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Attack of the mutants: Will Sputnik help us in our COVID fight?

April 17, 2021 Gunjan Sharma

Emergency use approval of Russia’s Sputnik V can help increase much-needed vaccine coverage in the country, but more is needed to beat the raging second wave.

COVID containment and lockdown in Vadodara

India’s COVID response: A choice between decisive action and national distress

April 17, 2021 Mohit Sinha

We need to unequivocally defer any and all non-essential activities right now; else, we are staring in the face at national distress.

COVID vaccination: My travails over the second dose

April 14, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

“The doctor told us even if they wanted to give me the jab without the certificate, they couldn’t, because they had no vaccine,” writes a Delhi-based senior journalist.

City Buzz: Vaccine shortage fears | New restrictions in Delhi | NGT on Gurugram’s Bandhwari landfill…and more

April 11, 2021 News Desk

Catch all the recent and important news highlights from urban India

Opinion: The farce that is the Ease of Living Index

April 9, 2021 Tikender Panwar

Why are people’s reactions so diametrically opposite to the results of this data-driven EoL index?

Alcohol consumption: When is ‘drinking’ legal and what if you break those laws?

April 8, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

Recently, the Delhi government reduced the legal age for alcohol consumption from 25 to 21. Here’s a round-up of laws and regulation related to drinking across India.

The price of a new storm-water drain in Delhi: 600 trees and a park

April 5, 2021 Rohan Kathpalia

Amit Kumar and his fellow Dwarka Sector 8 residents are fighting to prevent the DDA from destroying the only public park in their sector.

City Buzz: Mumbai, Pune under night curfew | No lockdown in Delhi | Kumbh Mela in Haridwar….and more

April 5, 2021 News Desk

City Buzz: COVID updates from cities over the week that passed

More buses, better footpaths and three more wishes from a Hyderabad resident

April 3, 2021 Jasmine Singh

The writer has precious memories of the city from 20 years ago. Now, a resident for three years, she lists what must be addressed to fulfil the city’s aspirations.

COVID scenario: Latest trends across cities and coping strategies

March 31, 2021 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?

The second wave of COVID: The how and the why

March 29, 2021 Gunjan Sharma

The spike is because simple rules of COVID-appropriate behaviour are being ignored: wearing a mask, washing your hands, maintaining distance, avoiding crowds. And vaccine hesitancy.

City Buzz: Second wave of COVID-19 | Vaccines for 45 plus | 22 polluted cities in India…and more

March 28, 2021 News Desk

The country appears to be in the grip of the second wave of the pandemic, with numbers rising sharply. The latest updates on that and other news from cities.

Some cities have lost up to 70% of wetlands. Will Bhopal face the same fate?

March 25, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

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.

Locked down, but not out: Women entrepreneurs in Ahmedabad

March 23, 2021 Binita Parikh

What started as an activity to pass time creatively during the lockdown were turned into a viable business by these indomitable women.

City Buzz: Second wave of COVID-19 intensifies | Vaccine wastage | Ahmedabad Metro update…and more

March 21, 2021 News Desk

Key news highlights from cities this week