pandemic

Pandemics In History – 9: How They Influenced History

There is a lot of speculation currently about how COVID-19 is going to change our lives and the course of…

May 3, 2020

COVID-19 Casualties: Belgium Has Highest Death Rate Of 13.4%, India At 3.3%

At 13.4 per cent, Belgium has the highest death rate for Covid-19 as of now. Belgium has so far reported…

May 2, 2020

Pandemics In History – 7: Pandemics And Persecution

On April 6, 2020, Subroto Bagchi, chief spokesperson of the Odisha government for COVID-19 pandemic, warned in his daily briefing…

May 1, 2020

Lockdown Routines: Worried About Small Entrepreneurs Like Me, Says Jyoshna

The nationwide lockdown, necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has virtually brought the world to a standstill. Every individual has been…

April 30, 2020

Fighting COVID-19: US To Give India Additional $3 Million Grant

Washington: The US, which had previously sanctioned $2.9 million, has announced an additional grant of $3 million to help India…

April 30, 2020

Pandemics In History 6: Pandemonium In Puri

India bore the brunt of the pandemics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the plague pandemic and the…

April 30, 2020

Pandemics In History – 5: India And Pandemics

The Encyclopaedia Britannica says that long long back it was a maxim that the plague never appeared east of the Indus…

April 29, 2020

Pandemics In History 4: A Tale Of Two Countries

A research sponsored by the Chinese Government in 2019 had warned of a new coronavirus from bats in China. “The…

April 28, 2020

Lockdown Routines: Hota Realises He And His Wife Are ‘Maid For Each Other’

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Like fellow citizens, satire poet Gyana Hota is strictly following…

April 27, 2020

Pandemics In History 3: From Rats To Bats

Before the 20th century, the plague caused by rats was the recurring pandemic (there had been other pandemics though like…

April 27, 2020