-Hindustan Times Between January and September this year, the state reported 2,103 dengue cases. The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday cancelled the leaves of all the doctors and Paramedical staff in the state in view of the rising cases of dengue. Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak said that “all measures are being taken to avoid the spread”, reported news agency ANI. “Cases less as compared to last year. Beds are reserved in hospitals...
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Can’t learn, can’t work, can’t even cross river: Life in 3 of India’s 4 poorest districts, all in UP -Moushumi Das Gupta
-ThePrint.in ThePrint travelled across 3 UP districts in top 5 of Niti Aayog’s Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index, which measures deprivation in terms of health, education, living standards. Shravasti/Bahraich/Balrampur: Danish Mansoori, 20, thinks he is one of the “lucky ones”. In 2020, he left his hometown Bhinga in Uttar Pradesh’s Shravasti district for a bachelor’s degree in ayurveda, medicine, and surgery (BAMS) from a Paramedical college. However, his destination was not Mumbai, Delhi, or...
More »Undocumented Tide Of Death Overwhelms Rural India As Cities Stabilise -Kavitha Iyer
-Article-14.com A surge of untested, undocumented, unmonitored Covid-19 infections in India’s villages is killing thousands, many times more than reported cases. With no access to big-city medical care or Twitter SOSs, millions are at risk. Mumbai: It was past 10 pm when S H Mehdi, BAMS, saw off the last of the day’s 250-odd patients and settled down to speak over the phone. “Chaaron taraf fever phaili hui hai. (There are febrile...
More »India learns a bitter lesson for disregarding crucial warnings and recommendations on Covid-19
In the month of April this year, there has been an unprecedented upsurge in daily new cases and daily new deaths in the country due to Covid-19. States, which reported large increases in daily new cases and daily new deaths, are Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, to name but a few. Data accessed from https://www.covid19india.org/, which is a crowdsourced platform and an independent aggregator of daily Covid-19 figures and...
More »Falling short of aspirations -Ram Singh
-The Hindu The economic outlook rests on government meeting investment targets and keeping promises made to stakeholders There were many expectations from the Union Budget 2020: that it would reverse the falling growth rate, reduce unemployment and rekindle the animal spirits needed to revive private investment. Does the Budget really hold out the promise on these counts? To answer the question, the Budget can be judged in terms of its effect...
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