President Donald Trump has been widely slammed for mishandling the COVID-19 crisis, costing the US dearly.
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Some of the worst health performers in recent weeks have been ‘First World’.
Police in Bhopal, India use a drone to monitor adherence to lockdown measures.
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Start-ups in India, many in Kerala, have taken up the challenge of finding innovative solutions to the problems raised by COVID-19.
1.3 billion people in India are in lockdown.
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With 1.3 billion people in India under lockdown, how will it affect women, particularly those in rural areas?
Mountains above Munnar, a hill town in Kerala, India.
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The Western Ghats are a global biodiversity hotspot, but urgently need better legal protection.
Hospices to fortune.
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One of the great success stories in healthcare, a quarter of the UK hospice sector is said to be close to collapse.
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Kerala floods show the relationship between climate change and extreme rainfall is complex.
Residents of Pandanad sit in a bus stop surrounded by flood waters, in Kerala, India.
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Uncontrolled growth at the expense of the environment will severely exacerbate the impacts of climate change. As shown with tragic floods in India, our cities are not prepared for extreme events.
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More than 350 people have died after intense rainfall in the Indian state.
An activist takes part in a protest in December 2015 to mark the third anniversary of the Delhi bus gang rape.
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The alleged sexual assault of a well-known actress in Kerala has sparked outrage and exposed serious gender issues at the heart of the society.
Pressing on: Narendra Modi.
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While Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government can take heart, the political landscape is fragmenting along caste, religious and ideological lines.