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A memorandum signed by doctors and endorsed by us, asking that patient privacy be maintained to guard against stigmatisation.
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This is a time to focus our attention on fighting COVID-19, not fanning communal fires. Pic: A section of the protestors gathered at Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi. Inside:…
By Thomas Isaac |
It was about a week back that Kerala had the dubious distinction of having the highest number of patients in the country with 137 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection.…
By Pavitra Mohan |
A simple document, some facts and good referencing to separate myth from reality in the time of COVID-19
By Ajit Ranade |
Despite bitter political bickering, the United States passed its highest ever relief package to support the economy. It is valued at 2.2 trillion dollars, and another…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
In times like never before, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has acted like never before.
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The MPC has done a good job in presenting an analysis of the situation arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic in a very clear and candid manner. It has shown its firm…
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The idea that washing hands is an important step in fighting disease may seem common sense now but it didn’t come as easy as that.
The fight against COVID19 has been likened to fighting a war with an insidious, dangerous but invisible enemy.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The complete lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fight the coronavirus threat has generally been welcomed.
By T Jacob John |
The pandemic is spreading like wildfire. What started surreptitiously sometime in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, has engulfed 172 countries and regions by March 25, 2020.…
By Aseem Shrivastava |
Corona, speculative mischief suggests, must be of divine provenance. She has the intelligence to slumber, to awaken, to migrate, to disappear, to influence, to provoke,…
By T Jacob John |
The government took charge of the fight against Covid-19 right from the beginning — the first week of February. The first port of virus entry happened to be Kerala.…