Noted Gujarati-origin clinical immunologist and immunopathologist Professor Pravin Hissaria has strong words for “whoever has advised” the Central government to offer booster shots to people nine months after he or she was administered the second shot of the vaccine. The India-born, Adelaide, Australia-based public health specialist was the one who created the protocol early last year for … Continue reading ‘Nine-month wait for booster shot too long, anti-science’
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‘ISI didn’t plan the Taliban victory. The US facilitated it,’ says Author & Filmmaker Adrian Levy
(Illustration: Saurabh Singh) Adrian Levy has never stayed back this long in London since he was 16, he says. The Covid-19 pandemic has confined him to his London home from where he currently gives interviews on the latest among several books he has co-authored with Cathy Scott-Clark who, these days, is tied up with an … Continue reading ‘ISI didn’t plan the Taliban victory. The US facilitated it,’ says Author & Filmmaker Adrian Levy
The return of the Taliban will have grave consequences for India, says C Christine Fair
C. Christine Fair C.Christine Fair is a renowned scholar of military affairs and politics in South Asia and has lived and worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan besides other countries. Early on, she was a political officer with the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul. Fair, Professor, Security Studies, at Georgetown University, is one of the … Continue reading The return of the Taliban will have grave consequences for India, says C Christine Fair
Covid-19 is aggravating India’s uncontrolled diabetes burden
(Illustration: Saurabh Singh) BODY BUILDER AND FITNESS coach Raman Singh (name changed) has always held a vendetta against carbs. For the last five years, he has had his medical checkups done every six months, but when the Mumbai-based 40-year-old was diagnosed with high blood sugar levels some months ago, which could only be treated with … Continue reading Covid-19 is aggravating India’s uncontrolled diabetes burden
The Cost of Long Covid
KERALA-BASED JOURNALIST C Viswanath was behind the wheel when he realised that he did not have the energy to drive. He takes pride in being able to drive eight to nine hours without a break, but this was not the day. Not even for eight to nine minutes. All he wanted to do was go … Continue reading The Cost of Long Covid
‘Indian super model to predict Covid spread lacked clarity’
An interview with Gautam I. Menon, Professor, Departments of Physics and Biology, Ashoka University Gautam I. Menon FOR SOMEONE whose key interest in the past was mostly related to superconductors, Menon is now focused on building models of infectious diseases. While his intellectual pursuits are eclectic, and includes statistical physics, soft condensed matter physics, mechanobiology … Continue reading ‘Indian super model to predict Covid spread lacked clarity’
Vietnam looks to boost educational ties with India, signs MoUs with private universities
Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau (in blue) at the MoU signing ceremony in New Delhi on May 17, 2021 New Delhi, March 17, 2021: Vietnam, which enjoys robust diplomatic and defence ties with India, now wants to send more of its students to colleges here as part of a long-term commitment to enhance relations on the education … Continue reading Vietnam looks to boost educational ties with India, signs MoUs with private universities
Indian Farmers Versus Narendra Modi’s Propaganda Machine
Hundreds of thousands of India’s farmers have been camping on the roads leading to New Delhi in an unprecedented protest that has lasted more than two months but has not been given its proportional share of attention, either from the media or the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for its merit and legitimacy. The … Continue reading Indian Farmers Versus Narendra Modi’s Propaganda Machine
MN Deshpande: The Public Archaeologist
In her book on the late iconic chief of the Archaeological Survey of India, author and historian Nayanjot Lahiri surpasses her own high standards in history writing For a person who played a pivotal role in shaping and giving direction to archaeological explorations and the building and sustaining of a nodal institution for that purpose … Continue reading MN Deshpande: The Public Archaeologist
Watching Christopher Nolan’s Tenet: First Day First Show in India
In this sci-fi movie, forces from the future seek revenge on past generations for what they had done to the planet WATCHING Christopher Nolan’s Tenet on December 4, the day it was released in India, was thrilling for more reasons than the movie itself. It was the first film I watched in a cinema hall in over … Continue reading Watching Christopher Nolan’s Tenet: First Day First Show in India
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