Data: 26 States/UTs report 18% less Road Accidents & 15% less Deaths in Lockdown year 2020
Road Accidents have been the leading cause of death among young adult males in India.…
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Review: Various reports highlight the improvement in water quality of major ‘Rivers’ during the lockdown
While the nationwide lockdown in 2020 was debilitating to the economy, it came as a…
Data indicates a significant increase in the number of new Health Insurance Policies during 2020-21
One of the devastating impacts of COVID-19 was the increased health & hospital expenditure for…
Data: Progress made in the last two decades in combating HIV threatens to be disrupted by COVID-19
In the last two decades, significant progress has been made around the world in combating…
Data: Food Security affected 30% of the World Population in 2020
The ‘2021 State of Food Security & Nutrition in the World’ report’ estimates that around…
Data: More than 120 countries reported some level of disruption in ‘Routine Immunization’ due to COVID-19
A recently released ‘Lancet’ study notes that around 126 countries reported some level of disruption…
Data: ‘Market Borrowings’ of States increase five-fold in May 2021 compared to April 2021
The second wave of COVID-19 resulted in lockdown restrictions in most states. These measures seem…
Data: States increasingly rely on advances & OD facilities to tide over the pandemic induced fiscal stress
The RBI’s advisory committee that looked into the advances & overdraft facilities to states recently…
Review: UNICEF report notes that an additional 9 million children could be pushed into Child Labour if no additional measures are taken
The UNICEF & ILO’s report on the global child labour estimates for 2020 notes that…
Review: What do various studies say about the ‘Delta’ Variant?
The ‘Delta’ variant which was first identified in India in October 2020 is said to…
