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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicPandemic

Topic: Pandemic

WHO must report to UNSC on pandemics, make independent assessments

At present, the WHO cannot work independently of governments. The governance structure around the election of its leadership must be reformed.

Live shows out, live-streaming in: What the future of performing arts could look like

Covid crisis has turned laptop screens and drawing rooms into live stages for artists. However the economic benefit of such arrangements is yet to be seen.

The Shakkar Paara Project is a sweet group of volunteers feeding India’s most vulnerable

Begun as a self-funded short-term project to distribute shakkar paaras in Chennai, it has fed 5,573 families in 14 states in two months.

Facebook employees could earn less as company embraces remote work & hiring

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg added that the company will monitor its employees' locations by checking where they access its VPN.

Great Lockdown or Pandession? ⁠Naming this century’s worst crisis isn’t going to be easy

As economists around the world search for the right terminology, it could take years to settle on a name, if history is any guide.

Modi govt to hire firm to record Covid response data, ministries begin massive documentation

The PMO, in two directives, has asked all ministries and states for a detailed documentation of all their responses undertaken to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

Anurag Kashyap, Kunal Kamra, others to auction awards, perform live to fund Covid testing kits

The move has found support from poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar, director Neeraj Ghaywan, singer Vishal Dadlani & more from entertainment industry.

TM Krishna on what being left really means, Vijay Gokhale decodes China’s new diplomacy

Today's political, economic & strategic punditry from Rahul Matthan, Avishkar Singhvi, MR Subramani & more.

African wildlife meat can cause next pandemic. Airlines, border security must be on alert

The next pandemic could start in Washington or Westminster. Zoonotic diseases from poorly-cooked or preserved meat and its global distribution creates a recipe for disaster.

US brewery accuses Indian tech billionaire Arun Pudur of ‘lifting photos’ for self promotion

Pudur has come under criticism earlier for allegedly lying about being a billionaire and about his various business interests.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.