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Explained: How do ventilators save lives?
A look at the different components that make up the ventilator, and why it's important in Covid-19 treatment
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The Covid-19 virus is mutating: Here's everything you need to know about it
As new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging, the same mutations are found to be cropping up again and again in these new variants, making the Covid-19 virus more troublesome and deadly. What are these mutations, what do they do, and what do they mean for the us amid the pandemic. We explain
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Explained: How medical Oxygen is made
As the demand of oxygen shoots up due to Covid-19, and hospitals run out of critical supplies, the government has directed industries to manufacture and deliver medical oxygen to hospitals. Here's how it's made.
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Can IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna make the elephant dance again
On Krishna's watch, the company reported its best quarterly revenue gain since 2018, suggesting his hybrid cloud and AI-based turnaround plan might be working. But it's still early days
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Coal is set to roar back, and so are its climate risks
Coal is the lightning rod of climate diplomacy this year, as countries scramble to rebuild their economies after the coronavirus pandemic while, at the same time, stave off the risks of a warming planet
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The death of George Floyd reignited a movement. What happens now?
Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who knelt on Floyd, was convicted of two counts of murder as well as manslaughter, a verdict that brought some solace to activists for racial justice
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India's longest expressways
With Delhi-Meerut expressway now open for traffic this month, a look at some of the longest expressways in India
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Are there enough vaccines for everyone above 18?
The central government has devolved responsibility to the states and private sector to fast-track vaccinations. But experts point to inequities and lack of availability that might derail the process
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Battle over Super League begins with letters, threats and banners
The pitched battle to pursue, or prevent, a breakaway European soccer superleague started to take shape after an announcement by 12 of the sport's richest and most popular teams that they were forming one
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Amid Biden climate push, a question looms: Is America's word good?
China has already likened the United States' desire to rejoin the Paris Agreement global warming accord that Trump abandoned to a naughty child trying to sneak back into school after cutting class
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Timeline: Afghanistan—America's longest war
US President Joe Biden recently announced the country's decision to leave Afghanistan by September 11, a symbolic date to mark the end of the country's longest war on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. A look at the timeline and key turning points of the war