-IndiaToday.com The central Government has stopped the Kejriwal-led Delhi Government’s doorstep delivery of ration scheme. It was set to be launched in a couple of days. The central Government has put a stop to the Delhi Government’s ambitious doorstep delivery of ration scheme, the Delhi Government said on Saturday. To address the issue, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a press conference at 11 am on Sunday. According to sources, the Delhi Government’s...
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India has to buy time to ensure high coverage of COVID vaccination is achieved, says Government
-The Hindu/ PTI If the containment measures, COVID-19 appropriate behaviour or vaccination pace slackens, cases can rise again, it said. India has to buy time to ensure that high coverage of vaccination against COVID-19 is achieved, the Government said on Friday. If the containment measures, COVID-19 appropriate behaviour or vaccination pace slackens, cases can rise again, it said. Data sharing is going on with the WHO to give recognition to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, the...
More »Jean Dreze, the Belgian-born hunger economics expert, interviewed by Sindhu Bhattacharya (Moneycontrol.com)
-Moneycontrol.com Jean Dreze, the Belgian-born hunger economics expert, on the devastation of Covid, what plagues MNREGA, central Government’s relief measures, stimulus packages, vaccination drive and more. The big lesson from the havoc wrought by Covid-19 is that India must abandon the “fragmented” US model of healthcare, which is a colossal failure, according to developmental economist Jean Dreze. A Belgian-born hunger economics expert who has co-authored books with Nobel laureates Amartya Sen and...
More »US vaccine ‘gift’ to India may not be substantial -Suhasini Haidar
-The Hindu Vaccine gifts of 2-3 million doses may have little impact on India: officials The Government on Friday welcomed the U.S. decision to lift restrictions under its Defence Production Act on the export of vaccine ingredients to AstraZeneca vaccine manufacturers worldwide, which would help the Serum Institute of India produce more doses. However, Washington’s announcement of gifting India and dozens of other countries with a first tranche of 25 million doses of...
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-IndiaSpend.com The Government has said that the economic impact from the second Covid-19 wave will be less than that of the first. But economists point to signs of a growing rural economic crisis, and call for urgent relief measures to ward off long-term damage. Siolim, Goa: Ramesh Ram, 31, is listed as a textile industry staff worker in the administration's database of migrant workers in south west Bihar's Kaimur district. But for...
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