Articles by Rishabh Shrivastava

A year on, COVID-19 cases are showing an alarming spike across cities. What do the numbers say? How are cities coping? Will vaccines check the spread, or is another lockdown inevitable?

Wetlands created by Raja Bhoj 1000 years ago face extinction today, thanks to the new Bhopal Development Plan. The plan threatens, among other things, increased tiger presence in some eco-sensitive areas.

The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive is for senior citizens and those over 45 years with comorbidities. Here is a detailed explainer of the entire process.

The pandemic was not just a public health crisis but also exposed the government’s lack of a coherent communication strategy.

This is the time for the government to identify early stage start-ups practising sustainable tourism and help them scale up and create best practices to be replicated.

An alarming report on air pollution in these plains from the University of Chicago (EPIC) shows that residents here are losing 7.5 years of their lives as a result. What’s causing this?

While the big focus is on mobility, the ramifications of the Char Dham project on urban ecology of the several small towns situated on the highway deserve more scrutiny.

Key highlights from a webinar organised by Citizen Matters on the Swachh Survekshan 2020 and the deeper insights from experts.

It was only in June that the state implemented a number of steps, like setting up fever clinics, to curb the spread of the virus. There are also concerns that the upcoming elections may hurt transparency.

Who can access your personal data from the Aarogya Setu app and for how long? Latest govt rules clarify, but does that address safety concerns?

As coronavirus positive cases near the 6000 mark, an immediate end to the nationwide lockdown on April 15th is very unlikely. Instead, states are looking at containment strategies to keep ‘hotspots’ under total lockdown. Here are the basic guidelines from the Ministry of Health that will drive such containment strategies.

In an exclusive interview with Citizen Matters, Shekhar Tomar, Asst Professor of Business and Public Policy at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, says economic decision makers must chalk out a clear blueprint on how to respond to the economic crisis which could linger even after the lockdown ends.