New report shows first wave pushed 23 crore Indians into poverty, led to permanent job loss for many women, and made one-sixth salaried health workers quit.
In Bihar’s Buxar, 71 corpses washed up at Mahadev Ghat of the Ganga river. In UP's Hamirpur, local residents fear the floating bodies will pose a new risk to their health.
The active cases fell to 37.04 lakh comprising 15.41 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate improved to 83.50 per cent, the health ministry data showed.
Indian economy is expected to do better than last year, but growth could be 11% or even lower, compared to the pre-2nd wave projections of 13% and above.
In this edition of Off The Cuff or #ThePrintOTC, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta is in conversation with Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas B.V., who has...
US' top infectious disease expert Fauci said one of the important things is to not underestimate the situation and the lesson that this global pandemic needs a global response.
Addressing an online event organised by the Indian Express Tuesday, eminent virologist Shahid Jameel noted that it is a little too early to say if the Covid wave has peaked.
Officials said the cell will bring in efficiency in coordinating the Army's response to call for help from state governments as well as authorities in union territories.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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