In this issue

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a radical slowing of economic activity across India, as industries scale-back production, employees work from home, and communities enter lockdown. As a result, we have seen significant impacts on the Indian energy sector. In this article, Will Hall covers both the short-term implications of the response to COVID-19 on the energy sector, as well as some of the possible longer-term impacts that are yet to materialize.

Electric Vehicles: The Future of Mobility

In this article, Rudhi Sundar Pradhan highlights the fact that the recent shift in global automotive technology and an increasing uptake in electric vehicles (EVs) is likely to pose a challenge to the existing automotive market if the country does not plan its transition towards newer mobility solutions and develop the required manufacturing competencies and infrastructure to uplift the market.

4 mins

Ultraviolet LEDs: Prove Effective in Eliminating Coronavirus from Surfaces

As COVID-19 continues to ravage global populations, the world is singularly focused on finding ways to battle the novel coronavirus. That includes the UC Santa Barbara’s Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC) and member companies. Researchers at SSLEEC are developing ultraviolet LEDs that have the ability to decontaminate surfaces—and potentially air and water— that have come in contact with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

3 mins

Acknowledging Our Biodiverse World: Possible Links Between Biodiversity, Deforestation, and Pandemics

How much have we, the human race, neglected our biodiverse world? In this thought-provoking piece, Dr Rina Mukherji discusses the need to recognize the various ways in which our ecological diversity can be saved against exploitative anthropogenic activities, outbreaks and pandemics related to the emergence of deadly viruses, and more.

10 mins

Impact of Coronavirus on the Indian Energy Sector: The Short-term and Long-term Impacts

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a radical slowing of economic activity across India, as industries scale-back production, employees work from home, and communities enter lockdown. As a result, we have seen significant impacts on the Indian energy sector. In this article, Will Hall covers both the short-term implications of the response to COVID-19 on the energy sector, as well as some of the possible longer-term impacts that are yet to materialize.

6 mins

Malnutrition and Susceptibility to Viral Infections: Role of Traditional Indian Medicine to Boost Immunity

In this article, Vaishnavi Barthwal, Roshni George, and Dr Anjali Parasnis try to understand the relationship between malnutrition and susceptibility to viral infections, especially among young children in India. They also discuss the role of traditional Indian medicine to boost the immunity and curing viral infections. During the present COVID-19 crisis, the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India has issued an advisory to the states suggesting ‘addon traditional medicine interventions to conventional care’.

9 mins

War Against Novel Coronavirus: Weapons to Win this Battle

In this article, Meena Sehgal says that COVID-19 has opened new discussions on funds for the health sector, the equity in availability of resources across urban and rural India and their adequacy within the communities. She wonders whether the new world order of protective and preventive action would last beyond the virulence of COVID-19 and feels that pivotal change, required, would be a marked increase in public expenditure on health as percentage of GDP.

6 mins

A Much-needed Break for Nature: As Humans Have Slowed Down

It was 7 a.m. on day 20 of the nationwide lockdown and Siddharth Edake was enjoying a hot cup of tea on the balcony of his 8th floor apartment in Gurugram. On usual days, his view would comprise rows and rows of high-rise buildings that fade away into an increasingly graying horizon. But, what did he see instead that day? Read more to find out…

4 mins

Is Nature Healing Itself?: At Least Breathing Peacefully for a While

The coronavirus, needless to say, is proving to be deadly to humanity. However, it did open our eyes to the fact that there are more deadly viruses that we have been perpetrating on the environment. Namrata Gulati Sapra says that we have tormented Mother Earth for a long time, but now due to the worldwide lockdown following the scare of the COVID-19 pandemic the nature is breathing peacefully for a while.

5 mins

Strange Ways to Earn a Living

People forget that they have only one life. In the pursuit of money, they spend their days doing the strangest, often most dreadful, things. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi gives you a few examples.

4 mins

Covid-19 In A Water-Stressed Nation

During the present COVID-19 pandemic, we are advised to wash hands frequently with soap and that too for a minimum of 20 seconds. But, have you thought what effect will it have on a water-stressed nation such as India? In this article, Niyati Seth and Sonia Grover highlight that currently, the challenge for the government is not only to combat the pandemic but also of rising water demand during peak summer months. Perhaps, a simple initiative of closing the tap while not in use during washing hands can reduce water wastage; such simple steps undertaken at an individual level can bring about a change which is much needed to face such critical situations.

5 mins

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