FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

As one of the worst years on record in a century draws to a close, we are left counting the dead. The Covid-19 pandemic has so far claimed 1.4 million lives worldwide and left 64 million infected while wiping out trillions of dollars from the global economy. India, with 9.5 million infections, has been the second most infected country. At 138,122, the number of deaths in our country is the third-highest globally in absolute terms but, mercifully, our mortality rate of 1.5 per cent is among the lowest. Despite this, there is an all-pervasive sense of uncertainty as the pandemic ebbs