-IndiaToday.in According to sources in the health ministry, surveillance will be increased for people coming in from countries where monkeypox has become prevalent. The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday ordered the administration to reserve beds for monkeypox in Covid-designated hospitals across the state. Although no monkeypox case has been reported in the state so far. The officials in all hospitals have been asked to adhere to the Centre's guidelines. The decision comes on the day...
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No Census 2021 in 2022 either — govt ‘puts exercise on hold, timeframe not yet decided’ -Ananya Bhardwaj and Shubham Batra
-ThePrint.in Last census was conducted in 2011 & next one was due in 2021, but was delayed due to Covid. Census-related field activities 'postponed till further orders', govt tells Parliament. New Delhi: The census, which was to have been held last year but had to be postponed owing to the Covid pandemic, has been “put on hold” for this year too, sources in the central government told ThePrint Tuesday. What’s more, it...
More »Delhi HC seeks Centre’s response on statistical information on e-surveillance under RTI Act
-ANI/ThePrint.in The Delhi High court on Tuesday sought a response from authorities including the central government on a petition seeking disclosure of statistical information on state-sponsored electronic surveillance under the Right to Information Act. Justice Yashwant Varma directed the respondents to file a response on the merit of the petition moved by Apar Gupta within two weeks Now the matter has been listed for November 9, 2022 for further hearing. The petition has challenged...
More »Price pinch: Editorial on the impact of inflation
-The Telegraph The Reserve Bank of India’s usual strategy of raising interest rates to hold inflation at bay kicked in a bit late and has not been working well so far In India, price inflation has been creeping up in the recent past. The latest data for June 2022 show consumer price index inflation to be 7.01% and wholesale price index inflation to be 15.18%. Food prices, which are an important component...
More »Meet A Ramakrishnan from Theni -- warrior with RTI armour -Jeyalakshmi Ramanujam
-The New Indian Express In another incident, he got information that 13 engineers of Madurai Corporation were being promoted without proper documents. THENI: It’s 5 am on Saturday and A Ramakrishnan is busy packing his bags. He has to travel for long hours to educate a new batch of enthusiasts about the Right To Information (RTI) Act. This routine on Saturdays, over the past 14 years, has taken him across the State. The...
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