-Financial Express With the fertility rate falling below replacement, challenges of higher dependency, burgeoning healthcare and social security needs will emerge. India must mount the necessary policy-response The time has come for India to turn a new leaf on population policy. The country’s fertility rate has already fallen below the replacement level, 2, according to the latest data from the National Family Health Survey, which was largely collected before the nation felt...
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Development projects should look beyond low-hanging fruits to bring about actual change -Rohit Rakshit
-Down to Earth Bihar needs to strengthen and enhance capacities of Gram Panchayats to realise the gains of a decentralised planning Imagine yourself living for ages in a remote village inside a dense forest in the 21st century. Basic amenities such as proper roads, safe drinking water, healthcare and education facilities are missing. The nearest primary school and health centre is located at a distance of seven kilometres. You have to trek through...
More »Omicron: Why A Potential Surge Might Need Hybrid Testing -Nimmy Dominic, Pankaj Jindal, Ashish Sachdeva and Sarang Deo
-IndiaSpend.com Using a combination of RT-PCR tests with Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) helps detect more cases faster during a surge in cases, in remote areas with little access to RT-PCRs and in Covid-19 hotspots. Hyderabad, Mumbai and Mohali: To quickly detect Covid-19 positive cases and slow the virus' spread in case of a possible surge due to the Omicron variant, India must increase its use of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT, which take...
More »After arsenic, fluoride and iron, now high levels of radioactive uranium in Bihar’s groundwater - OP Singh
-GaonConnection.com At least ten districts of Bihar have reported high levels of uranium in their groundwater, the primary source of drinking water in rural areas, which far exceeds the tolerable limit prescribed by the World Health Organization. Millions in Bihar are already facing a high disease burden due to elevated levels of arsenic, fluoride and iron in their water. Presence of uranium has multiplied their worries manifold. The state government is...
More »33% Muslims, 20% Dalits & Adivasis ‘faced discrimination at hospitals’, Oxfam survey finds -Mohana Basu
-ThePrint.in According to the Oxfam survey, 9% of respondents said they had to lose a day’s wage to get themselves vaccinated against Covid-19. New Delhi: At least one-third of Muslims and over 20 per cent Dalits and Adivasis said they have been discriminated on the grounds of religion, caste, or because of illness in a hospital or by a healthcare professional, according to a survey by Oxfam India. The survey — titled ‘Securing...
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