Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has emerged as that superstar who needs no introduction. Coronam is the Latin term for crown, and coronavirus has the crown-like appearance. As of now, global Covid-19 deaths have exceeded over 8 lakhs with total cases at 25.1 million and still counting. There was only one lab for testing on January 23, 160 labs on March 23 and 1370 labs by August, in India according to the health ministry.
Yes, mosquitoes have been a threat to humans as they are vectors or carriers of deadliest diseases that have affected people across the globe. There are over 3,000 species of mosquitoes in the world and at least 400 of them can be found in India.
Why do the majority of Indians seek to do a PhD? The answer is a better-secured career, money, social status and so on, it’s unfortunate that research enthusiasm and the love for science has somewhere lost on the way. As a biologist, it’s disheartening to speak that the Indian education system has become an industry whose sole purpose is to manufacture PhDs.