-The Hindu U.S. only other country to go over this number With 3,55,836 new cases until 11.30 p.m. on Monday (May 3), India’s cumulative COVID-19 tally crossed 2 crore and stood at 2,02,75,699. The U.S. is the only other country to have crossed this mark. The country also recorded 3,434 deaths due to COVID-19, taking the toll to 2,22,381. Maharashtra reported 48,621 infections, followed by Kerala (44,438), and Uttar Pradesh (29,192). Maharashtra also...
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Migrant disinterest builds case for broader NREGA: Study -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph Published by the University of Bonn in Germany, the findings are significant at a time workers have again begun returning home amid a Covid resurgence in India The rural job guarantee scheme and the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Yojana provided work to less than eight per cent of the migrant workers who had returned home after last year’s lockdown, a study has found. It has argued that the highly skilled returned migrants...
More »PM-Kisan first installment late; Covid blamed -Harikishan Sharma and Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express The first installment is due between April 1 and July 31. Last year, most beneficiaries received the money in their bank accounts between March 24 and April 20. This year, as April ends, no farm households has received any money. Pune: Amid the surge in Covid-19 cases, the wait of over 9 crore farmer families for the first installment of their PM-Kisan payout for the financial year 2021-22, is...
More »Even as Uttarakhand Reels From Sharp Spike in COVID Cases, Char Dham Yatra To Go Ahead
-TheWire.in Last week, the Uttarakhand high court had observed that the pilgrimage cannot be allowed to turn into another Kumbh Mela. New Delhi: Despite the 1800% increase in Uttarkhand’s active COVID-19 cases in the period coinciding with the Kumbh Mela, the state government has given its green signal to hold the annual Char Dham yatra from May 14. The state government has agreed to allow the pilgrimage to four shrines – Yamunotri, Gangotri,...
More »Daily cases to reach 4.4 lakh by May 8: IIT team
-PTI/ The Hindu Active infections to touch 38-48 lakh between May 14-18, says SUTRA model Active cases in the ongoing second COVID-19 wave in India may peak at 38-48 lakh between May 14-18 and daily new infections could hit a high of 4.4 lakh from May 4-8, according to a mathematical model by IIT scientists, who have revised their projections upwards. India on Monday saw a single-day rise of 3,52,991 (3.52 lakh) COVID-19...
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