-OutlookIndia.com The health authorities fear that the cases will see a further spike in the next few days Forty-five deaths in the past 72 hours, of which 13, highest ever in a single day on Wednesday, has put Himachal Pradesh on high alert. The health authorities fear that the cases will see a further spike in the next few days during the winter. Those who have lost their lives, during the past some days,...
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The need for ‘maximum government’ -Rohit Azad
-The Hindu The current crisis has provided us with an opportunity to rethink our health, economic and climate policies In the new set of relief measures announced by the Finance Minister, job creation has moved to the forefront. This shows that the government has finally accepted that the unemployment rates are very high, a fact it has so far been suppressing or dismissing. This is a welcome change given its usual ostrich-like...
More »Women out of work: ‘We were moving up the ladder and ab lagta hai kisi ne seedhi chheen li’ -Somya Lakhani
-The Indian Express The Covid lockdown has set off sweeping economic distress in cities but its crucial dimension has remained untold: the silent, devastating toll on the working woman in the city suddenly out of work *A month into the lockdown after she lost her job at an energy policy institute that paid&NBSp; Rs 24,000 a month, 29-year-old Reshma, a post-graduate in social work, sent her four-year-old daughter to live with her...
More »It’s Time for a 10-Year-Plan that Says How Much Rice and Wheat Will Be Procured From Each State -Siraj Hussain and Jugal Mohapatra
-TheWire.in Though there is no road map to reduce the production of wheat and rice, it is now possible to reduce India's dependence on Punjab and Haryana for food security by procuring from non-traditional states. Since the enactment of three agriculture legislations by the Centre in September, sections of the media have rightly or wrongly projected Punjab, and to a much lesser extent Haryana, as a villain. This has led many to believe...
More »Storm in Akshaya Patra’s teacup: Trustees tell TNM why they resigned -Pooja Prasanna
-TheNewsMinute.com One of the trustees who resigned, Mohandas Pai, told TNM that allegations of misuse of funds led to friction between independent trustees and ISKCON missionaries on the board. The resignation of four independent trustees of the Akshaya Patra Foundation (APF) has raised questions over the future of a programme that distributes over 18 lakh meals every day in 12 states across the country. The four trustees – former Infosys CEO Mohandas...
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