<span style="color: #222222;">News Services Division brings you glimpses of &quot;The Year that was&quot; in our Special Series Year ender-2020. COVID-19 pandemic has been the biggest story of the year and India has seen a fightback against the disease under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. <br />”</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">India's Covid-19 infections per million and deaths per million are both much lower than many developed countries. India, in fact, was among the quickest to react at the government and institutional level.<br />” <br />”Talking to AIR News, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Central Government Professor K VijayRaghavan said that India, amidst all it's complexities, was able to handle the COVID pandemic by timely utilisation of it's scientific prowess and acumen.</span>