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Grief and anger as COVID victims overwhelm Delhi’s crematoriums
May 02, 2021 16:42The bodies came, one after another, after another, after another. So many bodies that the ambulances and trucks carrying them into the crematorium blocked traffic. In New Delhi, a city where someone dies from COVID-19 every four minutes, every day is a battle not just for hospital beds but for a space to say goodbye to the dead with dignity.
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India’s massive COVID surge puzzles scientists
Apr 30, 2021 18:51The virus is spreading faster than ever before in India despite previous high infection rates in megacities, which should have conferred some protection.
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Why India’s worsening COVID crisis is a dire problem for the world
Apr 27, 2021 18:32The catastrophe unfolding in India appears to be the worst-case scenario that many feared from the COVID-19 pandemic: unable to find sufficient hospital beds, access to tests, medicines or oxygen, the country of 1.4 billion is sinking beneath the weight of infections.
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India should cooperate with Africa in renewable energy
Apr 14, 2021 14:42In terms of resources, Africa’s abundance of natural resources provides long-term economic benefits for countries seeking it. The potential of the continent to develop renewable energy is immense. It is an instant attraction for Indian entrepreneurs who are looking to invest in the energy sector.
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Rich countries are total vaccine hogs; COVID-19 must change that
Oct 07, 2020 09:48Multiple COVID-19 vaccines are working their way through trials, but we haven’t yet figured out what to do when they get here. Distribution faces technical challenges — shortages of glass vials and syringes are already being reported — but there are also ethical supply quandaries. How do we decide who gets a shot first?
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India facing oxygen scarcity as virus cases surge
Sep 21, 2020 11:14According to the World Health Organization (WHO), some 15 percent of COVID-19 patients require help with breathing. Some people appear in no evident respiratory distress, but are found to have dangerously low oxygen levels — a condition called silent hypoxia. A fraction of the critically ill patients require a ventilator.
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India’s gamble on China policy looking like a bad bet
Sep 07, 2020 15:44India’s China strategy has looked shaky over the last 10 months. It looks as though India has been facing severe anguish after it tried to tilt toward “the West” to counter China. The indefinitely protracted Sino-Indian military standoff in Ladakh has made New Delhi’s jitteriness more palpable recently.
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World population in 2100 could be two billion below UN projections
Jul 20, 2020 18:24According to a major study published recently that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates and greying populations, the Earth will be home to 8.8 billion souls in 2100, two billion fewer than current UN projections.
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Worst virus fears realized in poor or war-torn countries
Jul 01, 2020 13:19Coronavirus lockdowns are likely the most effective safeguard, but they have exacted a heavy toll even on middle-class families in Europe and North America, and are economically devastating in developing countries. India’s lockdown, the world’s largest, caused countless migrant workers in major cities to lose their jobs overnight.
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Is India ready for economic growth?
Jun 20, 2020 08:44Several analysts of the temporary shock to India's economic activity estimate its magnitude at 10 percent or more of annual GDP for 2020-21. In that case, even a five percent stimulus would be inadequate, and the bulk of analyses indicate that even allowing for indirect effects, the total package the government has come up with is less than that.