-Hindustan Times A detailed action plan for this purpose has already been chalked out, they added, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi may even raise the issue in his meeting with chief ministers on Tuesday and Wednesday. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government wants states that are seeing a large number of Covid-19 cases not to lose sight of the main objective in the rush of numbers -- keeping the death rate, or...
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The worst is yet to come in Delhi and Mumbai -Barkha Dutt
-Hindustan Times Requisition health care workers; create temporary facilities; have a clear chain of command; help patients The financial backbone and the political nerve-centre of our country are both reeling. And the worst is still yet to come. With the biggest single-day jump in cases this week, it’s critical to understand what is going on in Mumbai and Delhi — that along with Ahmedabad and Chennai — have become the cities to...
More »Virus, outdated census method mar Gujarat’s lion numbers -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu Efficacy of vaccine for CDV not known, data unavailable An outdated methodology and the true mortality from a virus affecting India’s lions dent the credibility of the Gujarat government’s claims on its lion population. In a press statement on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted results of the 2020 Asiatic Lion Census that put the number of lions at 674, a 28% rise from...
More »NHRC seeks reports from 8 States on 15 deaths after police action -Damini Nath
-The Hindu Owing to COVID-19 lockdown and limited access to courts, their families have very limited recourse to seek justice, says CHRI The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked for action taken reports from the authorities of eight States, where 15 people died following police action in the first month or so of the lockdown, according to the proceedings in the cases. The NHRC acted on a May 16 complaint by the...
More »Two-thirds of migrant workers still don’t have access to government ration: Survey -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth The survey also reveals several other shocking facts that fly in the face of government claims on migrants. Eighty per cent migrant workers surveyed by Stranded Workers Action Network (SWAN), do not have access to government ration two months after the COVID-19 lockdown indicating food distress among stranded migrants to be as high as the first phase of the lockdown. The results are based on 821 distress calls received by...
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