-NDTV.com COVID-19: Kerala and Delhi have a vaccination target shortfall of 22 per cent, while Bihar falls short by 71 per cent, and Rajasthan and Bengal by 66 per cent New Delhi: Kerala and Delhi have the least number of shortfall in COVID-19 vaccination while Bihar, Rajasthan and West Bengal have the highest inoculation shortfall, according to an analysis of publicly available data. The shortfall in a state is calculated as a...
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Six-fold increase in people suffering famine-like conditions since pandemic began
-Press release by Oxfam dated 9th July, 2021 11 people are likely dying every minute from hunger, now outpacing COVID-19 fatalities, warns Oxfam A new Oxfam report today says that as many as 11 people are likely dying of hunger and malnutrition each minute. This is more than the current global death rate of COVID-19, which is around seven people per minute. The report, ‘The Hunger Virus Multiplies’ says that conflict remains the...
More »Nearly 4,000 Odisha villages free of child marriage now -Priya Ranjan Sahu
-Down to Earth Child marriages surged after COVID-19 first wave; streamlined state efforts helped arrest the trend, claim officials As many as 3,970 villages in Odisha were declared child marriage-free between January and the first week of July 2021. The development has coincided with second wave of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; the state had registered a surge in child marriages during the first wave. In 2020, only 62 villages were declared...
More »Govt to roll out unorganized sector database by end of Jul -Prashant K Nanda
-Livemint.com The aim is to enrol nearly 380 mn workers and provide them benefits during times of distress The Union government will roll out the unorganized sector database by the end of July to enrol almost 380 million workers, weeks after the Supreme Court rapped the labour ministry, saying that it showed “unpardonable" apathy towards workers in the informal sector. The development comes more than a year after the mass reverse migration of...
More »Sustainable development report shows devastating impact of COVID, ahead of ‘critical’ new phase
-UN News The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021, launched on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York, shows the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on the 2030 Agenda, as the landmark annual High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) officially got underway. Gains rolled back In addition to the almost four million deaths due to the Coronavirus, between 119-124 million people were pushed back into poverty and chronic hunger, and the equivalent of 255...
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