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Blog July 19, 2021

How well did bed capacity respond to patient needs in Mumbai?

By Nikita Kwatra & Rajeswari Parasa

This post analyses data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to map the trends in total COVID-19 bed capacity and bed occupancy in Mumbai from June 2020 to May 2021

Op-ed July 11, 2021

Opinion | Why linking Aadhaar with voter ID is a dangerous idea

By Vibhav Mariwala & Prakhar Misra

The absence of robust data protection standards, increased scope for fraud and the fractured experience of previous integrations show why government must not rush this move

Op-ed July 4, 2021

Opinion | COVID-19: trauma from India’s second wave may have lingering effects on its frontline workers

By Nikita Kwatra & Sofia Imad

About a fourth of Accredited Social Health Activist workers on Covid duty were not provided masks.

Policy Brief June 30, 2021

Lessons from India’s Second Wave of COVID-19

By Dr. Reuben Abraham & Sofia Imad

India witnessed a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths during the second wave that took place between March and June 2021. This brief calls for the adoption of an evidence-based strategy to effectively tackle the pandemic.

Blog June 24, 2021

COVID-19 mortality and morbidity in Mumbai

By Sofia Imad & Manvi Mehta

This post breaks down COVID-19 morbidity and mortality data in Mumbai to understand gender-wise and age-wise trends.

Blog June 21, 2021

COVID-19 containment strategies in Mumbai

By Anushka Bhansali, Nikita Kwatra & Manavi Datta

This blog analyses ward-level containment strategies during the first and second wave of COVID-19 in Mumbai

Blog June 17, 2021

Smartphone usage and privacy challenges

By Meenaz Munshi, Anushka Bhansali & Dr. Hemant Adarkar

Data privacy conversations are incomplete without acknowledging how leading mobile operating systems have been gaining access to granular data on smartphone users, write Meenaz Munshi, Anushka Bhansali and Hemant Adrakar. Excerpts from the blog: “Even a basic minimal configuration of both iOS and Android handsets can share data with Apple/Google, on average, every 4.5 minutes even when the phone is […]

Blog June 16, 2021

Technology can aid state capacity, not replace it

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Sharmadha Srinivasan

Harsh Vardhan Pachisia and Sharmadha Srinivasan argue that technology is not a silver bullet for governance. Technical solutions must be supplemented with structural improvements to ensure effective delivery of public services. Excerpts from the blog: “The current vaccination programme for a significant proportion of its population – age 18-45 years – requires compulsory registration on its online platform, CoWIN. […]

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