-The Hindu The last time India had the maximum numbers was during the first wave in September With 1,03,955 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, India continues to record the most number of daily cases globally. SINCe April 3, India has been consistently registering more daily cases than U.S. and Brazil on an average, accounting for one in every seven new global cases. The last time India led the world in terms of...
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Himachal Pradesh Gears Up After Forest Fires In Uttarakhand -Ashwani Sharma
-Outlook India Himachal's forest department has already activated a satellite-based Fire Tracking System. The PrINCipal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) of Himachal Pradesh, Dr Savita has alerted against forest fires in the state after Uttarakhand saw a raging forest fire. Forest fires in some districts of Himachal, like Solan and Mandi, have already been doused in the last 48 hours. The state’s forest department has already activated a satellite-based fire tracking system which is...
More »Hand pump buried in sand, temple without deity: Seven villages start vanishing from Odisha map -Aishwarya Mohanty
-The Indian Express Today, Satabhaya is an island of sorts. For all facilities, INCluding ration, those left behind have to cross a 5 km stretch that INCludes a narrow unpaved road and a small creek inhabited by crocodiles. Satabhaya (kendrapara): This 17-km stretch along the coast in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, which was once home for nearly 700 families, now stands in solitude, a vast expanse covered in sand as far as the...
More »The pillars of an equitable post-COVID India -S Mahendra Dev
-The Hindu In the post-pandemic world, addressing inequality is key to sustaining growth and well-being COVID-19 in the last one year has once again reminded us of the growing inequalities in India. A recent Pew Research Report shows that India’s middle class may have shrunk by a third due to the novel coronavirus pandemic while the number of poor people earning less than ₹150 per day more than doubled. The Pew report...
More »The alchemy of anti-INCumbency -Varghese K George
-The Hindu Mamata Banerjee’s assumption that Bengali nationalism could block anti-INCumbency and Hindutva may be optimistic The Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal is a unique specimen in understanding anti-INCumbency. Welfare schemes that usually make INCumbents popular have added to the anti-INCumbency woes of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, as the workers of her party made those the easy and only option for rent-seeking. ‘Cut money’, or the cut for TMC local...
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