I will consult with the premiers and chief ministers today as part of that national cabinet meeting, and the National Security Committee of Cabinet will consider those matters further next week and in the weeks ahead. But what’s important is that the biosecurity order that we have put in place has been highly effective, it’s … Read more
It will be a while before it’s fully understood why India has been so swiftly and so disastrously engulfed by the coronavirus. But there is one thing for sure: India’s problem is now the world’s problem. India shut down too abruptly when the virus arrived, and then was too quick to reopen. In March 2020, … Read more
Many states have introduced restrictions, from full lockdowns to night curfews. The northern state of Bihar, which has been adding about 13,000 daily cases in recent days, is the latest to announce a full lockdown -only essential services, such as government offices, groceries and hospitals, will be open. Source link
6.48am BST06:48 Warren Murray A quick browse of the UK front page, and there’s plenty of coronavirus coverage across them … “EU to open up to vaccinated Britons as UK urges caution” is the top story in the Guardian print edition today. Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) GUARDIAN: EU to open up to vaccinated Britons as UK … Read more
His country was on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. That day, India recorded more than 261,000 new coronavirus cases — more than many countries have seen during the entire pandemic. Others in Modi’s orbit have argued state governments are to blame for not imposing regional lockdowns and mismanaging their health care systems. Last weekend, … Read more
Physical gold in India was sold at a discount this week for the first time in 2021 as a spike in coronavirus cases prompted strict restrictions and kept buyers away. Several Indian states have run out of coronavirus vaccines as new infections surged to another daily record. “Almost every state government has put some kind … Read more
Demand for work by households under the rural employment guarantee scheme increased by 89% to 2.54 crore households in April so far, against 1.34 crore a year earlier. The demand during the month has been the highest in any April since compilation of the data started in 2013, suggesting the pressure on hinterlands, after several … Read more
The unemployment rate in India has shot up in the first two weeks of April and the monthly unemployment rate is likely to be close to 8% compared to 6.5% in March with lower absorption of labour in the market, says the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. As per CMIE data, unemployment rates in India … Read more
There are fears the real number is even higher, as hospitals continue to turn dying patients away. Source link
India’s deadly Covid-19 second wave has devastated big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow and Pune. Hospitals and crematoriums have run out of space, and funerals are taking place in car parks. But the pandemic has now firmly gripped many smaller cities, towns and villages where the devastation is largely under-reported. Source link