-The Hindu The number of daily deaths surged to its highest in nearly six months. With 1,85,190 new COVID-19 cases reported as of 11.15 p.m. IST on April 13, India registered its highest single-day spike since the beginning of the pandemic. As many as 1,026 deaths were also recorded on the day. The number of daily deaths surged to its highest in nearly six months. The figures do not include cases and deaths...
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Dalit group, farm unions clash over Ambedkar event -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Move to stop Haryana CM’s unveiling of Babasaheb’s statue Tensions are brewing between some Dalit groups and protesting farm unions. The latest trigger is the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s plans to block Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s from unveiling a statue of B.R. Ambedkar on his birth anniversary on April 14. On Monday, the All India Ambedkar Mahasabha (AIAM) said that “no one will be allowed to prevent celebration of...
More »Over 1.5 lakh new cases for the third consecutive day
-The Hindu Maharashtra reports 51,751 infections, 258 casualties As of 11.55 p.m. on Monday, India reported 1,60,695 COVID-19 cases. As many as 864 deaths were also recorded on the day. The figures do not include cases and deaths from Ladakh U.T. and Manipur. The data is sourced from covid19india.org, an independent aggregator of daily COVID-19 figures. Only 11.80 lakh tests were conducted on Sunday (and for whom results were made available on Monday), about...
More »How the labour market reacted to the Covid-19 triggered lockdowns -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Hindu Business Line Data show that only 43% of those in informal jobs in Dec 2019 retained them in April 2020 Vs 72% in formal sector Pune: About 1.23 crore migrant labourers returned to their home States during the Covid – 19 lockdowns during 2020 and once again many State governments including Maharashtra government are considering lockdowns to curb rising Covid-19 cases. While industrial and business sectors are strongly opposing the...
More »Large Number of Women Do Not Have Access to Maternity Benefits: Survey -Ditsa Bhattacharya
-Newsclick.in The paper by economists Jean Dreze, Reetike Khera, and Anmol Somanchi is based on the findings of the Jaccha Baccha Survey (JABS), a survey of pregnant and nursing women in rural India conducted in June 2019. A large majority of Indian women are still deprived of maternity benefits they are entitled to under the National Food Security Act, 2013, according to a recent paper by economists Jean Dreze, Reetike Khera, and...
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