-TheWire.in Treating occupational safety for sanitation workers as a technical issue about personal protective equipment is not enough to understand the various elements involved, from changing behaviour to the larger context of sanitation workers’ lives. At 8 am every morning, Murali, a de-sludging operator bids his two children goodbye and leaves his house. He cleans his vehicle, removes and tucks his chappals in a corner of his truck, and begins his workday. As...
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Kanpur Industry Body Chief Dies in Traffic Held Due to President Kovind's Visit
-TheWire.in The Kanpur Nagar Police Commissionerate has tweeted on the matter, seeking "forgiveness" and noting that this will be a "big lesson" for it. New Delhi: A woman reportedly died of post-COVID-19 complications in Kanpur on her way to the hospital while her vehicle was caught in traffic on Friday, June 25, because of diversions put up across the city for President Ram Nath Kovind’s convoy. The victim, 50-year-old Vandana Mishra, was the...
More »The Challenge Of Saying How Many Excess Deaths Could Be Due To COVID-19 -Rukmini S
-IndiaSpend.com Five states saw over 460,000 excess deaths in the first five months of 2021, but the official COVID-19 toll in these states in this period accounts for only 6% of these excess deaths. How many of the remaining 94% are 'missed' COVID-19 deaths will not be easy to disentangle. Chennai: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu saw over 460,000 excess deaths in the first five months of 2021,...
More »The rural economy can jump-start a revival -Himanshu
-The Hindu The Government needs to reverse its neglect and policy missteps as key indicators show the sector has resilience The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic could be slowly receding with a decline in the official estimates of daily infections and deaths. The economy is also very gradually getting back to normal, with many States beginning to ease some of the restrictions imposed in their lockdowns. However, the challenge of an...
More »Investigating gender disparities in India’s vaccine rollout -Soumya Kapoor Mehta and Steven Walker
-Hindustan Times A primary barrier to getting women vaccinated is the limited understanding of the disparate impacts COVID-19 vaccines have on them While less than 20% of India’s adult population has received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose, clear gender disparities have arisen in the rollout. A recent analysis by Ashoka University shows that for every 100 men, around 86 women were vaccinated. This is significantly lower than India’s sex ratio of approximately...
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