A derelict public-health system has exposed its frontline staff to untold risk Medical professionals are the first and last line of defence against any viral outbreak, and the global battle against the Coronavirus has proved no exception. Doctors, nurses, health workers, laboratory technicians, paramedics and others in the profession, are risking their lives to protect […]
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The proliferation of electronic devices in our homes and offices is taking a deadly toll on our health and the environment Electronic devices are being produced on a massive scale without a thought for the environment. The industry’s business strategy is simple: keep the market vibrant with sales of new products by quicker obsolescence of […]
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Taylor Swift is a lyrical genius who uses her sharp tongue to flay her critics Bhavya Kumar “I’m so sick of running, As fast as I can, Wondering if I’d get there quicker, If I was a man,” sings Taylor Swift in her latest single, an upbeat track about how she could achieve everything if […]
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India is struggling to contain an epidemic it barely comprehends and is quite unprepared to handle Nissim Jacob The Novel Coronavirus pandemic has shocked the world with the steadily rising number of infections and deaths with each passing day. Across the world, governments are scrambling to take appropriate measures to contain its spread and reduce […]
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The protests against the Citizenship Act amendment have unified the Muslim community like never before By Tamanna Yasmin The Shaheen Bagh protest, which started as a blockade of a six-lane highway bordering the Muslim-dominated neighbourhood of Shaheen Bagh in Delhi on December 2019 to protest the government’s controversial amendment of the Citizenship Act, 1955, is […]
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“Mamma, listen. Do not panic but start stocking up little by little,” I subtly warned my mother over the phone, somewhere in the mid-February, when the world was going bonkers over Brexit, America’s Israel-Palestine Policy, and some Chinese virus that made Apple shut its production in China. My father chuckled in the background. Given my […]
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A report by BARC and Nielsen media shows that time spent on playing mobile games in India has increased by eleven percent during the lockdown. By Bhavesh Purohit April 17, 2020. A large number of Indians have resorted to playing games on their smartphones in the middle of the nationwide lockdown that commenced on March […]
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A large number of people are staying under the same roof, thus increasing the risk of infection in shelter houses. Anil Tiwari April 17, 2020 Social distancing is not being maintained in many shelter houses in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Most of the shelter houses are overcrowded. Thousands of labourers from Sidhi, Rewa and other districts […]
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Despite the imposition of nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, people are violating it by roaming on the roads without face masks or any specific reason. Reported by Shreyas Vange Friday, 17 April 2020Pune: Even after the imposition of lockdown in the country, many people have been seen flouting the guidelines, as they are frequently […]
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Indian students in the United States (US) are left distraught as recruiters freeze their hiring process in view of COVID-19. By Yashasvini Razdan While batch-2020 students are just a month away from graduating, many Indian students studying in the United States (US) are struggling to secure jobs as the recruiters are on a hiring freeze. […]
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