Govt bungling of COVID-19 crisis How not to handle an epidemic R. Ramachandran The lockdowns were meant to buy time to put in place appropriate health measures and ...
Fascinated by twinkling lights R. Ramachandran Frontline supplements Jayant Narlikar’s reminiscences with other brief information about ...
Failure of lockdown-centric strategy Blame game R. Ramachandran Faced with the failure of its lockdown-centric strategy, the Centre blames the States and ...
COVID Research How a virus evolves in a pandemic R. Ramachandran The mutations of SARS-CoV-2, according to a new study, have led to the emergence of a ...
ICMR study ICMR study finds evidence of community transmission R. Ramachandran A recent research work published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR), a ...
Temperature factor Temperature not a factor in COVID transmission R. Ramachandran With the worldwide spread of COVID-19, which began in November-December 2019 and unfolded ...
Mortality data Data discrepancy R. Ramachandran A couple of studies use naturally occurring control groups—passengers in the Diamond ...
Post-lockdown strategy Lockdown and after R. Ramachandran In India, decisions on strategies to contain COVID-19 are being made on the basis of ...
Chasing the virus R. Ramachandran While COVID-19’s onslaught has laid low the mighty United States and much of the developed ...
Materials Science High demand for Li-ion batteries can affect cobalt supply R. Ramachandran While the greater use of electric vehicles might benefit the environment, further growth ...
Biochemistry Microbes deep beneath the ocean floor R. Ramachandran In a study published in a recent issue of “Nature”, scientists from the Woods Hole ...
Agriculture Bt cotton no match for Indian pests R. Ramachandran A first long-term analysis of the impact of Bt cotton in India has found that production ...
Medicine New bile acids discovered R. Ramachandran Thanks to a new discovery made by scientists at Michigan State University (MSU), led by ...
Coronavirus challenge Virus challenge R. Ramachandran The deceptively small number of COVID-19 cases (and deaths) in India should not drive the ...
Biomechanics Birdsong can tell bird size R. Ramachandran THE white-tipped plantcutter is a reddish small bird that emits a distinct hoarse groaning ...
