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Covid-19 can cause entire spectrum of heart diseases, says cardiologist

"We are seeing patients who recovered from COVID come back with heart failure, and then we see that they have cardiomyopathy (weakness in the heart muscle)"

Why Covid-19 surged by 59% in two weeks among Assam's health workers

The first Covid-19 case in Assam was reported on March 31 and by July 27, 720 health workers had tested positive in the state

Why India must raise health budget to tackle impending climate disasters

Mitigation measures will have to include increasing expenditure on healthcare, ensuring systems that include best practices, and improving the quality of data-gathering

NEP 2020: Why learning in mother tongue is effective but hard to implement

The idea of using the mother tongue as the medium of instruction in primary school is not new to the Indian education system

'Superspreading' caused most Covid-19 transmission In Karnataka: Data

Karnataka ranks high on measures of Covid-19 data transparency across Indian states, as per a new pre-print study by researchers at Stanford University in the USA

Five deaths in police custody every day over 10 years, but few convictions

Torture in police custody is "routine" in India, experts say, and is mostly used to coerce suspects to give up information and build evidence during an investigation

Story in numbers: Elderly population is alone and vulnerable amid lockdown

The problems of elderly callers ranged from the shortage of medicines and physical support to anxiety, fear and anxiousness

How India can make its economic recovery clean, sustainable post Covid-19

The renewable sector holds the key to not only offsetting the job losses due to the pandemic, but also making the recovery sustainable

Story in numbers: Lockdown pushes tourism, hospitality to brink of collapse

Thus, foreign tourist arrivals in India, which saw a 9% decline in February 2020 (1.02 million) over January (1.12 million), and a 7% fall from February 2019 (1.09 million), further plummeted in March

1 in 50 coronavirus tests in India are positive compared to Italy's 1 in 4

As the disease spreads in India, the percentage of tests coming out positive may increase

No blasts in last 6 years, says Javadekar but numbers debunk the claim

As many as 1,071 explosion incidents have been reported between January 2014, and March 8, 2020, in India, according to the data from SAT

Around 63 housewives committed suicide every day in 2018: NCRB data

Since 2001, more than 20,000 housewives have committed suicide every year in India

Infra, realty trusts can set up biz in SEZs. Will this increase exports?

The Centre amended the Special Economic Zones Act (SEZs Act) in August 2019 to broaden the definition of "person" who can set up their units in these zones

Figuring out the right answer: Busting some popular myths about investing

Those born before 2005 are less likely to have a birth certificate even as registration rates have improved in recent years, data suggests

90% poorest have no health insurance, reel under high medical costs: Report

The poor are routinely forced to dip into their savings, borrow, delay treatment or receive poor quality care, experts said.

How a Rajasthan village halted desertification, one common land at a time

Strict rules were laid down and adhered to by common consent--young saplings would not be grazed or cut, so the common grounds would remain closed for certain periods of the year

In Odisha's residential schools for tribal girls, education comes at a cost

Beginning with a 10-day trip in December 2018 across five schools and seven villages in Malkangiri and Rayagada districts, this reporter has investigated the conditions at Odisha's residential schools

These tribals were displaced from C'garh. Can they get land rights in AP?

At least 190,000 Adivasis have been forcefully evicted or displaced since 2005 without compensation or rehabilitation, according to six cases documented so far by Land Conflict Watch

How a Haryana portal keeps a check on women with high-risk pregnancies

This is part of Haryana's ongoing efforts to reduce its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) under India's Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata among cities that may be submerged by 2050: Report

The study was led by scientists Scott A. Kulp and Benjamin H. Strauss of Climate Central, an independent organisation of scientists, journalists and researchers