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Actors Suriya, Kajol among 397 invited to join Oscar panel

Karnataka government relents in the face of widespread opposition, to make ‘certain changes’ in the revised textbooks

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Teesta Setalvad, R.B. Sreekumar, and Sanjiv Bhatt to remain in police custody until July 2

Maharashtra political crisis: The battle for the real Shiv Sena

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Three separate and spaced exposures to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein confers high immune protection, say scientists in two studies

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The downward trajectory of the second wave has slowed down to imperceptible levels, a worrying trend in a context where the numbers are rising again a

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Dr Chandrakant Lahariya: ‘India’s Covid vaccination drive has been underwhelming’

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Why counting the dead matters

ANUPAMA KATAKAM

The Million Death Study, done between 1998 and 2014, was meant to throw up data on the leading causes of death in India. Had the study been allowed to

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India impossibly short of vaccinating its entire adult population against COVID-19 by the end of 2021

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India’s vaccination drive rests on a wing and a prayer as it looks set to miss the target of vaccinating all adults by the end of the year.

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The fall and rise of COVID numbers

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The number of cases begins to rise again after weeks of showing a declining trend, confirming that the COVID challenge is not over yet.

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The Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan discusses COVID-19, vaccinations, science education in India, among other things

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COVID-19 in India: Fourth ICMR survey results show 67.6 per cent seropositivity

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The results of the fourth nationwide ICMR survey show unprecedented levels of SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence while the rate of vaccination in Indi

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A simple prescription to contain COVID-19 in rural Karnataka

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COVID-19 relief work: Friends in need

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Under-reporting of pandemic toll

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The concealing of the actual numbers of the dead is likely to impact research on the COVID-19 pandemic and block efforts to combat the virus.

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