-The Hindu Business Line High positivity, surge in Omicron spread not resulting in increased hospitalisation Delhi imposed weekend Curfew and the Centre reintroduced pandemic-induced attendance system for officers as daily Covid-19 infections surged to a staggering 37,379 on Tuesday, the highest since September with a national positivity rate of 3.24 per cent. The Omicron tally in the country also expanded to 1,892 with Maharashtra at 568, followed by Delhi at 382 and Kerala...
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Delhi Records 3,194 Fresh Covid Cases, 15% Higher Than Yesterday -Anindita Sanyal
-NDTV.com This is the highest daily surge since May 22. The city has also reported the second-highest cases of the highly transmissible Omicron strain after Maharashtra. New Delhi: Delhi logged 3,194 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, 15 per cent higher than Saturday. One person has died, taking the total number of fatalities since the beginning to pandemic to 25,109. The city logged 2,176 cases on New Year's day --...
More »Activate War Rooms, Night Curfews As Needed, Centre Tells States: 10 Points -Parimal Kumar,
-NDTV.com The thresholds, the Centre said, are test positivity of 10 per cent or more in the last one week or 40 per cent occupancy on oxygen supported or ICU beds. States must take "containment measures, curbs even before thresholds are reached". New Delhi: Omicron is three times as infectious as Delta and "war rooms" are needed to contain it, the Centre has told states. It listed a series of prevention and...
More »22% of Assam’s Workforce Lost Jobs During COVID: Study
-Newsclick.in The majority of jobs lost were in travel, construction, transport, textile and the hospitality sectors. An estimated 862,500 jobs might have been lost in Assam during both the waves of the pandemic. According to a study conducted by Nowgong College (Autonomous), at Nagaon, in central Assam from May to August in 14 of the 34 districts, 22% of the workforce may have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. Livelihoods were severely...
More »‘Where is the development, where are the services?’: Patricia Mukhim -Sanjoy Hazarika
-The Hindu A troubled Meghalaya will see unrest growing until 2023, when the next elections are due, says the editor of ‘The Shillong Times’, Patricia Mukhim On August 13, an ailing former leader of an armed group was shot dead in the middle of the night at his home in Shillong by a police team. The incident led to unrest in Mawlai where the encounter occurred and resonated in the adjoining neighbourhoods...
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