New Delhi, Scientists have developed an ultra-large scale computerised model of 1 million to 100 million individuals, closely representative of the Indian population, that they say can help assess the impact and progression of an infectious disease, including COVID-19, at the most granular level. The synthetic population model termed BharatSIM has been developed by using … Read more
In order to address the rising inequality in the country particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a study has pitched for re-introduction of wealth and inheritance tax and provide incentives on them for charitable donations. The study carried out jointly by Ashoka University and think tank Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) has observed that … Read more
After two professors of Ashoka University resigned, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Friday asked what does this say of the “academic freedom” in the country and urged people to rise and resist the “imposition of one thought“. He alleged that this “BJP thought” will “wreck” India and turn it into an autocracy. “What does it … Read more