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Covid-19 has given an urgent wake up call to prepare ourselves for any future threat

Next Pandemic Could Be More "Lethal" Than Covid, Vaccine Creator Warns

"The truth is, the next one could be worse. It could be more contagious, or more lethal, or both," Sarah Gilbert, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine said.

Different Pandemics, Similar Lessons

Ishana Sharma

Let us have faith in the experts and listen to them rather than argue with them. Let us learn from our past mistakes and failures and come out of this situation victorious as ever.

The Demand For Steel Is Peaking

Shoeb Ahmed

Companies & Markets Sector Reports

The negative impact of the second wave of the pandemic on the demand and production of steel is not likely to whittle down all of the resurgence that has been evident of late

The Design You Are Making Today Is For Next 50-100 Years

Adrija Saha

The pandemic has demonstrated how change can be accelerated, and what we see now all the systems that we will anyway have to adopt sometime in the future, as a part of our everyday life.

Digitalisation Boosting The Next Wave Of Growth And Transformation Across Real Estate

Anshuman Magazine

Gadgets & Technology Tech Trends

Technology has emerged as the key enabler during these times.

Fashion Retail Sector Can Fight The Covid-Hit Economic Slowdown With Technology

Kavita Jha

Gadgets & Technology Tech Trends

The positive takeaway for brands from the tech sector is that e-commerce and artificial intelligence (AI) can help the apparel industry quarterback to a better position.

No Amount Of Government Intervention Adequate For pandemic-hit Economy: FM Sitharaman

The government has taken steps for interventions by consulting several chambers of commerce, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took feedback from the industry, she said.

Can This Pandemic Skew The Results?

Dr. S.S. Mantha

The issue of jobs and the cost of living could be “particularly salient” for those aged 25 to 50, and those of low-middle- and middle-income groups for they are the ones who either lost jobs or in danger of losing jobs.

Role Of Equality In Pandemics

Dr Amit Kapoor

Companies & Markets Sector Reports Luxury

Inequality also plays a role after the outbreak of a pandemic, as the burden of the disease is heaviest on the most vulnerable.

Sailing Through The Pandemic?

Jyotsna Sharma

The Industry is bruised, incomes have shrunk and jobs have been lost – the impact of Covid-19 across sectors varies but there are a few that have managed to weather the impact. And Luxury is one such sector perhaps, because of the nature of the sector itself and the fact that the consumers have a deep emotional connect to the brands.

COVID-19 Pandemic To Add Rs 1.67 Lakh Cr To Corporate Delinquencies By FY22: Report

Education And Career Institutions

This will take the cumulative quantum of delinquencies to Rs 4.21 lakh crore or about 11 per cent of overall debt, India Ratings and Research said in its report.

COVID Is Driving Online: Can Online Drive Education?

Dr. S.S. Mantha

Pandemics or no pandemics, blended learning is the future, for it makes a permanent record of thinking and therefore offers an opportunity for reflection and increased awareness of the inquiry process.

Degeneration Of Indian Democracy Into Anarchy

Dr Sunil Gupta

Democracy will not be allowed to degenerate into anarchy by the determined people and the Government of India.

All Eyes On You

Jyotsna Sharma