-The Hindu Maharashtra accounts for 20% followed by U.P., Karnataka india’s daily COVID-19 tally crossed the 3.5-lakh mark on April 25, with 3,54,880 new cases and a whopping 2,809 deaths recorded till 11 p.m. IST on Sunday. The country has so far reported a total of 1,73,06,647 cases and 1,95,119 deaths. Maharashtra reported 66,191 infections, accounting for 20% of the new cases, followed by Uttar Pradesh (35,614) and Karnataka (34,804). Maharashtra also recorded...
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Current Inflationary Upsurge in india a Centrally-administered Phenomenon -Prabhat Patnaik
-Newsclick.in The jacking up of prices of a universal intermediary while at the same time cutting down on subsidies that could potentially insulate segments of the working people from the acceleration of inflation is proof of the fact. The official wholesale price index for March 2021, which was released a few days ago shows it to be 7.39% higher than for March 2020. Such a high rate of inflation has not been...
More »At PM-CMs meet: Covid surge peak likely mid-May, challenge until July, infra gaps in key states -Harikishan Sharma
-The indian Express Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi are expected to see the biggest jump in cases by the end of this month. UP tops the list with 1,19,604 projected cases by the month-end, almost five times the 20,439 registered on April 15. The ongoing Covid surge is expected to peak in mid-May, with the daily count likely to reach 5 lakh, and may subside by June-July; heavily populated states are at...
More »Serum Institute’s Rs 600/dose for Covishield in private hospitals is its highest rate the world over -Prabha Raghavan and Anil Sasi
-The indian Express This, despite it being contract-manufactured by Pune’s Serum Institute of india whose CEO Adar Poonawalla had said that the firm was making a profit even at a price of Rs 150 per dose. At Rs 600 per dose, indians getting inoculated with Covishield at private hospitals from May 1 could end up paying the highest price in the world for this vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and...
More »‘Prevent Further Loss’: An Urgent Appeal to the Health Minister by Public Health Practitioners -Sarojini Nadimpally and others
-Science.thewire.in Dear Dr Harsh Vardhan, The ongoing second wave of COVID-19 in india with over 3.32 lakh new cases counted in the last 24 hours is extremely concerning and demands imperative and urgent action. This is necessary in the immediate term as well as through longer term preparedness to mitigate the current medical and humanitarian crisis and to prevent its further escalation. We, concerned public health practitioners urgently request the Government of india...
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