-The Indian Express Dealing with COVID-19 requires a clear public health focus while addressing fears at the individual level. My friend, whose daughter is in the US, rang me up for advice. A coronavirus case has been reported from her city. Should he get his daughter to India? Is air travel safe? Everyone is worried about the way the COVID-19 outbreak will play out. In today’s networked world, heightened sensitivities make it...
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Poor women in urban areas shorter, thinner and more anaemic: Study -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu Innovative techniques needed to extend nutrition services in urban areas, it says Poor women in urban areas were shorter, thinner and more anaemic as compared to those from higher wealth categories, according to a new study which calls for policy initiatives to focus on urban poor women to curb malnutrition. The research aims at determining the levels and trends of different forms of malnutrition among urban poor women and look beyond...
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-The Indian Express There is no evidence that choice of food will make any difference in the spread of the virus. Food is certainly not the source of transmission. It may be different for people who live near abattoirs etc. * There seems to be an overwhelming optimism that heat will reduce the impact of coronavirus. What do you think? Dr. Anand Krishnan: The chances of survival of the virus will be less...
More »Bank, Boom, Bust -George Mathew, Sunny Verma & Sandeep Singh
-The Indian Express In 2004, a former bank executive started his own bank. As it grew, courting corporates, lending aggressively and dodging referees, the bad loans grew too. Until one day, the bank went belly up. The Indian Express on how the story of Yes Bank and Rana Kapoor is of warning bells that went unheard. After providing services to Yes Bank for years, a vendor was keen to terminate the contract....
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-The Hindu Rights groups demand amendments to 2003 citizenship rules Two umbrella organisations of NGOs and rights groups on Saturday said that they would withdraw their call for boycott of the National Population Register (NPR) if Home Minister Amit Shah made amendments to the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003, according to the statements made by the latter in the floor of the Parliament. The statements were...
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