-National Herald The plea says the Centre failed to “undertake timely and effective measures for containing transmission of disease within India” despite being notified about the same by WHO in January, 2020. Six retired bureaucrats have moved the Supreme Court seeking an independent inquiry by a Commission appointed under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, into the Central Government's "gross mismanagement" of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, legal news website LiveLaw.in has...
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Seven more die in Assam, flood toll touches 66
-The Hindu Two rhinos drown in the Kaziranga National Park where water level has subsided Assam’s flood death count increased by seven on Wednesday to reach 66. The water level, however, improved across the State. Officials of the State Disaster management Authority (ASDMA) said three of the seven people who drowned on July 15 were from Morigaon district. Two were from Barpeta and one each from Sonitpur and Golaghat districts. Number of displaced people...
More »Assam flood toll rises to 61 even as situation improves
-The Hindu Officials of the Assam State Disaster management Authority said 1,412 villages and localities across 18 of the State’s 33 districts are currently affected by the deluge GUWAHATI: A person each drowned in Morigaon and Tinsukia districts of Assam, taking the death toll in the flood-hit State to 61. However, the overall flood situation in the State improved on July 4. Officials of the Assam State Disaster management Authority said 1,412 villages...
More »Lightning kills 83 in Bihar, glare on app -Dev Raj
-The Telegraph High toll indicates that the system has not made any significant difference Patna: At least 83 people were killed by lightning across Bihar on Thursday as heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed the state. “A total of 83 people have lost their lives in lightning strikes in 23 out of 38 districts in Bihar till Thursday evening. Of these, 13 deaths have taken place in Gopalganj, eight each in Madhubani and Nawada,...
More »Lockdown further impoverishes those who were living on the edges of existence even during normal times, finds a new report
A recent survey that was conducted through telephonic interviews among 1,405 respondents across the states of Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Rajasthan and Jharkhand reveals the precarious conditions of workers nearly 45 days after the announcement of COVID-19 lockdown. The report entitled Labouring Lives: Hunger, Precarity and Despair amid Lockdown tries to understand the extent (and depth) of job loss and hunger 45 days after the lockdown. Hunger and...
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