India Writes Against COVID

“Why is this a global competition to you when Americans are losing their lives every day?”,“People are losing their lives every day globally. Ask China.” China made the virus in a lab. WHO was irresponsible and lacking to contain the virus during its initial spread. China allowed travel even though the virus was spreading. It is basic human behavior to look for the cause in every situation; more so when the effect is not desirable. So, when countries started blaming China for the global situation or when Indian citizens wanted to boycott Chinese products, nobody was surprised. “Make in India” got its resurgence. But what happens when a superpower; one that has the ability to influence millions of mindsets, impressionable or not, is hell-bent on playing the blame-game? Especially when this rally has no effective result. The number of COVID-19 cases took a sharp turn for the worse in April in the United States. Many were concerned with Trump’s lack of action, and today, the United States...

India crossed 100000 COVID cases recently. Our numbers are rising to the nines, and officials say that we are yet to reach the peak. The respiratory nature of the Novel Coronavirus poses a threat to human beings with its quick transmission; sometimes being asymptomatic. Moreover, the virus has been known to spread through indirect contact with material items as well. This brings about the question about how quarantine facilities, private laboratories, and isolation wards are dealing with containing the virus within their boundaries by properly disposing of their biomedical waste (BMW)? Many have lauded our health care and sanitation workers for fighting the virus and putting themselves at such proximity to it day after day. It is also necessary to realize that not only are they treating COVID patients to the best of their abilities but are also responsible for the correct disposal of any BMW that could cause further spread. Apart from the BMW Management Rule 2016, newer guidelines have...

A revitalization in the environment across the globe has quite clearly been in effect with the lockdown. Whether it be a lowering of air pollution levels worldwide, the clearing up of the famed canals of Venice, a growth in both flora and fauna, reduction in waste production, reduction in overall pollution and so much more, albeit sprinkled with some false news, the unquestionable positive impact the lockdown has had brings a seemingly valid question to the forefront of discourse: Has it been us humans who have been what’s wrong with the world, after all? An evolutionary mistake doomed to be the cause of this beautiful blue planet’s end? Not quite. You see, the question is but a logical product of all that we hear about overpopulation and a constant lack of resources, which amounts to so much pain and grief for so many, but it is this very line of thinking that is misleading, and hiding a much bigger villain behind its narrative. It is shocking to learn that the total food grown on far...