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Saturday, April 20, 2024
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Topic: The Conversation

Angela Merkel doesn’t use war imagery for Covid. In fact, she hardly uses metaphors

Macron said his nation was at war with an invisible enemy. Trump says he is a ‘wartime president’. Johnson has spoken of the virus as an ‘enemy’. But not Germans.

Are people who have had Covid-19 immune? Perhaps not

What needs to happen now is a series of studies to determine whether the presence of antibodies is associated with protection against re-infection with SARS-CoV-2.

Everyone is cherrypicking studies on HCQ. But scientists are divided

Unlike what media reports suggest, there is no evidence one way of the other that you can prevent Covid-19 by taking hydroxychloroquine.

Journalists want novelty in Covid coverage and end up amplifying the trivial

When novelty replaces context, the result is a less-informed but more up-to-date public. Rushing journalists can mistakenly inflate the importance of small updates.

Is the R number still useful? It can’t be the sole guide to coronavirus policies

Because of coronavirus pandemic, we have all heard of the R0 — it is the reproduction number of an infectious disease. But is it a suitable metric?

Humans are crossing ‘wetbulb’ temperature limit, new climate change research shows

Being able to regulate our temperature has played a key role in enabling humans to survive. But climate change is severely testing it.

Coronavirus isn’t the killer, our immune response is

An overreaction from the immune system — or a cytokine storm — can endanger a person fighting off an infection. Which is why it is crucial in Covid treatment.

Apps to fight coronavirus are lacking one thing — the human touch

Apps may improve the quality of data sharing and analysis, but manual tracing can get past barriers technology can’t.

Your relationship can take a hit in Covid economy. New study reveals how

Women especially are less happy with their relationship when their partner is unemployed. But the opposite is not true. With Covid crisis, the situation will worsen.

Moths on night shift are working harder than other insects

A new research found moths visit a surprisingly diverse range of plants. And science may have overlooked their pollination activities because they work while we sleep.

On Camera

Iran-Israel conflict will now be shaped by 3H—Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah

Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.