Covid-19

Covid-19's Origin: It wasn't the Wuhan Lab

A leak from secret research into bats at a Chinese laboratory used to be suspected as the source of the Covid-19 virus. A careful assessment of evidence instead points to the virus jumping to humans…
▶01-Oct-2024
Thomas Abraham

Radhicka Kapoor on the labour market in India

Radhicka Kapoor speaks about the unequal labour market in India that saw a widening of disparities after Covid-19. Those at the bottom, with few skills, limited education & without security,…
▶09-Aug-2023
The India Forum

Overcharging during the Pandemic: Private Hospitals in Maharashtra

A survey of pricing practices in private hospitals in Maharashtra during Covid-19 brings out the extent of price gouging that took place in spite of government attempts at regulation.
▶13-Mar-2023
Shweta Marathe
Covid-19

Making Sense of Covid-19 Mortality Estimates for India

The government should not issue bad-faith rebuttals of international Covid-19 mortality estimates that challenge official figures. It should instead release data that could better resolve…
▶26-Apr-2022
Murad Banaji
Integrated Vaccine Complex at Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu.

Gutting India’s Public Sector Vaccine Makers

India's once-thriving public vaccine manufacturers were absent during the pandemic. This was not due to a lack of capability. The problem has been active neglect by the government .
▶29-Mar-2022
Sudip Chaudhuri

Cuba’s Vaccine Miracle

In spite of a crippling US blockade, Cuba, with its strong biotech industry and a commitment to public health, has developed as many as five vaccines against Covid-19, achieved the highest…
▶28-Feb-2022
S. Anantha Krishnan, Karina Sanchez
Covid-19

Omicron: What Happens Now?

The long-term trajectory of COVID-19 will see the disease becoming endemic with the occasional flare up and frequent booster shots having to be given. We must understand the consequences of this path…
▶11-Jan-2022
Shahid Jameel, Gautam I. Menon

Is India Experiencing a K-Shaped Recovery?

Well before Omicron arrived, all the evidence was that far from a robust economic recovery, India had been witnessing a rebound only in the the formal sector. The informal sector and labour have been…
▶06-Jan-2022
D Narayana

Covid-19 and the Informalisation of India’s Salaried Workers

The pandemic forced a fraction of India's salaried workers to fall back on self-employment or casual work, or to withdraw from the workforce entirely. It was only the salaried who held secure…
▶03-Jan-2022
Rosa Abraham, Amit Basole
Covid-19

Grief, Rage, Hope and now to A Place of Kindness

We must grieve for the millions who died in 2021 from Covid-19; we must also feel rage that the State was not responsive to their suffering. Groups of citizens stepped in to care for each other; that…
▶22-Dec-2021
Harsh Mander