-The Hindu India records 2,59,291 new cases on Thursday Like every wave in the past, cases fuelled by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have initially spread only in the urban areas. However, many rural and semi-rural places recorded a sharp spike in infections in the past week. At the start of this year, 50% of the cases were from urban centres such as Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. However, the share reduced to...
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In Bihar, women face floods and increasing violence -Shreya Raman
-TheThirdPole.net As climate change increases the incidence of flooding, women in the northeast Indian state of Bihar are becoming more vulnerable to violence and trafficking After devastating floods struck the northeastern Indian state of Bihar in August 2017, the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, conducted an aerial survey of the affected areas. At the time, nearly 3,000 square kilometres of the state were under water – an area twice the size of...
More »Ghaziabad most polluted city, says NCAP report
-PTI/ The Hindu Delhi in 2nd spot with highest PM 2.5 level Delhi and most of the other non-attainment cities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)have shown only a marginal improvement, said a new analysis released on Monday. Some of the cities have even recorded an increase in particulate matter (PM) levels, it said. Cities are declared non-attainment if they consistently fail to meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) over...
More »Everyone Will Get Omicron, Boosters Won't Stop It: Top Medical Expert -Akhil Kumar
-NDTV.com "A majority of us will not know we have been infected, probably more than 80% will not even know when we have it," said Dr. Jaiprakash Muliyil. New Delhi: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is "almost unstoppable" and everyone will eventually be infected with it, a top government expert told NDTV. Booster vaccine doses won't stop the rapid spread of the virus, he added. ''It makes no difference. The infection will...
More »Centre yet to notify rules of Citizenship Amendment Act -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Home Ministry did not respond if an extension has been sought from House committees The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) did not notify the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 rules till Sunday, the third extended deadline after the Act was passed. January 9 was the last day of an extension it sought from the two parliamentary committees in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to frame the rules. It was not...
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