-The Telegraph Minister says GOI has not enumerated caste-wise population, other than SCs and STs in Census since independence, not in line with statement made to SC The Centre has told Parliament that it “has not enumerated” caste-wise populations other than those of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes since Independence, contradicting a statement it made in the Supreme Court three months ago. In that court affidavit of September 21, the social justice...
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COVID-19 deaths undercounted in Chennai: study -Shubashree Desikan
-The Hindu Study finds nearly 5.18 excess deaths for every 1,000 people. Chennai: A study analysing the registered COVID-19 deaths in Chennai district found a high degree of excess deaths. A figure of nearly 5.18 excess deaths for every 1,000 people has been reported in the study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases. The study also found that during the second wave of COVID-19 in Chennai, there was an increase in the percentage...
More »Poor faced more covid deaths in India, study shows -Rukmini S
-Livemint.com A new paper suggests the second covid-19 wave had a more fatal impact on Chennai’s poorer neighbourhoods than richer ones Poorer communities saw far more excess deaths during the pandemic than richer neighbourhoods, evidence from a new Chennai-based study shows. Taken with data from other parts of the country, the findings suggest that India’s poor, particularly the elderly, may have disproportionately borne the burden of the pandemic’s fatal impact. In a study...
More »Instead of relying on jugaad, journalists need access to court pleadings. Here’s why -Chitrakshi Jain & Prashant Reddy T
-Newslaundry.com Not only is the procedure to access records unnecessarily complicated, but the courts have the discretion to judge a citizen’s motivation to access them. Over the course of the next few weeks, the United States Congress is expected to pass the Open Courts Act, which will make PACER – the digital database for accessing court records filed with the federal judiciary – accessible to everybody, free of cost! The law sets...
More »India Faces Highest Labour Loss Due to Climate Change, Says Study
-Newsclick.in The study found that with rising heat and humidity levels because of climate change, options for moving outdoor labour to cooler hours will dramatically shrink, leading to significant worldwide labour losses. India is one of the countries to have experienced the highest loss in labour due to global warming, according to a recent study led by Duke University researchers. The study, which was published in Nature Communications on December 14, 2021,...
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