Covid 19 Pandemic

US life expectancy rose by more than a year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

For decades, US life expectancy rose a little nearly every year. But about a decade ago, the trend flattened and even declined some years - a stall blamed largely on overdose deaths and suicides.

Indian drug manufacturers benefit from Big Pharma interest beyond China

China has for nearly 20 yrs been the preferred location for a range of pharmaceutical research & manufacturing services primarily due to the low cost. That relationship largely held firm despite a US-China trade war  & supply chain havoc experienced by other industries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

‘Just let people die’: Sunak reportedly said ahead of national lockdown, COVID probe panel finds

The inquiry is examining the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic that shut large sections of the economy and killed more than 220,000 people in Britain. It is due to run until the summer of 2026

Vantage | Global inflation is cooling and India has a hand in it

While central banks are currently content with the recent drop in inflation rates, caution prevails

Vantage | Why Australia, China are trying to patch up

As Anthony Albanese seeks to reset ties with China, the resilience of this reset will be tested in the face of China's expanding influence in the Pacific region and the delicate balance of power in the Asia-Pacific

Explore possibilities of extending benefits of COVID-19 schemes to all orphan children: SC to Centre

The bench took note of the submission and asked the Centre to consider the expression "such other group" in section 2(d) of the RTE Act and consider extending the benefits to all orphans by issuing suitable directions.

BRICS Johannesburg Summit: Why India should not let autocratic China dominate the dialogue

New Delhi should counter Xi Jinping’s broader Chinese dream of world domination using forums like SCO and BRICS

Why is there a row over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages in the UK?

Former UK PM Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp chats are a key piece of evidence for the official inquiry into how the country handled the COVID-19 pandemic. While Rishi Sunak’s office has declined to submit the internal chats, his predecessor has submitted a part of the requested messages

Tailored To Lie: China’s AI bots deny COVID-19, bans people for asking 'bad' things about President Xi

In a recent demonstration of Baidu's Ernie AI bot, people found that the it will dodge questions about Covid-19's origin, or any role that China may have had to play. It was also found that the bot would ban users who asked a bad question about President Xi Jinping

A discriminatory affair: How Dalit advocacy group Equality Labs portrays Hindu religion as irredeemable in US

There is a concern that Hindu and Indian employees will now be looked at with suspicion because employers simply won’t want to deal with frivolous lawsuits, such as Cisco