-Business Standard This was mainly on account of migrants again returning to their homes due to the SECond wave of Covid-19 and several cities going into lockdowns Around 27.3 million households demanded work under MGNREGA in April 2021, among the highest for the month in recent times. This comes as migrants once again returned to their homes due to the SECond wave of Covid-19 and several cities went into lockdowns. The high work demand...
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A paradigm shift in Supreme Court after Justice NV Ramana takes over as CJI -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu The decisions regarding journalist Siddique Kappan, the SECond COVID-19 wave and sedition law show a rejuvenation is happening within the court. A series of decisions within a week since Justice N.V. Ramana took over as the 48th Chief Justice of India shows a rejuvenation happening within the Supreme Court in its role as the guardian of rights of ordinary people. The court has not flinched while ordering a reluctant Uttar Pradesh...
More »Under-reporting does hurt the COVID fight -Bhramar Mukherjee and others
-The Hindu Without good data, accurate projections are impossible, making it difficult to gauge the true state of the pandemic India, now home to the world’s worst ongoing coronavirus pandemic, is currently reporting nearly a million new cases and 10,000 deaths every three days, according to data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The true extent of the SECond wave now ravaging India is likely much worse than official...
More »Consider lockdown to curb spread of Covid-19: Supreme Court tells Centre, states
-Livemint.com * The SC has asked the Central and state governments to put on record the efforts taken to curb the spread of Covid-19 and the measures that they plan on taking in the near future In the wake of the SECond wave of Covid-19, the Supreme Court has directed the Central and state governments to consider imposing a ban on mass gatherings and super spreader events. "We would seriously urge the Central...
More »SC Issues Directions to Centre on Managing Covid19 Crisis; Asks it to Rectify Oxygen Deficit, Formulate National Policy of Hospital Admissions; Suggests a Lockdown
-Leaflet.in/ Newsclick.in The Supreme Court, in an order released on Sunday evening, directed the Central Government to ensure that the deficit in the supply of oxygen to the national capital is rectified within two days. It also directed the Centre to prepare, in collaboration with the states, a buffer stock of oxygen for emergency purposes and decentralize the location of the emergency stocks. “The emergency stocks shall be created within the next four...
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