education sector that it becomes the first country or region to achieve the top five positions in this ranking,” said Phil Baty, chief knowledge officer at the publication.