-NDTV The exchange was hours before the same two judges put on hold Andhra Pradesh's action against two news channels and said: "It's time we define limits of sedition" New Delhi: During a hearing on the centre's oft-criticised vaccination policy, Supreme Court Justices DY Chandrachud and L Nageswara Rao on Monday referred to visuals aired by NDTV of a dead body - a suspected COVID-19 patient - being dumped into a river...
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Chhattisgarh’s excess deaths at least 4.8 times COVID-19 toll -Srinivasan Ramani and Vignesh Radhakrishnan
-The Hindu Second wave figures are from April to May 2021. The number of “excess deaths” registered by the Civil Registration System (CRS) in Chhattisgarh during the second wave (April to May 2021) was 43,062, which is 4.85 times the official reported figure of 8,878 COVID-19 deaths for the same period. If the first three months of 2021 are INCluded, the undercount factor decreases to 3.6 times (34,897 excess deaths and 9,677 official...
More »Jharkhand's Doctor Didi taking care of domestic animals, traditional livelihood -Mukesh Ranjan
-The New Indian Express Looking after goats and backyard poultry, the trained women provide veterinary support in rural areas and become financially independent, by Mukesh Ranjan JHARKHAND: Domestic animals are a source of INCome in rural areas. But there aren't many vets in remote villages of Jharkhand. Meet Putul Tigga - 'Doctor Didi' for villagers in her Hochar village near the Jharkhand capital’s Ratu block - who looks after their goats and...
More »Aggressive vaccination key to combating COVID waves: doctors -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Centre to make 6 crore doses available directly for priority groups in June An aggressive, liberalised vaccination program is key to preventing another surge of COVID-19, say health experts, warning that pandemics often persist for years presenting in-surges. “We have to accept that COVID is here to stay and that we have to work at long-term management of the virus,” say doctors. The warning comes even as India has so far managed...
More »Bengaluru food delivery workers protest for COVID relief package, vaccine priority
-TheNewsMinute.com The workers said that they have been working round the clock during the lockdown, but their services are unrecognised by the government. Delivery partners from across app-based delivery services like Zomato, Swiggy and Dunzo started an online protest on Saturday, May 29, to be INCluded in the state government’s relief package for workers in the unorganised sector. They also demand that they receive the COVID-19 vaccine on priority along with their...
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