-ThePrint.in In episode 437 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the containment plan released by the Indian government and how Rajasthan's Bhilwara successfully curbed Covid-19. New Delhi: The government of India has released a containment plan for large outbreaks. The plan is based on the Bhilwara model — Rajasthan government’s strategy in the Bhilwara district, which is a Covid-19 hotspot. The Bhilwara district is 530 kilometres from Delhi, in Rajasthan. In 2011, the...
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Informal sector workers don’t have the privilege to stay at home & work online in the time of COVID-19
After the outbreak of COVID-19 in China during early January this year and its dissemination globally within a few days, health experts have suggested ways to check its spread exponentially among the rest of the population. In the age of internet connectivity, work-from-home and self-isolation have been advised as solutions to ensure social distancing and avoid large-scale social gatherings. Experts have asked governments and private enterprises to keep people at...
More »Economic slump: India's rickety bridge over troubled waters -Dev Kar
-TheWire.in Sustaining growth amidst a global economic slowdown would require tackling corruption. Raghuram Rajan, the-then outgoing Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, in an exit interview he granted to Karan Thapar (‘To The Point’, YouTube, September 2, 2016), took satisfaction from the fact that India was “on a more sustainable growth path”. The remark turned out to be premature. Less than two years later, starting the first quarter of FY 18/19, ominous...
More »SC wants rules for social media, gives govt 3 weeks to file affidavit -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday waded into uncharted territory, asking the Centre to frame guidelines to regulate social media and put in place a mechanism to track origin of fake news, rumours and objectionable material like pornography on social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and YouTube. Pointing to social media being rampantly misused for fake news and rumours leading to mob violence and law &...
More »Linking Aadhaar to social media: SC to hear Facebook plea
-The Indian Express The question is if linking social media to Aadhaar is breach of privacy. Upholding Aadhaar earlier, the SC had disallowed its use by private firms, stating it was contrary to right to privacy New Delhi: Underscoring the need to strike a balance between privacy and security, the Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a plea by Facebook to transfer to the apex court four petitions filed in the...
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