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Most stillbirths in 2019 happened in India, estimates UN report

Commenting on the recently released fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data for 17 states and five Union Territories (UTs) in an article published in The Indian Express (dated 6th January, 2021), Arvind Subramanian and his co-authors have stated that India has made progress on certain outcomes, including infant mortality rate (IMR), under-five mortality rate (U5MR) and neonatal mortality rate (NNMR). Relying on various rounds of NFHS data,...

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Fix accountability for incorrect manual scavenging data: NHRC

-The Hindu “Many States make tall claims.., but these are far from truth” The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended action against government officials responsible for incorrectly Reporting the number of manual scavengers in the country, it said in a statement on Monday. At a regional workshop for government and civil society organised by the Commission on December 18 to discuss the challenges of eradicating manual scavenging, “it was strongly felt... that...

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Bird flu deaths on the rise, environment ministry issues guidelines -Ishan Kukreti

-Down to Earth As many as 250 crows in Rajasthan, 1,700 migratory birds in Himachal Pradesh have died since December 2020 The Union Ministry of Environment, Science and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has ordered a strict vigil on the wintering habitats of migratory birds for any sign of a flu outbreak in the backdrop of rising deaths of birds. The ministry issued a set of guidelines January 3, 2021 in view of Himachal Pradesh...

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How two websites have transformed the way India is reading about courts – and understanding the law -Sruthisagar Yamunan

-Scroll.in ‘LiveLaw’ and ‘Bar & Bench’ have revolutionised legal Reporting by tweeting about proceedings in real time, bringing them to the screens of general readers. On November 19, Justice DY Chandrachud of the Supreme Court of India made a passing comment while hearing a case. “I will tell you something in a lighter vein,” he said. “Instead of wading through the pleadings before us, I thought I will check LiveLaw or other...

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India slips to bottom of EM rungs for the second time in six months -Tauseef Shahidi

-Livemint.com * India’s economic activity still appears weak compared to peers, shows the November edition of Mint’s Emerging Markets Tracker India slipped to the bottom of the heap among key emerging markets in November despite Reporting better-than-expected GDP figures for the September quarter, the latest update to Mint’s emerging markets tracker shows. The ranking, the worst since June, indicates that India is finding it harder to regain lost ground compared to emerging market...

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