-The Indian Express Will this pandemic change women migrant's relationship with cities? Will it limit the geographies and spatial range that women choose to explore? If migRATion had a face, would it be a male one? Think about the picture of migrants in the Bandra station or at Delhi Bus Stand? Why weren’t there any women in the frame? This article is an attempt to steer the gaze to the women question in...
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COVID-19: Thousands pushed to starvation due to faulty biometric system in Bihar -CK Manoj
-Down to Earth Poor, elderly not able to match fingerprints on system, not getting food grain as a result Thousands of poor villagers have been pushed to the brink of starvation in Bihar as the biometric system installed to curb leakages in the public distribution system (PDS) is proving to be the stumbling block on their way. The Food and Consumer Protection Department in the state has made it mandatory for use of...
More »Complaints against PDS dealers in Jharkhand, Bihar amid food crisis -Abhishek Angad & Santosh Singh
-The Indian Express In Jharkhand and Bihar, the food crisis triggered by the lockdown has put a spotlight on an old problem — leakages and corruption in the the Public Distribution System. Patna, Ranchi: Earlier this week, Jharkhand’s grievance helpline 181 received four calls from Palamu on a single day. All the callers had a similar complaint: though the state had promised 70 kg rice in April, their RATion dealer in Medininagar...
More »Covid-19 stigma is more serious challenge than disease, warns AIIMS doc Guleria
-IndiaToday.in Dr Randeep Guleria said that while 90-95 per cent patients of Covid-19 recover, the mortality RATe from the disease is rising due to the stigma attached to the disease. All India Institute of Medical Science Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday said that stigma attached with Covid-19 treatment was far more dangerous than the disease. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Dr Randeep Guleria that while 90-95 per cent patients...
More »Who gets tested for coronavirus determines infection RATes better than how many are -Vignesh Radhakrishnan, Sumant Sen & Naresh Singaravelu
-The Hindu When testing is done for people within a cluster, the number of positive cases seem to be higher, and vice-versa Generally, the number of positive COVID-19 cases increases when the testing RATe increases. However, this is not always the case, as data from GujaRAT show. Who gets tested determines the number of positive cases more than how many get tested. In Tamil Nadu, the number of positive cases went up when...
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