-The Hindu ICMR chief Balram Bhargava urged students coming from Ukraine to get vaccinated immediately if they had not already done so. In 2022, 92% of COVID deaths have been in unvaccinated individuals, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr. Balram Bhargava said on Thursday. He added that it’s evident that vaccines and the wide vaccination coverage have played a very important role in protecting hundreds of lives. Dr....
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Overall mortality rose 41% in Chennai during COVID-19 pandemic -Taran Deol
-Down to Earth There were 5.18 excess deaths per 1,000 people in Chennai between March 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021: The Lancet India’s poor disease Surveillance measures during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have made it hard to gauge the burden of mortality. A study, published in The Lancet in December 2021, looked at all-cause mortality in Chennai and found 5.18 excess deaths per 1,000 people between March 1, 2020...
More »Centre pushes 11 States to step up vaccination; no national curbs
-The Hindu Business Line Experts to decide on jabs for children, booster dose The Centre will wait for the expert view to decide on Covid vaccination for children and booster shots but focus on scaling up the pace of inoculation, with the Health Ministry on Friday impressing on 11 States to ramp up their effort. The States that are a cause of concern are Odisha, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh,...
More »Ugly Sides of Data Protection Bill and Fallacies of JPC Report -Vikas Bhadauria
-Newsclick.in The Bill and the Joint Parliamentary Committee’s recommendations are riddled with many problems, and some of them are giving rise to serious concerns over enabling the State with Surveillance power. The much-awaited Joint Parliamentary Committee’s report on the country's first comprehensive data protection law has been tabled in the Parliament. After two years of intense deliberation and consultation, the report was finalised and adopted. The law, if passed, would regulate data...
More »Not just CCTV & invigilators, CBSE will use data analytics to identify cheating in exams -Kritika Sharma
-ThePrint.in This will be in addition to the use of CCTV Surveillance and external invigilators for the purpose. The practice will start with the upcoming board exams for classes 10 and 12. New Delhi: Starting with the upcoming board examinations for classes 10 and 12, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) wants to use not just CCTV Surveillance and external invigilators, but also data analytics to identify malpractice and cheating at...
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