Amitabh Sinha is Deputy Editor at The Indian Express. He writes on Environment, Climate Change, Water, Science and Technology, Space and Nuclear affairs, and related stuff. He has worked with PTI, Reuters, and BBC before joining The Indian Express in 2007. Amitabh has a PG Diploma in Journalism from IIMC, New Delhi, and a Masters in Public Administration from National University of Singapore.
June 12, 2020 12:05 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: More than three quarters of the deaths have been happening in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi, and this number has been increasing.
Fri, Jun 19, 2020June 11, 2020 10:53 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: Recoveries higher than the active case is neither the beginning of the end of the epidemic nor the arrival of the ‘peak’. It does not mean that the number of cases would be declining from now on.
Fri, Jun 19, 2020June 10, 2020 11:50 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: Nearly 70 per cent of the confirmed cases in Haryana are concentrated in just three districts – Gurugram, Faridabad and Sonepat.
Fri, Jun 19, 2020June 09, 2020 12:07 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: The number of new cases on Monday came down to just over 8,600, a level that has not been seen in the last week.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020June 09, 2020 04:48 IST
In fact, at least 24 states and Union Territories (UTs) are currently growing at a rate that is faster than the national average of 4.39 per cent (7-day compounded daily growth rate).
Tue, Jun 09, 2020June 09, 2020 04:30 IST
Delhi earthquakes: 11 mild earthquakes in Delhi since May have raised speculation about a big one, but scientists say these are not unusual. A look at why predicting an earthquake is difficult, and how an area should stay prepared.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020June 08, 2020 12:51 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, Assam, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Goa, Tripura, Manipur are all showing an increase in their growth rates, not to speak of states like Delhi and Tamil Nadu, which have been growing at a fast rate for quite some time now.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020June 07, 2020 13:00 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: For the entire month of May, the state reported between 300 and 400 cases every day. The figure moved out of this bracket on only four days in the full month.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020June 06, 2020 12:00 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: Between May 15 and May 20, about 4,000 to 5,000 cases were being discovered every day. For the last three days, between 9,000 and 10,000 new cases are being detected. And yet, the national growth rate has slowed down by more than half a percentage point during this time.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020June 06, 2020 04:00 IST
Almost 25 states and Union Territories currently have growth rates higher than the national number, but the slower rates in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan have ensured that the growth at the national level continues to decline.
Sat, Jun 06, 2020June 06, 2020 03:24 IST
Due to the lockdown, this number declined to 1.49 and subsequently, to 1.29. But what is surprising is that it has continued to decline even after the restrictions have been eased, and people have been allowed to move around.
Sat, Jun 06, 2020June 05, 2020 12:39 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: Almost every state, including Maharashtra, has significantly increased its testing numbers during this time. Mumbai, however, has bucked this trend in the last one month at least.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020June 04, 2020 12:18 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: In the last four days relatively fewer people have come out in Mumbai to get themselves tested because of Cyclone Nisarga.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020June 03, 2020 12:02 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: One of the main reasons for the decline in growth at the national level is the fact that Maharashtra has been slowing down for more than two weeks now.
Mon, Jun 29, 2020June 03, 2020 04:25 IST
The seven-day compounded daily growth rate (CDGR) for Maharashtra has remained below the national average for three consecutive days now.
Wed, Jun 03, 2020June 02, 2020 11:33 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: Assam and Tripura have been the most affected states in the region. Assam, in fact, is one of the fastest growing states in the country right now.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020June 02, 2020 04:26 IST
Cyclone Nisarga Tracker: It is headed towards the coastline of north Maharashtra and south Gujarat. It is likely to hit the coastline today.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020June 01, 2020 11:43 IST
Coronavirus cases: The recent surge in Delhi seems to have spilled over to the neighbouring districts of Haryana.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020June 01, 2020 04:30 IST
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has landed two NASA astronauts at the International Space Station, marking the first human spaceflight with private collaboration. What does it signal for the future of space exploration?
Mon, Jun 22, 2020May 31, 2020 12:58 IST
Coronavirus numbers explained: On Friday India had more than 11,000 recoveries in a day, whereas the number of new cases detected was just about 8,000. As a result, for the first time, the number of active cases actually saw a decline.
Tue, Jun 02, 2020May 30, 2020 11:49 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Tracker: Almost every other state has seemed reluctant in sharing information, especially those relating to the dead. Only three states, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, routinely provide details of death cases in their states.
Sat, May 30, 2020May 29, 2020 11:44 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: Despite the big rise in Delhi on two consecutive days, the growth rate in the city is still below the national average right now. The current growth rate (seven day compounded daily growth) in Delhi is 4.89 while the national growth rate is 5.02 per cent.
Fri, May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 03:00 IST
Maharashtra accounts for more than one-third of India’s Covid cases. With restrictions relaxed in many areas, an immunologist looks at the way ahead.
Fri, May 29, 2020May 28, 2020 11:29 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases: Kerala had been extremely successful in containing the spread of the disease, but a fresh wave of infections triggered by incoming travellers has seen the numbers go up rapidly.
Thu, May 28, 2020May 27, 2020 11:19 IST
India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases: Most of the new cases are among people who are on the move, travelling from their work places around the country to their hometowns and villages.
Thu, May 28, 2020