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Study Terms COVID Second Wave India’s ‘Worst Tragedy Since Partition’, Govt Denies Data
22 Jul 2021
"True deaths are likely to be in the several millions not hundreds of thousands, making this arguably India's worst human tragedy since Partition and Independence," the report says.
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Wealth and Social Inequalities Correspond to Health Status of Groups: Report
22 Jul 2021
There are sharp inequalities in terms of various health indicators that exist across different caste, religious, class and gender categories, according to a recent report by Oxfam India.
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Government Schools Have Much Lesser Teachers Compared to Private Schools, Shows UDISE+ Data
11 Jul 2021
While private unaided schools comprise 22.38% of the total number of schools in India according to the report, 37.18% of the total number of teachers work in private schools.
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Global Fashion Brands Caused Humanitarian Crisis in 6 Asian Countries During Pandemic, Says Report
09 Jul 2021
Nearly 93% of the Indian garment workers were pushed below the international poverty line of the World Bank in April and May, 2020.
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School Education Not Equally Accessible For All, Shows UDISE+ Data
09 Jul 2021
While private unaided schools comprise 22.38% of the total number of schools in India, they saw a whopping 37.13% of total enrolments during 2019-2020.
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With Poor Infrastructure, Lack of Facilities Govt Schools Perform Worst Across India: Report
06 Jul 2021
Over two lakh schools do not have a library facility, nine lakh schools do not have functional computer facilities for the students, and over 11 lakh schools do not have internet facilities, states…
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Will One Nation One Ration Card Help Migrant Workers?
01 Jul 2021
In a recent order, the SC directed state governments to formulate schemes to provide rations to migrant workers. It also set a deadline of July 31 for states to implement the One Nation One Ration…
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COVID-19: Public Health Experts Call for Decongesting Prisons to Safeguard Inmates
28 Jun 2021
As of now about 40% of Indian prisons are overcrowded; 134 prisons have overcrowding between 100% and 636%, making the prison inmates particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.
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UN Food Systems Summit: Implications for India and Why Civil Societies are Boycotting it
26 Jun 2021
The People's Health Movement’s (PHM’s) Food and Nutrition thematic circle has
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COVID-19: Migrant Workers’ Plight Continued to Grow Through Second Wave, Says Report
23 Jun 2021
The SWAN report pointed out that the response of the central and state governments have been far from adequate and there has been little to no action taken to extend relief to migrant and informal…