-The New Indian Express Lists Kerala and north-east States as vulnerable spots for outbreak BENGALURU: A recent study has revealed that the global ‘hotspots’ where the new deadly coronaviruses may emerge, driven by global changes in land use by humans. While China tops the list, the study mentions India’s Kerala and North-East States as vulnerable hotspots. The study ‘Land-use change and the livestock revolution increase the risk of zoonotic coronavirus transmission from...
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NHRC issues more advisories on bonded labourers, migrant workers amid Covid
-PTI/ Business Standard In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NHRC has issued more advisories to various ministries and States on the adverse impact faced by labourers and migrant informal sector workers In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Human Rights Commission has issued more advisories to various ministries and States on the adverse impact faced by labourers and migrant informal sector workers, officials said on Tuesday. The country has been reeling...
More »Centre tells States to split rural jobs scheme wages into separate categories for SCs, STs, others -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu It will complicate payment system, may lead to a reduction in funding, say experts. The Centre has asked the States to split wage payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme into separate categories for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and others from this financial year. Workers’ rights advocates said this will unnecessarily complicate the payment system, and expressed fears that it may lead to a reduction...
More »COVID-19: Report Reveals Severity of Food Crisis Faced by India's Poor in 2020 -Shinzani Jain
-Newsclick.in Report by prominent economist Jean Dreze and Anmol Somanchi highlights the severe economic distress and food crisis suffered by a vast majority of Indian poor following the 2020 lockdown. It demands a stronger wave of relief measures to avoid a repeat of the crisis. On May 31, 2021, prominent economist Jean Drèze and Anmol Somanchi published a detailed report analysing the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on food security, employment, income,...
More »Elected autocrats, their pandemic responses -Patrick Heller
-The Hindu In the U.S., India and Brazil, messianic populism, polarisation and insularity have made the pandemic that much worse A year and counting into the greatest health crisis the world has faced in over a century we can identify one overwhelming factor that separates the countries that have done relatively well from those that have been complete disasters:Autocrcy elected autocrats. By any measure the most dismal performers in the democratic world...
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