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How Indian fact-checkers dealt with COVID-19 misinformation

April 30, 2021

An analysis of International Fact Checking Network’s repository of fact-checked stories to understand the trends of misinformation in 2020. In mid-February...

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India’s Second Wave: States battling the highest rise in COVID cases

April 30, 2021

Reaching a record-high increase in infections, these Indian states are at the frontlines of battling the deadly second wave Battling a deadly second wave of...

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Debunked claims of COVID-19 cures resurface in vernacular language

March 22, 2021

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First Check found videos encouraging unscientific cures of COVID-19 on YouTube in Bengali – a language mostly spoken in the West Bengal state of India and...

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What data says about India’s COVID vaccinations

March 19, 2021

As of March 17, more than 6.5 million people have been fully vaccinated in India, with both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. And that’s a meagre 0.47 per cent of...

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India’s Regional Cancer Centres, mapped

February 4, 2021

Regional Cancer Centres are dedicated to providing specialised services in cancer diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care. They also have dedicated research...

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India and USA: Crossing the redline

January 21, 2021

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On December 19, 2020, India joined the United States in having more than ten million Covid 19 cases. To put things in perspective, the number of global cases...

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India’s COVID vaccines: A primer

January 15, 2021

With vaccine rollout beginning January 16, India’s battle against COVID-19 progresses to the next stage. Here’s all you need to know about the country’s...

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A look at the COVID-19 curve in India’s states

September 28, 2020

As India races to No 1 in the global ranking of countries with the most COVID-19 cases, we look at how the number of infections has progressed in some of its...

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Uncertain future for Indians studying medicine in China

September 6, 2020

The number of Indian students pursuing MBBS in China has grown immensely in the past few years. Today there are an estimated 21,000 Indian students studying...

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Tracking India’s mobility during lockdown

August 28, 2020

Google’s community mobility data shows that Lockdowns 1.0 and 2.0 were most effective, and some states with lower levels of mobility in the initial days helped...