-Down to Earth The COVID-19 pandemic prevented a full and balanced recovery of labour markets in 2021 Global unemployment is projected to stand at 207 million in 2022. This is 21 million more than in 2019 before the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began, according to the ILO World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2022. Global working hours in 2022 will be almost two per cent below their pre-pandemic level — that...
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Avoid Steroids, Test If Cough Persists: New Covid Treatment Guidelines -Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com The revised COVID-19 treatment guidelines spelt out the conditions for mild, moderate and severe disease. New Delhi: Doctors should avoid giving steroids to COVID-19 patients, the government has said in its revised clinical guidelines for coronavirus treatment, days after its task force chief expressed regret for the overuse of the drug during the second wave. The revised guidelines said that drugs like steroids can increase the risk of a secondary infection like...
More »What Delhi Can Expect From Its New Electric Buses: 5 Points -Sasha Gopalakrishnan
-NDTV.com The Delhi Government's One Delhi app can be used to book tickets for all buses, including e-buses, in less than a minute, while electric bus charging points will soon be installed in every bus depot in the city. New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, as he flagged off Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC)'s first electric bus on Monday, has promised that a fleet of 300 e-buses will be operational by April,...
More »Kejriwal Govt Not Distributing Food to Vulnerable Families Lacking Ration Cards, Survey Reveals
-TheWire.in Despite clear instructions from the courts to provide foodgrains to migrant workers and economically vulnerable families, none of the 62 distribution centres checked were found to be distributing rations. New Delhi: The Delhi government’s claims to have adopted a scheme to provide rations to poor and marginalised communities – even if they do not possess ration cards – appears to be proving hollow as no distribution of rations is taking PLAce,...
More »No justification in closing schools over Covid: World Bank expert
-PTI/ The Tribune The report says no evidence that reopening schools has caused a surge in Covid cases and that schools are not a “safe PLAce” New Delhi: There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to World Bank’s Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra. Saavedra, whose team has been tracking the...
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