-The Hindu Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru Urban among 10 districts with highest case load The surge in the number of COVID-19 cases has gone “from bad to worse”, said member (health) of the NITI Aayog V.K. Paul on Tuesday as India registered 56,211 new cases in the last 24 hours. Dr Paul said 10 districts across India including Pune (59,475), Mumbai (46,248), Nagpur ( 45,322), Thane (35,264), Nashik (26,553), Aurangabad (21,282) and Bengaluru Urban...
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Jobless growth: the pandemic has revealed India’s crisis of unemployment -Himanshu
-The Indian Express The current model of economic growth prioritises capital over labour and is unlikely to resolve the unemployment crisis. COVID-19 infections are once again on the rise with daily infections crossing 60,000 per day last week. This is considerably higher compared to the reported infections during the same period last year when the numbers were less than 500 per day. What is obvious is that the pandemic is far from...
More »Dormant Parliament, fading business -MR Madhavan
-The Hindu The gradual deterioration in Parliament’s functioning has to be stopped if it is to fulfil its constitutional mandate The Budget session of Parliament ended on Thursday, two weeks ahead of the original plan, as many political leaders are busy with campaigning for the forthcoming State Assembly elections. This follows the trend of the last few sessions: the Budget session of 2020 was curtailed ahead of the lockdown imposed following the...
More »‘Politicians get richer, our lives worse’: Why Assam’s flood-hit Dhemaji isn’t moved by this election -Ayan Sharma
-Newslaundry.com Year after year, flooding in the Jiadhal ruins homes and fields. Year after year, politicians make promises that aren’t kept. The electoral heat is soaring in Assam with the three-phase assembly election kicking off on March 27. But for Kalpana Bora, 60, this frenzy means nothing. It’s a dusty March afternoon and Kalpana is SITting in her home next to the busy NH-15 highway in Kekuri gaon. Her face is lined with...
More »India unlikely to expand export of vaccines as focus shifts to domestic demand
-The Hindu So far, India has sent 60.4 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to around 80 countries. India is unlikely to expand export of COVID-19 vaccines for the next few months as the focus shifts to domestic demand in view of spike in coronavirus infections, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. So far, India has sent 60.4 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to around 80 countries. Those familiar with the development said...
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