Page 95 - Health Crisis

Patents vs the pandemic

We should question the wisdom and morality of a system that silently condemns millions of human beings to suffering

New economic assumptions

Covid must cause a re-examination of aspects of economics

Lives vs livelihoods

The low virus-related mortality rates for India and other tropical countries do not support the case for stringent lockdowns, which would also destroy businesses and jobs

Best of BS Opinion: Coronavirus outbreak, India's labour market, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day

India for the World

All governments must have their feet put to the fire regularly but do it fairly and use the same yardstick for India that you would use for other countries

The Yossarian method

While calls for lifting the lockdown are perfectly logical, they lead to the wrong solution

Why India needs random Covid tests

All the data we have thus far garnered about the pandemic indicates that it throws up massive numbers of asymptomatic cases

Shekhar Gupta: The Centre is back

Four decades of federal evolution made India more secure but coronavirus is reversing that. Modi's central govt has tasted power again and is unlikely to give it up

Covid-19 is unravelling the intolerable dichotomy of India's labour market

There was a time when pay cuts we see today were a complete no-no; govt and public sector jobs were considered safe, as pay and pensions were both assured. Not any longer, it seems, writes T N Ninan

Ensure non-coronavirus patients too get proper medical care: Bombay HC

The petitions also highlight issues such as lack of adequate facilities and medical infrastructure in state, municipal-run, and private hospitals in current times.

Coronavirus LIVE: India cases rise to 23,039; global cases at 2,718,699

Coronavirus world tracker: Total number of coronavirus cases in India has reached 23,039, and the global tally stands at 2,700,611. Stay with Business Standard for Covid-19 corona LIVE updates

Coronavirus LIVE: Global cases rise to 2,636,989; death toll at 184,186

Coronavirus world tracker: Total number of coronavirus cases in India has reached 18,658, and the global tally stands at 2,482,272. Stay with Business Standard for Covid-19 corona LIVE updates

Covid-19 Factoid: India took just four days to add 5,000 coronavirus cases

While the rate at which new daily deaths get added to the global toll has been declining consistently, France, the fourth most affected country has shown some clear signs of improvement

India coronavirus dispatch: A few notes on restarting the economy

From the impact on urban poor, to miles between relief and reality, and how India should not lapse into 'permit raj' after the lockdown - read these and more in today's India digest

Covid-19 Factoid: Sweden's death-recovery gap, and India's worst sufferers

While North America is adding more coronavirus cases to the global total than Europe and Asia combined, Sweden strategy of not enforcing a lockdown also seems to have failed

Coronavirus outbreak: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine cleared for human tests

The trial, only the fourth worldwide of a vaccine targeting the virus, will be initially conducted on 200 healthy people aged 18 to 55 years in first stage

India coronavirus dispatch: Fiscal empowerment of the country's states

From a change in migrant policy, to Indians stuck abroad, and asymptomatic Covid-19 patients - read about these and more in today's India dispatch

Why it may be a long haul

The tension between livelihood and public health will not disappear for a while. And while it remains, chief ministers will take their own call on how to act

Kerala's approach to containing corona

Its people-centric response has mobilised the whole state against the pandemic

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra cases rise to 4,676; India total hits 18,658

Coronavirus latest update: Total number of coronavirus cases in India has reached 18,658 and the global tally stands at 2,482,272. Stay with Business Standard for Covid-19 LIVE updates