Tag: Virus
The Virus Wasn’t the Only Thing That Spread — So Did Hate
The media’s targeting of Tablighi Jamaat during the pandemic was a deliberate act to vilify an entire community. Years later, the attack continues—this time through the systematic dismantling of Waqf rights. As silence prevails again, the question remains: will we speak out before history repeats itself completely?
Not the Next Pandemic: Experts Demystify the Human Metapneumovirus Scare
First identified in 2001, hMPV traces its roots back to the late 19th century, diverging from avian strains. It spreads through close contact and respiratory droplets, causing cough, fever, and shortness of breath, with complications in severe cases. Experts highlight its similarity to other seasonal viruses like RSV and influenza, debunking fears of a new pandemic
Bengal governor faces another serious allegation by TMC, this time with fake vaccination camp
Kolkata: On the eve of the first session of the Bengal assembly, Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, who is facing several allegations from the ruling Trinamool...
Bengal police get innovative in campaign against Coronavirus
Birbhum/Kolkata: With Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s orders that the lockdown in Bengal will be strict but humane, the state’s police force has the task...
How pathogens help the powerful
Kolkata: Pandemics and politics have been shaping each other since the times of Moses to the Modi regime. The Hebrew God helped the Messiah...
Love In the Time of Corona and Hate Virus
At least, for a brief period, the global pandemic would force them to believe that ‘we the people’ breathe same air irrespective of our mortal identity markers and will die the same death if the viruses, ‘natural’ and man-made are allowed to spread more