Equitable access to Covid vaccines to protect healthcare workers and other at-risk people is a crucial requirement for mitigating pain caused by the pandemic. Read more »
At least 68 candidate vaccines are in various stages of human trials – 38 in phase I, 17 in phase II and 13 in phase III. Read more »
The graduation model assists subjects in securing earning potential, social protection and financial literacy in an overarching development approach. Read more »
While increasing the capacity of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, the authorities also should focus non-economic issues that plague the institution. Read more »
India tops in the number of reported road accident deaths, followed by China and the United States. Read more »
Augmented intelligence, IoT, and AV/VR will improve the quality and delivery of at-home healthcare, while telemedicine will replace primary care. Read more »
Multilateral partnerships for disaster risk reduction are being reduced to bilateral engagements riddled with narrow geopolitical interests. Read more »
As the education sector basks in the limelight of the National Education Policy, it will need an effective implementation mechanism with private participation. Read more »
As machines take over tasks that humans perform, it may lead to a world where 95% of the jobs as we know them today will be done by machines or robots. Read more »
The theory that populations achieve herd immunity when 10-20% get infected is rejected by most epidemiologists who stick to 60-70% threshold for the phenomenon. Read more »