-The Hindu Many hospitals don’t mention the viral infection as the cause of death AHMEDABAD: Rupal Thakkar, the 48-year-old mother of a two-year-old, tested COVID-19 positive on April 13. She was rushed to a posh hospital in the city on April 16 night after her condition deteriorated. Within a few hours of admission, she died. The Shalby Hospital, in the death certificate, mentioned “sudden cardiac arrest” as the cause of death. In Gujarat,...
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Gujarat High Court to hear suo motu PIL on COVID-19 on April 12 -Mahesh Langa
-The Hindu The court cites media reports of the COVID crisis in hospitals and lists matter for urgent hearing on Monday morning Ahmedabad: Citing media reports of shortage of beds, oxygen supply, testing facilities and medicines amid the pandemic and rising cases and deaths, the Gujarat High Court late on Sunday took suo motu cognisance of the worsening COVID-19 situation and listed the matter for urgent hearing on Monday morning. Chief Justice Vikram...
More »India falls 28 spots on 2021 Global Gender Gap index to 140th rank
-Scroll.in India was the third-worst performer in South Asia, after Afghanistan and Pakistan. Bangladesh topped the list in the region. India has fallen 28 spots to rank 140th among 156 countries on the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap index. In 2020, India had ranked 112th among 153 countries on the index. “The index benchmarks the evolution of gender-based gaps among four key dimensions – Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and...
More »Centre asks Assam to immediately issue rejection slips to NRC-excluded -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Over 19 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants were left out of the final register that took five years to compile. The Centre has asked the Assam government that “rejection slips” to those excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) published in 2019 shall be issued immediately. More than 19 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants in Assam were left out of the final register that took five years...
More »Divestment goal achievable; LIC IPO to fetch ₹1 lakh crore: CEA
-PTI/ The Hindu Inflation targeting helped in lowering volatility, level of inflation, he says Asserting that the disinvestment target of ₹1.75 lakh crore for 2021-22 was ‘eminently achievable,’ Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) K. V. Subramanian on Saturday said the proposed initial public offering (IPO) by LIC itself could garner ₹1 lakh crore for the government. He also said targeting of retail inflation by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has helped bring down...
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