Debunking myths going viral

A lot of misconceptions have been doing the rounds behind the Coronavirus. Here is what the doctors advise WITH A total 166 confirmed cases in India, the highly communicable Coronavirus has the government and medical facilities across the world working towards its containment, as such precautions are mandated and should be followed to ensure fallout […]

Not up to the mark

GTB Hospital seems to have been ill-equipped to cope with the rush of patients from the nearby riot-hit area of North East Delhi. Families are alleging negligence and failure to lodge medico-legal cases THAN SINGH, a 50-year-old daily wage worker, was injured on the first day of the gruesome riot that took place at various […]

Students from Northeast attacked near DU

‘They threw balloons at us, aiming at our private parts. They saw I had Mongoloid features after I took off my pollution mask and screamed, ‘Aye, coronavirus!’ ON MARCH 3, two students from the Northeast were attacked by six men in Kamla Nagar, near Delhi University’s North Campus. The men were on motorbikes and threw […]

N-E Delhi was at tipping point

While most residents of riot-hit areas say it was outsiders who indulged in violence, simmering communal biases definitely played a dark role THE DELHI riots, that jolted the entire country, had many stories of communities cooperating with each other, but this cannot eclipse the fact that a Hindu-Muslim gulf exists in the region. And the […]

‘Care during childbirth crucial’

A veteran and pioneer in the field of integrated medicine, Dr Mosaraf Ali is known for his approach of addressing the core of the problem rather than temporary measures of containment ASHISH, A three-year-old boy, showed symptoms of autism in his early years. With a defective walk and no sign of speech, there were some […]

How cybercrime is wrecking the livesof women in India’s hinterland

Some women are fighting back now despite the apathetic attitude of law enforcement authorities towards such crimes THE PERILS of imagery generated by Artificial Intelligence and its manipulation have been widely explored as part of investigations into deep fakes capable of manipulating elections. But far from the spotlight, manipulated images and videos are writing a […]

The showstopper: zero waste

Using Artificial Intelligence to ensure that garments are designed to minimise waste of fabric is a college student Ashwini Deshpande’s dream EVERYTHING MAN-made has an ecosystem of its own. Be it a pen, a computer, a garment, a container, a book: all these items interact with the natural environment with repercussions far from our imagination […]

When empathy takes a back seat

As a reporter, the first thing to do is put your emotions aside. For me, it was difficult to follow this principle while reporting on the riots aftermath LAST WEEK, the nation stood still as North East Delhi witnessed the worst riots to hit the capital since 1984. As a journalist, I was naturally assigned […]