...use of violence as a metaphor for describing a contagious pandemic like Covid19 can be dangerous, divisive, and at times, fatal. When the pandemic is framed as a war, the...

...be seen reflected in the way conspiracy theories regarding the coronavirus pandemic evolved. As the pandemic spread and claimed more lives, people started suspecting whether the coronavirus was born in...

...of an epidemic or pandemic on the scale predicted will be calamitous. “The World Bank estimates that a global influenza pandemic akin to the scale and virulence of the one...

...less about the current pandemic and more about how we personally cope in the face of stress — styles that are very closely linked to our individual personalities. Pandemic preppers...

Journalist Gayatri Shah recently hosted an InstaLive talk on the future of luxury retail post the pandemic. She says that her motivation to set up the session stemmed, partially, from...

...was helping with relief work at a camp set up for people displaced by the pogrom when the coronavirus pandemic hit India. Soon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day-lockdown,...

A report by an international NGO has found that almost two million women, across 37 countries, have lost access to contraceptives and abortion services amid the pandemic — with India...

...after six months and, if needed, to be fixed or replaced. But even before the pandemic hit, this regulation was seldom followed. “We are exposed to lethal bacteria and viruses...

...Covid19 pandemic, according to a United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) report. Describing this finding as a “catastrophe within a catastrophe,” UNFPA’s deputy executive director, Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, has said the...

...health crisis: frontline healthcare workers, older people, adolescents and young people, those with pre-existing mental health conditions, and those caught up in conflict and crisis. “Even when the pandemic is...

Since the Covid19 pandemic began, there’s been a rise in the use of certain emojis — the facemask emoji, the microbe emoji, the sneezing emoji, the nauseated face emoji. In...

...researchers race to find answers related to the Covid19 pandemic, news media is responsible for making their research accessible to the masses. The emergent nature of the Covid19 pandemic has...

...pandemic. Yesterday in Kolkata, students from North-East states were thrown out of their homes, and assaulted, both verbally and physically. In response to the sad trend, the Indian Ministry of...

...comics published generously by creators in response to the coronavirus pandemic. * The Covid19 pandemic has delivered a blow to football lovers across the world. Not only are their game-watching...

...no cure has caused a worldwide pandemic. In a rapid turn of events, as the coronavirus disease eats its way through China, Italy, Iran, Spain, and more, with no sign...

...reports, The Guardian reports. Brazil, Germany, Greece, the United Kingdom, and Australia have all witnessed an uptick in calls made to domestic violence hotlines since the coronavirus pandemic began, as...

...potential fatalities. Speaking to the media last week, the WHO clarified this point, deeming abortion an essential healthcare service during the Covid19 pandemic. “Sexual and reproductive health care is integral...

Israel is showing the world how citizens can dissent amidst the Covid19 pandemic. Standing two meters apart, more than 2,800 mask-clad protesters in Tel Aviv showed up on the streets...