Dealing with a deluge: Flood in Hyderabad
Dealing with a deluge Context: As floods swamp Hyderabad, the focus is on the inadequacy of drainage infrastructure Relevance: GS Paper 1: Urbanization GS Paper 3: Disasters &…
NFHS FOR POPULATION SURVEILLANCE FOR CORONAVIRUS
Why in news? There have been proposals for the use of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) framework to ascertain the prevalence of COVID-19. It has been suggested…
THE SPECTRE OF A POST-COVID-19 WORLD
Why in news? As COVID-19 spreads exponentially across the world, and the figures of those testing positive as also the numbers of deaths keep increasing in near-geometrical progression,…
INDIA REGISTERED A TOTAL OF 826 FATALITIES AND 26,917 CASES
Why in news? The death toll due to COVID-19 continued to rise on Sunday, with the country registering a total of 826 fatalities and 26,917 cases. 5,913 people…
THE AGE OF THE NEOLIBERAL VIRUS
Introduction The coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease is the first neoliberal virus in the world. To say so is not to reduce its dangers but to criticize…
TEAM INDIA AND WINNING THE PANDEMIC BATTLE
Self-reliance is the way India has to chart its own strategy, whether it is in planning a staged release from the lockdown or in developing domestic capacity for…
THE SPECTRE OF A POST-COVID-19 WORLD
Why in news? As COVID-19 spreads exponentially across the world, and the figures of those testing positive as also the numbers of deaths keep increasing in near-geometrical progression,…
ISOLATION IS INDIA’S BEST WEAPON: ICMR
Why in news? Isolation, and not indiscriminate testing, is the only way India can limit the spread of COVID-19: Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on…
THE IMPORTANCE OF ‘CONTACT TRACING’ – CONTROLLING COVID-19 SPREAD -‘ONCE-IN-100-YEAR’ VIRULENCE
Why in news? Reported spreading of infection by Coronavirus infected people, to a large number of other people that they came into contact with, makes the issue of…