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Payal S Kapoor

Payal S Kapoor

Articles by Payal S Kapoor

Why do advertisements offend us?

The Advertising Standards Council of India, a self-regulatory body for the advertising industry received 1,759 complaints against 488 ads during the period between 2019 and 2021.

Updated on Oct 4, 2022 12:51 IST

Covid: Our outcomes are contingent on our actions

Stakeholders must continue to encourage health messaging that highlights that people are in control and that individual actions still have the power of prevention, if vaccinated and masked.

Updated on Mar 12, 2022 13:10 IST

Cognitive bias explains the inconsistent citizen response to Covid-19

Representational image. (AFP)

Updated on Jul 29, 2021 10:39 IST

In a pandemic, the power of the rumour

Representational image. (Bloomberg File)

Updated on May 26, 2021 10:20 IST

When citizens act against their interest | Opinion

Unless Covid-19 is experienced up close and personal, the threat of the disease is negated, which is detrimental for the mass adoption of preventive health behaviour

Updated on Nov 23, 2020 24:52 IST

India doesn’t have clear social distancing rules. Citizens must chip in

While the physical distancing guidelines related to public spaces are well understood by people in India, adherence to the guidelines is another question. The guidelines on large public gatherings and congregations are clear — they are prohibited, as was observed during the Ganesh Charturthi and Moharram festivals.

Updated on Sep 14, 2020 15:09 IST

Covid-19: The daredevils who defy scientific advice

What makes a daredevil expect a favourable outcome, of not getting infected, despite reckless behaviour?

Updated on Aug 30, 2020 15:44 IST

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