With 2020 approaching its end, the world is pinning its hope on the COVID vaccines for the near end of this ferocious pandemic. But the new variant of coronavirus vaccine emerging from the United Kingdom is stressing the world out. So, what all do we know about this new variant? How is this different from Read More…
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Holiday Season: preparation of celebrations amid the pandemic
With the COVID-19 disseminating everywhere, the world is fitting itself out for the most outlandish holiday season of modern history. Though a few vaccine candidates are grinding hopes of near “back-to-normal” days still a long time lies ahead and a whole COVID winter to go. With the government insisting not to travel, lockdowns and contagious Read More…
What actually led India’s GDP to fall to -23.9%?
The greatest economic contraction that India has seen since its independence is on its way. A glimpse of it can be seen in the steep fall of the country’s GDP for the first quarter of Financial Year 2020-21. The unprecedented pandemic is surely a big reason behind it, but can the pandemic be entirely blamed Read More…
Street Vendors: The gloomy uncertain future?
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has done the world an indelible vandalization. Everything for some time came to stand still, with almost the entire world in lockdowns. But now when things are again getting in motion, the bitter facts are revealing. Millions have lost their jobs, unemployment rate around the world have sharply hiked. But what Read More…
COVID19 is revealing India’s apathy towards Caste System
The global pandemic is once again shining a bright light on of the world’s longest surviving social hierarchies. India’s caste system was believed to be approaching its end; but the COVID19 pandemic is showing how this social hierarchy is a dark horse. The migrant labours, who walked thousands of kilometres after Prime minister Narendra Modi imposed Read More…
Sexual Assault: Quarantine centres and hospital in India are not safe
The number of coronavirus cases in India is touching new peaks every single day. With more than 1.2 million cases the country stands third in the queue after Brazil. Quarantine centres and hospitals are flooding with patients, some have reached their full capacity. But, these hospitals and quarantine centres; the only place one can think Read More…
Child Labour Augment: pandemic pushing millions again in peril
Child Labour has always been a deplorable part of our society. Contrarily in recent decades, a ray of hope, of its near-eradication was seen; when the report by UNICEF read that since 2000, 94 million children are pulled out of Child Labour Trap. But the ray now seems to be fluctuation because of the novel Read More…
Is it the right time for the social end of the pandemic?
Young people who were expected to be responsible in the pandemic; as they are the least vulnerable to this extremely contagious virus are acting rashly. US man’s demise Recently a 30-year-old man from the US, have covered headline of almost every news channel and website. The man who thought that the virus is ‘hoax‘. According Read More…
Poverty: are we being blind to the real problems?
While the time we are afraid of stepping out of our homes, people are wandering the streets searching for a pile to eat. We, living the most possible comfortable life in the pandemic yet we feel like prisoners; and there are people out there who don’t have shelter over their heads amid the pandemic. We Read More…
Will we ever be able to eradicate the coronavirus from the world?
A few months back nobody was cognizant of what is SARS-CoV-19. And now here we stand, without a shadow of a doubt, how a tiny virus, can stop and shake the entire world to its roots. Coronavirus, today is on everyone’s mind with one question, when will this all end? Today, the virus has infected Read More…
The pandemic is benefiting human traffickers
The pandemic is affecting people in many different negative ways all over the world, but apparently is allowing traffickers to grow their business. This worrying trend poses many risks to global security and it can have a long-term impact on millions of people across the globe, who have become increasingly vulnerable during the pandemic and Read More…