-The Hindu Over the last few decades, intellectual property rules have served as a lethal barrier to the right to access healthcare Even an unprecedented pandemic can do little, it appears, to upset the existing global regime governing monopoly rights over the production and distribution of life-saving drugs. If anything, since the onset of COVID-19, we’ve only seen a reaffirmation of intellectual property rules that have served as a lethal barrier to...
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India records over 3.5 lakh new cases and 2,809 deaths on April 25, 2021
-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...
More »Kerala beedi worker wishing to stay anonymous donates Rs 2 lakh to Covid fight, retains Rs 850
-The New Indian Express “The man said his money was not bigger than the life of his fellow beings. Several such donations are being received,” CM Pinarayi Vijayan said in his evening media briefing. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Most people don’t mind donating money to a good cause. But only a few would be willing to give away almost all their savings in charity. A beedi worker from Kannur, WHOse identity is yet to be...
More »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 »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...
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