-Scroll.in The pandemic has starkly revealed that India has failed to provide even basic health-care to the majority of its citizens. As the gravest health emergency to overwhelm the globe in a century continues to rage, the unbridled Covid-19 virus has laid bare the abject failure of India’s health system to SECure even elementary levels of health-care for its people. Everything fell short disastrously, sometimes catastrophically: hospital beds, doctors, nurses, testing kits, medical...
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Farmer’s son brings laurels to J&K, SECures SECond rank in IES exam
-PTI/ The Hindu Tanveer Ahmad Khan did primary schooling from Government Primary School, Kund, and later from Government High School Waltengoo, officials said Tanveer Ahmad Khan, a farmer’s son from Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, has brought laurels to the Union Territory by SECuring the SECond rank in the prestigious Indian Economic Services (IES) examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Hailing from the remote Nigeenpora Kund village — about...
More »Out of nearly 2,000 people, 65% had no job in April and May, shows CPI(M) survey
-The Hindu CPI (M) report on imapct of 2nd wave across NCR The Delhi unit of CPI(M) on Friday released a report on the impact of the SECond COVID wave in Delhi-NCR. The survey showed that despite the additional ration entitlement announced by the government, 27% of the households got less than 5 kg ration per person in May this year. The survey also said out of 1,917 respondents across the Capital and...
More »Centre urges curbs in 46 high positivity districts
-The Hindu Advisory comes as new cases cross 40,000 mark again With the daily tally of new coronavirus cases touching a 24-day high at 41,649 cases on Saturday, Health SECretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to several States that all districts reporting a positivity rate of more than 10% in the last few weeks, ought to consider strict restrictions. According to a statement from the Health Ministry the curbs must aim to “prevent/curtail...
More »How climate change is changing the Indian monsoon -Bibek Bhattacharya
-Livemint Lounge Climate change is making the monsoon more erratic and violent. Lounge speaks to experts to understand the forces shaping India's season of rains When we talk about climate change impacts, the word that’s often used is “unprecedented”, that which can’t be measured by any given yardstick. Something unprecedented happened over the Western Ghats between 19-25 July. For about a week, a large SECtion of the range, especially in Maharashtra, was...
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