A mix-and-match approach to COVID-19 vaccines could provide logistical and immunological benefits

by Sanjana_18

Researchers hope that a mix-and-match approach to COVID-19 vaccines will help alleviate these issues and create more flexibility in the immunization regimens available to people.

COVID-19 Delta variant in Canada: FAQ on origins, hotspots and vaccine protection

by Sanjana_18

The acceleration of the Delta variant around the world is raising questions about its origin, transmissibility, hotspots and potential for vaccine resistance.

How a Scottish graveyard in Kolkata revealed the untold stories of colonial women in India

by Sanjana_18

These were selective narratives from a particularly male perspective and presented colonisers as transforming social benefactors installed to provide a civilising influence.

Has Media Failed India?

by An_Indian

We can only form opinions based on the information available to us. But what if that information is biased and inaccurate?

Doctors in the pay of politicians

by An_Indian

Of all public services, health care should be the least susceptible to corruption. Yet there is ample evidence that our medical institutions have been so weakened that they are ready to crumble.

The police should be protectors – not abusers

by An_Indian

The police and the justice system are there to safeguard us. Instead, they have become abusers in the pay of corrupt and wealthy politicians.

From 13 unis to 1: why Australia needs to reverse the loss of South Asian studies

by Sanjana_18

Only five of the 40 Australian universities offer semester-length subjects on India or South Asia. Six universities offered an Indian language in 1996. Now only two do so.

Our institutions have failed us

by An_Indian

The justice system, education, the military, the electoral commission, the media: institutions are the building blocks of a democratic society, the essence of civilisation.

Raghu Rama Krishna Raju arrested and tortured in custody as a result of “revenge politics”

by An_Indian

India’s institutions are broken. There is no clearer example than the case of Raghu Rama Krishna Raju, an Andhra Pradesh MP for the YSR Congress Party.

COVID-19 messages make emergency alerts just another text in the crowd on your home screen

by Sanjana_18

COVID-19-related messages are a new use of this alert system. They indicate changing ideas about what constitutes an emergency and underscore the challenges of public messaging in a personalized media environment.