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Padmaja Venkataraman

- India
- October 19, 2020, 09:54 IST
No More Sweet Dreams? Experts Decode How Covid-19 Has Spurred Restless Sleep Cycles, Nightmares
Experts believe that there is a correlation between our well-being when we are awake and what we dream about at night. Nightmares, they say, can be indicators of underlying stress.
- India
- August 18, 2020, 10:08 IST
China’s Soft Power: Why Confucius Institutes Are Under Scrutiny in India and Across the Globe
What makes Confucious Institutes particularly contentious is their proximity to Chinese Communist Party. Critics point out that within classrooms, there is extensive censorship on issues such as Tibet, Taiwan and historical events like the Tiananmen Square massacre.
- India
- July 10, 2020, 16:54 IST
Who's Hou: How the Chinese Envoy is Tightening Beijing's Influence over Nepal
Nepal's media reported that former diplomats and political analysts have expressed concern over Hou Yanqi’s recent meetings with senior leaders of Kathmandu's ruling party amid the political crisis.
- India
- June 14, 2020, 11:07 IST
'Pandemic Card to Tighten Grip': Tibetan Activists in Exile Blast China's New Security Law for Hong Kong
Tibetan activists say policies being imposed by the Communist Party of China in Hong Kong bear resemblance to what the Chinese government has been doing in other regions like Tibet.
- India
- May 10, 2020, 09:16 IST
Scientific Consensus Shows Covid-19 'Not Genetically Engineered', India Funding Vaccine Development: DBT Secretary
Ministry of Science and Technology's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Dr Renu Swarup says that based on the latest WHO consensus, Covid-19 as a 'lab release' theory is likely to be false.
- India
- May 09, 2020, 09:31 IST
'Bois Locker Room': Experts Say Youngsters Need Rehabilitative Measures, Not Just Punitive Action
A dialogue on sex, consent, ownership over bodies must be introduced from a young age so that it becomes part of a dominant narrative, say experts.
- India
- April 28, 2020, 09:54 IST
‘Herd Immunity Unthinkable Now’: Top Epidemiologist Says Rapid Activity Post Lockdown May See 2nd Wave
Epidemiologist GR Babu talks about the impact of Covid-19 crisis on India’s healthcare system and how some states have managed to flatten the curve.
- India
- April 23, 2020, 13:50 IST
'Progressives from Left, Reasonable Right Voices Must Join in Post-Covid World': Author Aakash Rathore
On the occasion of World Book Day, author Aakash Singh Rathore, talks about what an Ambedkarite vision for a post-pandemic India would look like.
- India
- April 18, 2020, 16:48 IST
'Errors Led to World Paying High Price': Docs' Group Slams WHO Over Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic
World Medical Association (WMA) urged WHO to provide increased participation to Taiwan and take notice of its insights in the future.
- India
- April 16, 2020, 13:26 IST
'Err on the Side of Being Inclusive': Amartya Sen, Raghuram Rajan, Abhijit Banerjee on Covid-19
India’s biggest worry, after the extension of the Covid-19 lockdown is that a large number of people will be pushed into poverty, by the combination of the loss of livelihoods and interruptions in the standard delivery mechanisms, predicted the economists.
- India
- April 14, 2020, 19:44 IST
Scientists Confirm First Case of Coronavirus Transmission From a Dead Body, Reveals Study
However, still not much is known about how long the novel coronavirus can live in dead bodies.
- India
- April 14, 2020, 13:38 IST
'Covid-19 Reaffirmed India’s Caste, Class Inequalities': Suraj Yengde on Learning Inclusion from Ambedkar
"In India we do not have the habit of saying thank you to someone who has done a service for us especially if the person belongs to 'lower jobs'," Suraj Yengde says.
- India
- April 12, 2020, 09:26 IST
Rural India Not Adequately Prepared to Deal With Coronavirus Pandemic: MS Swaminathan
The father of India's Green Revolution said the country's rural economy is not adequately prepared for the pandemic, but added that the situation could be dealt with if institutional infrastructure is mobilised.
- India
- April 10, 2020, 13:38 IST
Around 6% of Coronavirus Infections Discovered Globally, Millions Still Undetected: German Study
Researchers said that the actual complete figure of people infected by Covid-19 may have already risen to tens of millions of people globally.
- India
- April 10, 2020, 12:48 IST
In German Town of Gangelt, Blood Samples Show 14% Residents Now Immune to Covid-19: Report
Germany’s Gangelt emerged as a coronavirus hotspot after thousands thronged to the town in February for a carnival celebration.

Padmaja Venkataraman

Padmaja Venkataraman

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