-PTI/ The Tribune The report says no evidence that reopening schools has caused a surge in Covid cases and that schools are not a “safe place” New Delhi: There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to World Bank’s Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra. Saavedra, whose team has been tracking the...
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Delhi: Draft policy pushes for up to 50% EVs in aggregators’ fleet by 2023 -Sweta Goswami
-Hindustan Times According to the draft policy, 10%of newly-onboarded two-wheelers and 5% of new four-wheelers will have to be EVs within three months of notification of the final policy The Delhi government will soon direct all cab aggregators and delivery companies operating in the city to ensure that up to 50% of the new vehicles added to their fleet are electric vehicles (EVs) by March 31, 2023, state environment minister Gopal Rai...
More »Rabi crops: Bumper harvest likely with higher acreage, conducive weather -Prabhudutta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Sowing of all rabi crops increased to 664.59 lh The rabi acreage this year is 8 lakh hectares (lh) higher so far, from the corresponding period last year, and with conducive weather continuing, there may not be concerns on yield, and potentially help the country to have another year of bumper harvest. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Why we don’t like data? Psst…it disturbs the narrative -Vivek Kaul
-Deccan Herald Politicians may not agree with any data put out by non-government agencies but.. The word ‘data’ has Latin origins. As Jer Thorp writes in Living in Data: “It first appeared in the English language on loan from Latin, where it meant “a thing given, a gift delivered or sent”. In its early usage, the giver of data was the almighty god and hence, it carried a “particular strength of truth”. Data...
More »COVID-19: 'Dry cough means Delta and wet can be Omicron', say experts
-The New Indian Express The other crucial indicators of Omicron are fever not beyond 101 degrees for less than five days and headaches that are stabbing, and a scratchy throat. HYDERABAD: One key marker that distinguishes Delta from the Omicron variant is the manner in which cough manifests, noted doctors from AIG Hospitals. They said that based on known research and their personal observations of patients they have treated, most Delta variant...
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