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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicWorld Economic Forum

Topic: World Economic Forum

A huge mental health crisis awaits India post-Covid, but only the power of community will help

In the coming months, a massive mental health crisis awaits India due to unemployment, alcohol abuse, economic hardship, domestic violence and indebtedness.

Grocery delivery apps and video streaming — Covid is boosting the stay-at-home economy

Consumers have been shifting towards e-commerce for over a decade but Covid crisis has been a boon to companies that serve the stay-at-home economy.

One thing in common between Covid hotspots in Italy and Spain is nitrogen oxide

Five regions in northern Italy and Spain have the highest concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant harmful to the respiratory system.

China’s wet markets are no different from European farmers’ markets

Wet markets are an everyday destination for people in China and can be compared to European farmers’ markets.

50 million workers in Bangladesh need cash transfers to fight the Covid-19 crisis

Workers hit by the Covid-19 crisis in Bangladesh should also be given cash transfers, apart from the food aid that the government is currently providing.

This MIT professor sees music in coronavirus’ structure

Professor Markus Buehler has assigned musical notes to each part of the coronavirus’ structure, which has created a haunting musical composition.

Covid-19 innovations are similar to those in another era of duress — the Second World War

The capability of human ingenuity is on full display during the Covid-19 crisis, just like it was during the Second World War.

As we fight Covid-19, here’s how Edward Jenner developed the world’s first vaccine

To develop a vaccine against novel coronavirus is a challenge but the history of vaccination, which revolutionised global health, gives us hope.

Covid-19 will worsen women’s health, income inequality

Women who are pregnant and those in abusive relationships, trapped at home during the Covid-19 are part of the risk groups identified by the UN.

First-ever pandemic caused by a coronavirus whose behaviour is not known: WHO

WHO teams are studying preliminary research and real-time data shared by different countries in order to make policy recommendations.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

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.