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With India as Epicentre of Covid-19 Pandemic, Health Minister Claims Victory
17 Sep 2020
Speaking in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on 15 and 16 September, Dr.
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Worsening Epidemic and a Sinking Economy: Modi’s Mid-year Balance Sheet
06 Sep 2020
Having surrendered before the epidemic, the Modi administration is hoping that the economy will bail it out. Unfortunately, we are likely to face the worst of both: a worsening epidemic and an…
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TikTok Ban and Trump’s Extortionist Policies
29 Aug 2020
China sees the US demand for opening their and others’ markets, while ordering ByteDance to sell TikTok, as another version of the Opium War. If TikTok owning the data of its users is dangerous to…
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COVID-19: What Does the Reinfection Case Imply?
26 Aug 2020
In this episode of 'Covid-19 watch with Dr. Satyajit Rath', he talks about the case of reinfection. He also discusses if the vaccines will be able to tackle the reinfection and more.
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Can BJP’s Politics and Facebook’s Business Thrive without Hate?
22 Aug 2020
The problem of hate news is built into the genes of big digital monopolies like Facebook. We need to break up these monopolies and regulate them as the new public utilities of the digital age.
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COVID 19: For How Long Do Antibodies Stay?
19 Aug 2020
Dr. Satyahit Rath talks about the immunity developed in recovered COVID-19 patients and also the immunity that the potential vaccines can induce.
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Remembering Hiroshima and the Threat of Nuclear Extinction, Eighty Years On
06 Aug 2020
‘It is difficult to believe that the schizophrenic US view of the justness of its possession of nuclear power, while threatening others, is not underpinned by the belief of many in white supremacy.…
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The US Tech War on China and the 5G Battlefield
01 Aug 2020
It is certainly not game over for Huawei as many tech analysts are concluding. They have already pronounced the game over twice, once over Google’s Android system denial, later on ARM processor ban.
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From Atmanirbhar Bharat to Reliance India
27 Jul 2020
Reliance is using its newly minted telecom monopoly to expand into other sectors of the Indian economy in partnership with global MNCs – Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Its 5G claims are a signal…
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Trump’s Withdrawal from WHO: a Cover-up for its Abject Failure on COVID-19
18 Jul 2020
‘The WHO, with its warts and all, still stands for global cooperation and fostering public health policies, and is the only instrument we have for global cooperation. It is hated by the right-wing…