-Down to Earth There were 5.18 excess deaths per 1,000 people in Chennai between March 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021: The Lancet India’s poor disease surveillance measures during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have made it hard to gauge the burden of mortality. A study, published in The Lancet in December 2021, looked at all-cause mortality in Chennai and found 5.18 excess deaths per 1,000 people between March 1, 2020...
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Teachers and parents fear for students’ wellbeing amid school closure -Jaismita Alexander
-The Telegraph West Bengal government shut down schools and colleges again from January 3 Vaccination for students aged 15 to 18 has begun School students in West Bengal who returned to the campus after a 20-month break in November are back behind the screen amid a surge in COVID cases across the country. Achal Sarkar, a student of Class XI at St. Xavier’s Institution, Panihati, had been looking forward to school reopening after the...
More »For Minister's Son, 5,000-Page Chargesheet Holds Damning Evidence -Alok Pandey
-NDTV.com Lakhimpur-Kheri Case: Thousands of pages of the chargesheet were brought to the court of the chief judicial magistrate in Lakhimpur town in a big trunk secured by two locks earlier this morning by the police Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police's special investigation team probing the Lakhimpur Kheri incident where four farmers and a journalist were murdered during an anti-farm law protest last October has submitted a 5,000-page chargesheet to a local...
More »Centre suspends biometric attendance for govt employees as Covid cases spike
-Livemint.com Biometric attendance for government officials and employees is being suspended with immediate effect, till further orders, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said The biometric attendance at all government offices has been suspended in the view of rising COVID cases, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said. However, all the employees are required to mark their attendance in attendance registers to be maintained manually, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said. “Keeping in...
More »Omicron In India Could Require 60,000 People Hospitalised Per Day
-NDTV.com COVID-19: While the official number of Omicron cases in India is estimated to be nearly 1, 500, in reality, it could be more than 10 times that - as high as 18,000 - with the number shooting up every day New Delhi: India is going through an Omicron wave - one we don't seem to be acknowledging. While official figures suggest that Omicron cases are less than 2 per cent of...
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