-ThePrint.in Other countries for which the aid is being given are Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa, Tajikistan and Ukraine. Washington: The United States on Friday announced a USD 57 million aid for efforts against tuberculosis in seven high-burden countries, including India. Other countries for which the aid is being given are Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa, Tajikistan and Ukraine. Designed in collaboration with partner governments, the initiative will provide a foundation to...
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Chinmay Tumbe of the Department of Economics at the IIM, Ahmedabad, interviewed by Govindraj Ethiraj (Health-check.in/ India Spend)
-Health-check.in Between 1817 and 1920, India faced three pandemics that wiped out large chunks of its population. What lessons do these events hold for India today on how to manage the ongoing Covid-19 surge and how to plan ahead? Our interview with Chinmay Tumbe. Mumbai: The Covid-19 pandemic has been with us now for more than a year and in India we are just seeing the beginning of the tapering off of...
More »Retired bureaucrats write to PM Modi of ‘disturbing’ developments in Lakshadweep
-The Hindu The islanders have to be consulted before any change is imposed, they say A group of retired bureaucrats wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday to express concern over what it termed were “disturbing developments” in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep “in the name of development”. Ninety-three former All India and Central services officers of the Constitutional Conduct Group wrote to Mr. Modi on the occasion of...
More »The pandemic in data: Not only are India’s poor eating less, they are eating less nutritious food -Shoaib Daniyal
-Scroll.in Indians need more relief measures during the second Covid-19 wave. Even before the pandemic hit, India was one of the world’s most malnourished countries. As could be expected for such a country with such poor development indicators, Covid-19 hit India’s poor hard. To compound the problem, the Indian government put in place what was the world’s harshest lockdown with little planning. A new paper by economists Jean Drèze and Anmol Somanchi has...
More »Centre stops Delhi govt’s doorstep delivery of ration scheme -Pankaj Jain
-IndiaToday.com The central government has stopped the Kejriwal-led Delhi government’s doorstep delivery of ration scheme. It was set to be launched in a couple of days. The central government has put a stop to the Delhi government’s ambitious doorstep delivery of ration scheme, the Delhi government said on Saturday. To address the issue, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a press conference at 11 am on Sunday. According to sources, the Delhi government’s...
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