SBI Foundation, the CSR arm of State Bank of India, has launched the India Health Alliance (IHA), a collaborative healthcare program to support the Government of India in its efforts to combat current and future healthcare challenges in the country. To catalyze this initiative, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) India has joined as […]
The world is urbanising rapidly, with around 55 per cent of its population — 4.2 billion inhabitants — living in cities. The demand for key services like safe drinking water and sanitation is likely to emerge as a major challenge in the coming years.This is especially true for sanitation provisions. Many towns and cities are […]
The study, which was conducted on over 3 million people in 16 global cities found that the average workday increased by 8.2 percent—or 48.5 minutes—during the pandemic’s early weeks. Employees also participated in more meetings, though for less time than they did before COVID-19 sent many workers home.
Even as the number of Covid-19 cases has been surging, India has ramped up testing significantly. This has resulted in the country conducting more tests than other countries such as US, Brazil, Russia and Peru that have ranked high in the total number of cases.
There are some of the early signs that we are seeing due to COVID-19 pandemic there might be a delay in meeting the nutritional targets that India has set for itself. The first connect is that since the schools are shut across the country, there are chances that many girls will not come back to […]
With the Covid-19 recovery rate in the capital up to 88 percent in the first two weeks of July, the recent launch of job portal, Rozgar Bazaar, by the Delhi government is a move to push the economic revival agenda in the capital after a three-month nationwide lockdown. Termed as the first among a slew […]
In the wake of a sudden pause in the final trials of the Astra-Oxford vaccine AZD1222 after one of the recipients in the UK showed adverse symptoms followed by similar steps by Serum Institute of India what implications does this have on global vaccine trials and, on the economy specifically the Indian scenario? While some […]
India’s Covid-19 tally of cases went past 4.2 million with a record 90,802 people being infected in a day to surpass Brazil and become the second worst-hit country after the United States. With increased testing, it could emerge as the top country affected by the pandemic.
As the confirmed cases cross 3.5 million, what is required is to raise awareness in smaller towns and villages. Since these parts didn’t see much case surges in the first 4-5 months of lockdown, there is a misconception amongst people that the worst is over. This is resulting in lot of people across the country […]
Before the end of the week, India will have second highest cases of COVID-19 in the world and by the end of September, may also cross the US tally to claim the pole position.
There is only one headline dominating our lives today – Covid-19. With 20 million+ cases globally, all anyone can talk about is the pandemic. Staring at a cumulative loss of around 9 trillion dollars to global GDP over 2020-21, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has termed it the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression […]
The spread of COVID-19 in India continues unabated. Over the past six months, the number of confirmed cases has grown to over 28 lakh in the country, the highest in the world after the US and Brazil. While new infections continue to mushroom in various parts of India, when we calculated the rate of growth over […]
