-IndiaToday.in Dr Randeep Guleria said that while 90-95 per cent patients of Covid-19 recover, the mortality rate from the disease is rising due to the stigma attached to the disease. All India Institute of Medical Science Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday said that stigma attached with Covid-19 treatment was far more dangerous than the disease. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Dr Randeep Guleria that while 90-95 per cent patients...
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The great lockdown gums up animal farms -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * India’s cattle are on an enforced diet, milk’s value is on the slide and chicken farmers are in deep despair * The livestock sector contributes 30% to India’s agricultural GDP and is valued at over ₹9 trillion. Yet, during the lockdown, policy and remedial interventions have largely focused on crops NEW DELHI: Shravan Kumar Yadav often wakes up in the middle of the night these days. The INCessant mooing and grunting...
More »Mission Journal: Journalists in India’s Uttar Pradesh say threat of attack or prosecution looms large -Kunal Majumder
-Committee to Protect Journalists On March 26, two days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a national lockdown to control the spreading of COVID-19, Hindi-language daily Jansandesh Times reported that a tribe in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, didn’t have enough to eat due to the sudden announcement and that children were eating grass. The same day, the magistrate of Varanasi district, Kaushal Raj Sharma, sent a legal notice to the...
More »Logistic constraints: Few takers among retail biggies for direct purchase from farmers -Prabhudatta Mishra
-Financial Express Except Madhya Pradesh, no other state has so far acted upon the Centre’s advisory, leaving farmers, the intended beneficiaries of the move, high and dry. The Centre’s April 4 directive to states, asking them to facilitate direct purchase of farm produce INCluding grains, pulses and fruits and vegetables by big retailers, aggregators and food processors hasn’t produced any immediate results. Except Madhya Pradesh, no other state has so far acted...
More »Use FCI's foodgrain reserve for addressing hunger & starvation, instead of ethanol production for hand sanitisers
-Press note by Right to Food Campaign dated 21st April, 2020 The Right to Food Campaign has issued a statement in the response to the Central Government's decision to convert the FCI’s food grains into ethanol to make hand sanitisers. Please click here to read it. For more information, please contact the following organisation: Right to Food Campaign Secretariat 24, Block-A, Adhchini, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi–110017 Email: righttofoodindia@gmail.com Phone: 011- 41613468 Website: www.righttofoodcampaign.in Aysha (8527359760), Gangaram Paikra (9977462084), Kavita Srivastava...
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