News by Numbers
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International Museum Day: The impact of Covid-19 closures
The top 100 museums around the world saw a 77 percent drop in footfalls thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of them remained closed throughout 2020, with the total number of closure days of the 100 top museums amounting to a whopping 41,000
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Why Tauktae? A look at how cyclones are named
As Cyclone Tauktae intensifies, many are wondering where the name came from and why it's called that. A look at why and how cyclones are named
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Tauktae: The devastating power of cyclones
As Cyclone Tauktae intensifies into a Severe Cyclonic Storm, a look at how they are formed and the damage each category of cyclones may cause to the area where they make a landfall
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Covid-19 shifts to rural India: 533 of India's 700 districts report over 10% positivity rate
A look at the ten worst-affected states, and ten districts with the highest positivity rate in each of these states, with some of them reporting a positivity rate as high as 47 percent
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What is mucormycosis, or Black Fungus?
Amid the second wave of coronavirus, cases of mucormycosis or Black Fungus, a rare life-threatening infection are being reported among Covid-19 patients
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Not just Bill and Melinda Gates: Here are other power-couple divorces
Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce comes two years after another high-profile divorce that grabbed headlines—Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott called off their marriage in 2019. Here are other high-profile divorces in the philanthropy, business and entertainment world
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Eight Asiatic lions test positive in India: Are our pets safe from second wave?
In a first in India, eight Asiatic lions have tested positive for the coronavirus. Here's what we know about the cause of Covid-19 infections in animals; limited experiments carried out in laboratories, and what the WHO recommends Covid-19 positive people
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Explained: How does an oximeter work?
The humble oximeter has become a mainstay in every household amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A look at what the different readings mean, how they are calculated, and more
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India's daily medical oxygen requirement highest in the world
As India reels from the second wave, and medical oxygen is running out at hospitals across the country, a look at India's oxygen requirements for Covid-19 patients versus other countries
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India adds 2 million-plus new cases in seven days
The surge, the second Covid-19 wave, has broken down the country's healthcare system once again—this time more acutely—with hospital beds, oxygen, medicines, and even wood for funeral pyres and space in crematoriums running out. India accounts for 38 percent of the new cases in the last week
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How Apple's new data privacy feature will give more control to users
Apple's iOS 14.5 software update now forces developers to give users a choice to opt out of tracking their online activities, to limit their data being sold to third parties for targeted advertising.