-The Indian Express An order issued by Chief Secretary Vijay Dev states, “The situation of Covid-19 in Delhi has been reviewed and..., it has become imperative to mandatorily test, trace and quarantine all those residents of Delhi, who have visited or are going to visit Kumbh-2021 at Haridwar. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has directed all the residents of Delhi, who have visited the Kumbh at Haridwar from April 4 till...
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Manmohan Singh writes to PM Modi, gives 5 suggestions to tackle Covid-19 crisis
-The Indian Express As India reels under the second wave of coronavirus, Manmohan Singh said people are now beginning to wonder when their lives will get back to normal and argued “there are many things we must do to fight the epidemic but a big part of this effort must be ramping up the vaccination programme.” Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to...
More »COVID-19 deaths in Gujarat far exceed government figures -Mahesh Langa
-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,...
More »When Aadhaar-related problems lead to denial of rations and benefits: what the data show -Shreyas Sardesai
-The Indian Express Have people been denied foodgrains due to non-possession of an Aadhaar ID or because their Aadhaar biometric details didn't match? Here's data from a Lokniti-CSDS study The Supreme Court recently asked the Centre to respond to allegations made in a PIL by a Dalit woman from Jharkhand that 3 crore ration cards have been cancelled in the country because of the insistence on Aadhaar linkage and biometric authentication, and...
More »Testing sets a record on a day fresh cases touch 2.6 lakh
-The Hindu 14.95 lakh samples studied; nearly 1,500 deaths in India as global total reaches 3 million. As many as 14,95,397 samples were tested in India on April 16 (results of which were made available on April 17), the highest number of tests conducted in a single day in the country. This is the second consecutive day the number of tests is crossing the 14-lakh mark. On September 24, 2020, 14,92,409 tests were...
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