-The Hindu While national leaders can provide support, the ground work needs to be done by local leaders with a mass base and sustained presence in local politics Even as the nation battles the Second Wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Assembly elections have been completed in four States (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and West Bengal) and one Union Territory (Puducherry). Though citizens and governments came to be exposed to the debilitating impact...
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Over 7.5 Million Jobs Lost in April: Experts Call for Fresh Relief Package for Marginalised -Ronak Chhabra
-Newsclick.in According to CMIE data, the national unemployment rate in April registered a four-month high of 7.97% – with urban and rural joblessness at 9.78% and 7.13% respectively – as against the previous month’s figure of 6.50%. The recent surge in COVID-19 cases has sent the pandemic spiralling anew in the country, with its impact visible not just on the already strained healthcare infrastructure but also on the economic front – particularly...
More »Consider lockdown to curb spread of Covid-19: Supreme Court tells Centre, states
-Livemint.com * The SC has asked the Central and state governments to put on record the efforts taken to curb the spread of Covid-19 and the measures that they plan on taking in the near future In the wake of the Second Wave of Covid-19, the Supreme Court has directed the Central and state governments to consider imposing a ban on mass gatherings and super spreader events. "We would seriously urge the Central...
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-PTI/ TheWire.in The top court also directed the Centre to ensure that the deficit in the supply of oxygen to the national capital is rectified before May 3 midnight. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to formulate within two weeks a national policy on admissions to hospitals in the wake of the Second Wave of COVID-19 and said no patient shall be denied hospitalisation or essential drugs in any...
More »Accumulation of Poor Health Infrastructure
-Economic and Political Weekly Editorial India has to substantially scale up its health infrastructure to protect lives and livelihoods. “The situation in India is a devastating reminder of what the virus can do,” said World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a virtual briefing in Geneva last week. He was speaking in the context of the WHO survey findings which noted that one year into the COVID-19 pandemic around 90%...
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