The First Ten
Pandemics do not begin with sirens or headlines. They begin with a cough that goes unreported, a fever mistaken for exhaustion, a worker who does not stay home because staying home costs money.
Pandemics do not begin with sirens or headlines. They begin with a cough that goes unreported, a fever mistaken for exhaustion, a worker who does not stay home because staying home costs money.
Climate Trends’ air-pollution and health expert Dr. Palak Balyan warns that air pollution is “a pandemic as severe as COVID at its peak,” adding that if cities like Beijing and London could reverse extreme air pollution, Delhi too has hope and can improve its air quality.
The August labour market figures from the United States confirm what has been building for months: the world’s largest economy is slowing in ways that can no longer be brushed aside as statistical noise.
The family of Raj Kushwaha, who has been accused as the alleged mastermind in the murder of Raja Raghuvanshi, has come out in his defence, asserting that he is innocent and incapable of committing such a crime.
Considering 2021 alone, the Government reported 3.32 lakh deaths due to Covid-19, but there were 21.5 lakh excess deaths in 2021, for which there is no explanation ~ except Covid-19.
ISTAT also predicted a change in transport habits, with the number of people commuting on public transport forecast to drop to 22.6 per cent.
Yogi has also directed officials to ensure Covid protocols are followed everywhere and there should not be any unnecessary congregation of people anywhere.
At the global level, fintech investment reached $98 billion across 2,456 deals in H1'21 - far outpacing last year's annual total of $121.5 billion across 3,520 deals.
Initially, WHO was backing the Chinese and concluded that it was highly unlikely that covid-19 came from a laboratory in Wuhan, and it may have originated in bats and was subjected to severe criticism.
In short, it is a whole host of factors from which there is no turning back. India has stepped on the modernisation/westernisation escalator and going back is not an option.
