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Dr. Kafeel Khan
COVID-19’s Negative Impact on Mental Health Is a Shadow Andemic
07 Dec 2020
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging data and reports have shown that all types of violence against women and girls, particularly domestic violence, has also intensified.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
Covid-19: Doctors, Healthcare Workers’ Meet the Pandemic Head on
07 Dec 2020
Medical practitioners and different categories of health workers cannot say for certain that West Bengal will not witness another wave.
Surajit Das
COVID-19 Lockdown: Why Compensation to Workers is Overdue in India
20 Nov 2020
The trade unions in India are demanding an ex gratia cash transfer of Rs 7,500 per month to all the workers outside the direct income tax bracket as compensation for income lost for the mo
Ronak Chhabra
Amid Labour Stir, Workers Blame Toyota for ‘Horrible Work Conditions’
12 Nov 2020
The management at Toyota’s manufacturing facility in Karnataka’s Bidadi had declared an indefinite lockout leading to workers staging dharna in front of the company gate.
Ajaz Ashraf
Lesson from Bihar: Suffering Does Not Make People Shift Party Loyalties
11 Nov 2020
The results show how strong the pull of caste identity is. Nothing else explains why JD-U’s vote share did not shrink disastrously.
Shiney Chakraborty
Bihar: How Successful has MGNREGA been, Before and After the Lockdown?
09 Nov 2020
The sudden and total lockdown to tackle the spread of COVID-19 pandemic beginning March 24 was meant for 21 days initially, but was extended until May 17, 2020.
Sumedha Pal
Informal Sector Workers Continue to Struggle with Low Wages, High Debts: ActionAid Report
08 Nov 2020
Almost 24% of the respondents reported having earned no wages in the unlock phases and close to 50% said that their monthly wages were less than Rs 5,000.
Newsclick Report
Sharp Decline Seen in TB Reporting During COVID-19: Report
07 Nov 2020
The fall in registration of TB cases during the lockdown occurred in both public and private sector facilities, says the Global Tuberculosis Report 2020.
Amey Tirodkar
COVID-19: Maharashtra’s Workers Struggle with Lower Wages Post-Lockdown
06 Nov 2020
Migrant labourers, who had left the state in April and May, are returning. With not much work going around and no dearth of labour, rates have fallen.
Prabir Purkayastha
DST’s Super Model: Or How not to Model an Epidemic
30 Oct 2020
‘The DST Super Model paper, hurriedly published in the Indian Journal Medical Research, does not seem to have even been proof read properly by the authors; or checked seriously by the journal.’