India is facing a second and worse wave of Covid-19 pandemic. At this time, the country requires journalism to tell the stories of courage, of loss and grief, of the state of preparedness and about the efforts being made by communities, individuals, civil society and...
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Second wave wreaking havoc on rural lives. Will it impact rural livelihoods as well?
Published on : May 13, 2021
With the rise in Covid-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths since March this year, media reports (please click here and here) on migrant workers returning back to their native places (i.e. places of origin) from migration destinations (i.e. workplaces likes cities and large industrial towns to where the informal and low skilled workers from the marginalised sections of the society migrate seasonally, and sometimes for a longer duration,...
+ Read MoreIndia learns a bitter lesson for disregarding crucial warnings and recommendations on Covid-19
Published on : May 6, 2021
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...
+ Read MoreForest fires have become more frequent this year as compared to the past
Published on : Apr 25, 2021
Forest fires are not just confined to countries like United States of America (California, 2020), Brazil (Amazon forest, 2019-2020) or Australia (2019-20); they happen every year across many states in India too. Media reports suggest that forest fires have taken place in the recent months...
+ Read MoreMaternity entitlements are neglected in states like Jharkhand, M.P. and U.P., reveals JABS survey (2019)
Published on : Apr 18, 2021
The National Food Security Act 2013 guarantees maternity benefit to the tune of Rs. 6,000/- per child by the Central Government for pregnant women and lactating mothers, barring those who are already availing such benefits while being in regular employment with the Central Government or...
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Climate change forces Uttarakhand farmers to migrate -Kasturi Das
-TheThirdPole.net Study finds populations of some higher-altitude districts in Himalayan state have already dropped. Climate...
Published on : May 17, 2021
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Shahid Jameel quits as head of virus genome sequencing group -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu The eminent virologist did not give any reasons for his departure Shahid Jameel,...
Published on : May 16, 2021
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India’s second COVID-19 wave shows signs of peaking
-The Hindu But State-wise data on testing and positivity rates shows that the picture...
Published on : May 16, 2021
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To Tackle Covid Surge In Rural Areas, Centre Issues New Guidelines
-OutlookIndia.com/ PTI Contact tracing, active surveillance for influenza-like illnesses, and separate Covid care facilities...
Published on : May 16, 2021
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'Not COVID': Stunned by Data, Gujarat Blames Death Certificate Spurt on Duplicate Registrations -Darshan Desai
-TheWire.in The state government says 4,218 people died of Covid in the period March...
Published on : May 16, 2021
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Harsh Mander: A lesson in how to end the mass suffering unleashed by India’s first lockdown -Harsh Mander
-Scroll.in A report by the collective Hunger Watch reveals the extent of continuing hunger...
Published on : May 15, 2021
