-Livemint.com * The bulk of Rs20,000-crore package is frontloading the state's FY21 spending to the next THRee months * Kerala has 25 active COVID-19 patients so far, and over 30,000 people in quarantine ERNAKULAM: Kerala's mega financial package of Rs20,000 crore to mitigate the impact of the deadly coronavirus and counter its economic fallout has raised several eyebrows. Not only is the state the first in the country to offer such a package,...
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Mumbai washes its hands of lakhs, do’s & don’ts don’t matter here -Kavitha Iyer
-The Indian Express While Maharashtra has seen 45 cases of infections and a death from coronavirus, there has been no evidence of community transmission. But in slums such as these, with population densities among the highest anywhere in the world, social distancing is an impossibility. Mumbai: Urmila Maurya, in her early thirties and a mother of THRee, can put into practice none of the protective measures against COVID-19 that are advised by...
More »The Unexpected Reckoning: Coronavirus and capitalism -Radhika Desai
-NetworkIdeas.org It is perhaps fitting that the seriousness of the coronavirus THReat hit most of the Western world around the Ides of March, the traditional day of reckoning of outstanding debts in Ancient Rome. The previous week had been a veritable roller coaster ride. The World Health Organization (WHO) finally declared the contagion a pandemic, governments scrambled to respond, the virus dominated the news cycle as well as the plethora of...
More »Will the State recognise women workers’ right to bleed with dignity -Pradeep Narayanan
-Down to Earth The Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs has sought feedback from stakeholders on the draft National Action Plan on Business & Human Rights by March 20, 2020 The patriarchal society’s attempt to control a woman’s body from time immemorial has been documented across the world and in different ages. The fear of a woman’s sexuality and reproductive abilities has, THRoughout history, spurred religious texts and mythological epics. Man-made laws find ways...
More »India’s Covid-19 worry: too few are being tested -Penny MacRae
-The Telegraph Under-estimation of cases, inadequate number of ICU beds, old test kits add to challenge India could soon face its moment of reckoning with the Covid-19 pandemic and the question is whether the country, with its rickety, under-resourced healthcare system, will be able to cope. The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India hit 151 Wednesday and, so far, there have been THRee deaths. On the surface, those numbers look extraordinarily...
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