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What the virus cost us: 5 years on, Roshan Kishore writes on the pandemic impact

The Indian economy contracted (by 5.8%), for the first time in four decades. The road to recovery is littered with new roadblocks. We are still paying the price

 (HT Illustration: Rahul Pakarath)
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 06:34 PM IST

Five years later: R Sukumar looks back on how we fared in and after the pandemic

There was a quiet promise implicit in the pandemic era. Amid the devastation, a chance to renegotiate and reimagine our world. Why did we turn inward instead?

 (HT Illustration: Rahul Pakarath)
Updated on Mar 08, 2025 05:19 PM IST

Brazil's glitzy Carnival returns in full form after Covid-19 pandemic

Brazil expects 46 million people to join the festivities that officially began Friday and run through Feb 22. That includes visitors to cities that make Carnival a world-famous bash, especially Rio but also Salvador, Recife and metropolitan Sao Paulo, which has recently emerged as a hotspot.

Dancers from the Unidos de Vila Maria samba school perform during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Updated on Feb 18, 2023 03:48 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Rio De Janeiro

How prepared is India for future epidemics? Experts discuss at THSTI meet

The goal of the meeting is to develop a roadmap for accelerating concept, design, delivery of vaccine development for future pandemic.

How prepared is India for future epidemics? Experts discuss at THSTI meet(REUTERS)
Published on Dec 06, 2022 09:26 AM IST
ANI | | Posted by Tapatrisha Das, Faridabad

WHO’s Chief Scientist sees long road ahead after pandemic: Q&A

World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan sees a long road ahead not only to determine the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, but also to educate people about public health and garner international support for the WHO.

 World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan.(REUTERS)
Published on Feb 11, 2022 12:51 PM IST
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