-The Indian Express A total of 1.2 million children did not receive the first dose of measles-containing-vaccine (MCV1) in 2019 in India, accounting for nearly half of the world’s total along with the remaining five countries. Pune: India was among six countries with the highest number of infants who had not received the vaccine against measles — while the contagious viral disease surged worldwide in 2019 reaching the highest number of reported...
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Briefing Note for Parliamentarians on Labour Law Reforms
-Press release by Working Peoples' Charter dated 21st September, 2020 Amidst the micro and macro-economic crisis of the last 5 years, the union government has aggressively pushed the agenda of labour law reforms -- purportedly to simplify India’s ‘complex’ labour legislations, improve the business environment, and augment growth and employment. These changes, driven primarily by the business fraternity, have been aimed at improving India’s ranking in the ‘Ease of Doing Business’...
More »Covid report card: India’s daily death count is now the highest, beating US and Brazil -Annapurani V
-The Hindu Business Line But the nation compares well with the global pandemic hotspots on several other parameters The number of Covid-19 cases in the country has crossed 52 lakh and India’s tally is now the highest in the world after the US. While the number is large, many of the cases are asymptomatic and 77 per cent of the patients have recovered completely. The number of Covid-19 deaths per day is more...
More »Extreme rains lead to more rural farmer suicides than droughts: Study -Jayashree Nandi
-Hindustan Times The international study includes data from Indian rural areas while measuring the impact of some weather events on suicides. Not only drought but flooding or even extreme rainfall leading to excess water availability is linked to higher cases of suicides among those above the age of 15 years in rural areas, a new study has suggested. In an analysis of 9,456 suicides between 2001 and 2013 in randomly selected rural areas,...
More »COVID-19 deaths may be higher than reported -Hemant Deepak Shewade and Giridara Gopal Parameswaran
-The Hindu The death figures for India may have to be adjusted for low coverage of medical certification of cause of death As on July 31, India had the third highest burden of COVID-19 globally (based on total reported cases). According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), there were 35,747 reported COVID-19 deaths and 5,45,048 active cases. India had 26 COVID-19 Deaths Per Million population. This has been...
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