-The Hindu With worksites closed, activists urge SC to ensure wages for all those registered Employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has collapsed to just over 1% of the usual rate this month due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Activists petitioned the Supreme Court demanding that the government pay full wages to all active job card holders during this time, following its own instructions issued to other employers. Please click...
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India cannot fight a pandemic with police lathis. It must ensure people have food – and dignity -Supriya Sharma
-Scroll.in Scenes in the national capital offer a glimpse into the crisis. “You can speak to him in English,” said a rickshaw puller who was eating his first morsel of food for the day around 1 pm on Saturday. He was among more than a hundred people who had lined up in the heat outside a government school in South Delhi’s Jangpura neighbourhood to get a scoop of dal over a small...
More »Prof. Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health, interviewed by Varghese K George (The Hindu)
-The Hindu Until trial results are out, countries like India must focus on interventions such as largescale testing, isolation, contact-tracing, and physical distancing, says Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health Madhukar Pai, is Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health and Director, McGill Global Health Programs and Professor at McGill University. In an email interview to The Hindu, he explains the debate on BCG vaccine’s purported effectiveness...
More »Any decision on extending coronavirus lockdown must be based on extreme circumspection, realistic cost-benefit analysis -Aruna Sundararajan
-The Indian Express Efficacy of universal lockdown isn’t completely endorsed, nor is there indisputable evidence to suggest it is optimal response. As the country approaches the end of its nationwide lockdown on April 14, one question dominates national discourse: Should India extend the lockdown? Never before has India confronted a public policy dilemma that impacts the lives and fates of millions so critically. A number of states have already announced extension of the...
More »Professor GVS Murthy, vice-president and director, Indian Indian Institute of Public Health at Hyderabad, interviewed by Bindu Shajan Perappadan (The Hindu)
-The Hindu ‘They experience hardships in accessing information on prevention and risk of infection’ People with disabilities need much more support than others in the face of a pandemic. They may not be eating properly and may experience higher stress because they are unable to understand what is happening all around them, says Professor G.V.S. Murthy, vice-president and director, Indian Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad. * What are the unique challenges that...
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