Distance of 1.5 meters not enough for social distancing measures, study reveals What is a safe distance that one should follow for social distancing in times of coornavirus COVID-19 pandemic? A recent study tried to find the answer to the question, taking the potential aerodynamic effects into account. The aerodynamic effects are introduced by person…

Coronavirus pandemic is 10 times more deadly than swine flu – WHO GENEVA: The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, also called H1N1, which caused a global pandemic in 2009, the World Health Organization said Monday, calling for control measures to be lifted “slowly”. “We know that COVID-19 spreads fast, and…

Assam Agitation Martyr’s daughter gets aid Smile was writ large on the face of Honali Gohain Haloi, daughter of a couple who took part in the Assam Agitation, on Sunday when several NGOs and do-gooders extended helping hand to the family by providing them ration. The Telegraph published the miseries her family has been going through…

#COVID19 – Arrival of 5 foreign nationals in Guwahati creates panic Amid COVID19 pandemic and lockdown, sensation prevailed suddenly in Guwahati after arrival of five foreign nationals in the city’s Beltola area on Sunday night. The foreign nationals include 3 French, 1 Italian and 1 Spanish national. Informing about the foreign nationals’ arrival in the city, additional…

Delhi – Day after fire, hundreds wait in the open as govt rushes to arrange shelter A day after a fire gutted three shelter homes in Kashmere Gate, hundreds of homeless people remained stranded along the Yamuna, waiting for the authorities to find them alternative accommodation Sunday. While government officials said they will be shifted…

Madhya Pradesh Sees 40 New COVID-19 Patients, Total Cases Rise to 572; Death Toll Touch 44 With 40 more persons testing positive for coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed to 572, Health Department officials said. Four more persons died in the state, taking the COVID-19…

No food during lockdown, mother throws 5 children into river Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh): In a shocking incident on Sunday, a woman threw her five children into the Ganga river in Jeghangirabad in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district. As soon as the police were informed, senior police officials reached the spot and divers were pressed into service to…

After the pandemic There is a new kind of knowingness doing the rounds of our locked down world. It plays variations on an edgy theme, the idea that this global quarantine isn’t just a milestone in the history of the early 21st century but a turning point. John Gray, an English philosopher justly admired for…

Easter Greetings – Power of love and reconciliation All religions have mythologies and all have philosophies but most importantly all have a social message too. Frankly, religion don’t survive on mere mythologies alone but on their social messages too. There is a big fight still going on in various parts of the world related to…

From populist rule to lynching, the writings of Machiavelli foreshadow much of modern mass politics The Italian diplomat placed conflict between the plebians and the prince at the heart of a stable regime. In his major writings, especially the Discourses on Livy and in Florentine Histories, Niccolo Machiavelli addresses a fundamental conflict in the very…

Is history repeating itself ? For the first time in a century, the human race faces an existential question: who will live to see 2021, and who will die? In the abstract, it is an academic question since the death rate will be low. But it is engrossing because the absolute numbers will be very…

RSS Does Not Have Permission to Man Check-Posts, Clarifies Telangana Police After Pictures of Lathi-Wielding Activists at Checkpoint Go Viral Hyderabad, April 12: Pictures purportedly showing lathi-wielding Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists checking IDs of people at a check-post amid coronavirus lockdown in Telangana triggered a row. The images were reportedly clicked on Thursday near Gudur…

When fisherman can’t venture into the sea in monsoon, they repair their nets – MMRDA commissioner The MMRDA has the maximum number of infrastructure projects in its kitty but now, with the coronavirus outbreak, all these are stalled. How do you plan to catch up with deadlines? I am foreseeing the extension of project deadlines,…