In this issue

COVID-19: TESTING ON TRIAL - Widespread and varied testing alone cannot help overcome the pandemic. A robust health infrastructure holds the key

A burden too heavy

Social worker Abul Kalam Azad saves a newborn when an exhausted and hungry migrant worker abandoned him along the road

2 mins

Infant Mortality Rate: Too Varied To Celebrate

It may bring some relief that the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India has fallen from 50 to 32 per 1,000 live births over the past decade, but the wide variation in numbers across the country offsets the achievement.

1 min

A NEW STORM SURGE

Amphan’s rapid intensification underlines how cyclones are becoming terrifyingly unfamiliar AKSHIT SANGOMLA NEW DELHI and JAYANTA BASU KOLKATA

5 mins

Under The Cover Of Lockdown

With lockdown in force, governments across the globe are scrambling to implement steps they were unable to take due to opposition from people and political parties. India is no exception, and the government is blatantly diluting crucial laws in favour of the industry KUNDAN PANDEY analyses changes in labour laws, ISHAN KUKRETI on environmental laws and SHAGUN KAPIL on agricultural laws

10+ mins

SAMPLE THE UNKOWN

Testing is no doubt the cornerstone of the fight against COVID-19. But the world’s growing obsession with tests might weaken our response to the pandemic.

9 mins

TO TEST OR NOT

As India begins to relax lockdown rules, there is a growing demand for tests on a mass scale. But it might not help

4 mins

Covid-19 - Ultimate Cure?

The idea that those who have had COVID-19 will, indeed, be immune to the virus is fraught with scientific, ethical and legal issues

9 mins

The long walk home

AS INDIA WITNESSES ITS LARGEST MOVEMENT OF WORKERS, DOWN TO EARTH’S VIVEK MISHRA WALKS WITH THEM FOR OVER 500 KM, CHRONICLING THE CRISIS. THIS IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART REPORT

4 mins

Burst of orange

THE LITTLE-KNOWN UTILITIES OF THE UBIQUITOUS GULMOHAR TREE

3 mins

The order of spread

THE RULES OF CONTAGION IS LESS ABOUT DISEASES AND MORE ABOUT THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF CONTAGION

4 mins

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