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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
TopicSecond wave

Topic: second wave

Modi govt should choose a vaccination policy that benefits India, not just the 45+

If we value not only the lives saved, but also economic benefits from vaccination, policies that focus on working ages or provide access to all do better.

In second wave, Centre must avoid mistakes of the first. Not centralise control

Local authorities are better able to tailor communication strategies specific to demographic groups and ensure higher vaccination rates.

Why my estimates for the second wave of Covid-19 were wrong

In Mumbai, Bengaluru, Covid second wave will exhaust itself in 40 days.

Why India will not see a big second wave of Covid-19

Last August, I estimated that Covid-19 will end its epidemic phase in India by January 2021. It appears that this prediction was not too far off the mark.

There’s an elephant in the room — to lockdown or not to lockdown as Covid cases surge

There are warnings of a second Covid wave and scientists have said it could take years to control the virus, but govts are unwilling to impose a lockdown again.

Record spikes in Hong Kong, Tokyo feed fears of second wave of Covid in Asia

The resurgences in the Asian hubs come after weeks of people returning to work and restaurants re-opening, raising questions for the need of social distancing again.

Concept of a ‘second wave’ of coronavirus is flawed and dangerous

The idea of a second wave stems from the flawed comparison with the seasonality of the flu virus.

What a second wave of Covid-19 could look like

One model of Covid-19’s future transmission dynamics suggests the size of outbreaks will vary drastically depending on seasonality and duration of people’s immunity.

On Camera

3 survey results that tell us what Indians think about democracy — and it’s not a simple story

The search for a permanent and coherent popular meaning of democracy is futile. The Pew report underlines this ever-evolving tendency of popular democracy in the Indian context.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

India deploys 11 submarines, a first in nearly three decades 

This deployment by the Indian Navy Friday is a stark contrast to the submarine history of the last two decades that has seen the arm hit by dwindling strength, accidents and write-offs.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.