-Article-14.com Excess deaths in UP districts with highest official caseload were between 10 to 335 times higher than the government’s Covid-19 death toll over NINe months to 31 March 2021, we found after analysing mortality data, obtained under the right-to-information law. New Delhi: The number of people who died in 24 Uttar Pradesh (UP) districts over NINe months to 31 March 2021 was, cumulatively, 43 times higher than the total official Covid-19...
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In Rural India, COVID-19 Outbreaks Have One Standout Feature: Speed -Murad Banaji, Aashish Gupta and Leena Kumarappan
-TheWire.in If the current data is anything to go by, the low death figures reflect poor testing and recording rather than some natural “protection” from severe disease in rural India. Many rural areas were hit hard during India’s devastating recent COVID-19 surge. The scale of this rural epidemic remains largely hidden in official figures. But a flood of news reports tell a tale of infection sweeping rapidly through villages, high mortality, minimal...
More »Early floods in Bihar after heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Gandak in Nepal -Mohd Imran Khan
-Down to Earth Bihar usually gets heavy rains in July and August; floods in June are an unusual occurrence, experts said Several villages have been flooded after 3-4 days of early monsoon rains in the catchment areas of the Gandak and Burhi Gandak rivers in Nepal and north Bihar. Affected districts include West Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj and Muzaffarpur. Other rivers including the Bagmati, Koshi, Kamla Balan, Bhuthi Balan and Ghaghara are also...
More »The Hindu scores in responsible reporting of suicides
-The Hindu Survey used a scorecard to assess and rate reports on suicide incidents by 9 newspapers across India The Hindu has topped in an assessment of multiple English newspapers for responsible reporting of suicide-related news. The study — The Application of a Scorecard Tool for Assessing and Engaging Media on Responsible Reporting of Suicide-Related News in India — was conducted by the Department of Psychiatry, Voluntary Health Services and SNEHA Suicide Prevention...
More »Massive Fire Destroys Delhi’s Only Rohingya Camp -Tarique Anwar
-Newsclick.in This is not an isolated incident. This was the fifth conflagration in the camp over the past NINe years. New Delhi: It was a usual night for Zahid Hussain. Unaware of what destiny has in store for him and others, the 23-year-old, like his fellow Burmese refugee neighbours in the Rohingya camp in South East Delhi’s Kanchan Kunj, had gone to bed after having dinner at 10 pm on June 12....
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