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The long shadow of covid

ISSUE DATE: May 3, 2021 UPDATED: April 24, 2021 12:33 IST Sadar Bazaar in Delhi wore a deserted look on April 20 Covid-19 has been compared to the Spanish Flu, which killed an estimated 50 million people between 1918 and 1920. A grim feature of the Flu was the devastating multiple waves of infections, similar to what is being seen with the coronavirus. In February this year, even as a massive second wave of Covid-19 cases arrived in Europe, India was in self-congratulatory mode, believing the virus had been controlled and that an economic recovery was underway following the recession in the first half of 2020-21. By mid-March, that sunny optimism was proved false, as cases in India began soaring once more. On April 20, India recorded 259,000 new cases, with 1,761 fatalities in just 24 hours.

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Water in most lakes in Bengaluru unfit for drinking: report

ActionAid consolidated and analysed lake sample collection findings by KSPCB for a 24-month period A report on the quality of water in 106 lakes in Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts published by non-government organisation ActionAid India found that the water in none of the lakes sampled was fit for drinking or bathing. ActionAid consolidated and analysed lake sample collection findings by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for a 24-month period between January 2019 and December 2020. The data was consolidated on the basis of Water Quality Index (WQI) under different classes. Most of the lakes fell either in Class ‘D’ category, which is fit for propagation of wildlife and fisheries, and others in ‘E’ category, where the water can only be used for irrigation and industrial cooling purposes.

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Condemned, Discriminated, Violated: Horrific Tales Of Witch-Hunting In Odisha

Condemned, Discriminated, Violated: Horrific Tales Of Witch-Hunting In Odisha
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Challenges of #AatmaNirbhar cities and Union budget 2021-22

By Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar Twenty-first Century India is urbanizing at a massive scale. The country is expected to house half of its population in urban areas by the year 2040. Cities, especially the larger ones, have been placed at the centre of the economic growth strategies. However, the increasing pace of urbanisation in India has not been matched by adequate planning, governance and infrastructure development. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have further exposed the shortcomings of Indian cities in addressing urban densification and inadequate provision of urban basic services including drinking water and sanitation. This pandemic has affected the urban poor more than anyone else. The engines of our economic growth have been derailed due to massive disruption in economic and related activities inflicted by this pandemic. Given the predominance of informal production and labour relations in the Indian cities, a cessation of all economic activity is bound to h

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End Vendetta Politics Against Harsh Mander, Civil Society Members Demand

End Vendetta Politics Against Harsh Mander, Civil Society Members Demand The Centre is misusing regulatory institutions and laws to harass civil society institutions, over 650 members of civil society said in a statement. Harsh Mander. Photo: Flickr/IFPRI South Asia CC BY NC ND 2.0 Rights28/Feb/2021 New Delhi: Over 650 members of civil society have demanded a stop to the ‘vendetta politics’ against Harsh Mander and other activists, adding that the Centre has been “misusing” regulatory institutions and laws like the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FCRA) to harass civil society institutions. The statement comes after a case was registered under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act over alleged violations by two shelter homes in South Delhi which were established by the Centre for Equity Studies (CES), an NGO that Mander is associated with.

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