There is no protection against Covid-19 infection for those who take the garbage from our doorsteps or those who segregate it to find saleable junk. This, in a city which has a raging pandemic with increasing number of cluster cases Every morning, Sunil would ring doorbells of one section of a DDA apartment in Dwarka. […]

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Not only are Indians working in the US and Kuwait suffering as individuals from the clampdown on immigrants, India’s economy will be shaken up as it is the world’s largest recipient of remittances The United States and Kuwait are two countries which have been in the news for adversely affecting the lives of Indians. In […]

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IIT Delhi’s teams have been working tirelessly to innovate products that can contribute to the fight against Coronavirus From anti-bacterial fabric to cheaper testing kits, IIT Delhi’s teams have been on the job to contribute to the fight against Coronavirus that has overshadowed just about everything else in our world. They have on hand 28 […]

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The banning of diclofenac as a pesticide should have saved the vulture population from extinction but now it is under threat from anti-inflammatory drugs used on animals. A ban on these drugs is urgently needed, say conservationists  If there is one bird that as a child, growing up, you would not want to encounter would […]

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The scope for using VR headsets in entertainment and education is enormous but right now there is a scarcity of supply. Local companies are gearing up, hoping the boycott of Chinese products helps their business If you’re one of those people who want nothing more than escape the complexity of being in self-imposed lockdown, then […]

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Lifting of the lockdown in a bid to revive the economy despite rising cases of Covid-19 has not brought back shoppers in significant numbers but there are signs of green shoots Delhi is limping back into some semblance of normalcy. But you walk into malls, and it’s anything but normal with the spraying of disinfectants, […]

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Plasma therapy trials are showing encouraging results in Delhi’s designated hospitals, though there is difficulty getting donations from cured patients and the treatment is not always successful In April, over 100 employees of the Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in Delhi tested Covid-19 positive. One of them is Jitendra Verma, a member of the nursing […]

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Joining the dots of the trial of CAA protestors and two Bills in Parliament, a disturbing picture emerges of the ability of the government to invade the privacy of individuals charges with various crimes The visuals that emerged on 15 December last year were disturbing. The government had just a few days before successfully passed […]

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