-The Hindu Study finds nearly 5.18 excess deaths for every 1,000 people. Chennai: A study analysing the registered COVID-19 deaths in Chennai district found a high degree of excess deaths. A figure of nearly 5.18 excess deaths for every 1,000 people has been reported in the study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases. The study also found that during the second wave of COVID-19 in Chennai, there was an increase in the percentage...
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Poor faced more covid deaths in India, study shows -Rukmini S
-Livemint.com A new paper suggests the second covid-19 wave had a more fatal impact on Chennai’s poorer neighbourhoods than richer ones Poorer communities saw far more excess deaths during the pandemic than richer neighbourhoods, evidence from a new Chennai-based study shows. Taken with data from other parts of the country, the findings suggest that India’s poor, particularly the elderly, may have disproportionately borne the burden of the pandemic’s fatal impact. In a study...
More »Environment ministry finalises coal thermal power plant categories: What does it say about emission norms compliance -Anubha Aggarwal
-Down to Earth The Union ministry releases list of coal thermal power plants and their categorisation in line with its April 2021 notification Nearly 78 per cent of the electricity generated in India from coal will not meet emission norms before 2024. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has released a draft list of the coal thermal power plants and their categorisation in line with the ministry’s April 2021...
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 »Behind the policy and politics around inflation -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times The Wholesale Price Index (WPI), which acts as a proxy for producer prices, grew 14.23% in November, the highest since April 2012, the earliest period for which WPI data is available under the current series. Retail inflation in India rose 4.91% in November compared with a year ago. The rise was far from unprecedented. And of the 119 months for which data is available under the latest series of Consumer...
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