Data: Large Variation between states in the share of ‘Medically Certified Deaths’ due to various causes
Recently, the Annual Report on the Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD), 2020 was…
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Data: Understanding the ‘Death Registration’ numbers of various states
The recently released excess COVID-19 mortality estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) attracted severe…
Data: Rapid Spread, Increased Cases, and Lower deaths seems to be the story of the Omicron Wave around the World
Like in the case of India, the Omicron variant is driving the current wave of…
Review: Supreme Court directs states not to reject claims for compensation of COVID-19 deaths on technical grounds
In this roundup of Court Judgements, we look at the Supreme Court’s observations & directions…
India Data: Here is what third-wave numbers look like so far
In the last 3-4 weeks, the number of new daily cases of COVID-19 increased by…
Data: Prisons in India continue to be Overcrowded despite COVID-19
Multiple institutions including the Supreme Court, NHRC, the UN had called for decongestion of prisons,…
Data: India’s Tourism sector yet to recover as new variants emerge
Tourism numbers reached record lows in 2020 both around the world and in India. As…
Data: Adoptions decreased in 2020-21 as number of Orphaned children increase on account of COVID-19
Data indicates that the number of adoptions in India in the year 2020-21 was the…
Here is a comparative review of the ASER & NAS, the Indians surveys on School Education & Learning
Multiple global surveys have highlighted the significant impact of COVID-19 on school going children &…
India’s COVID-19 death toll will significantly increase once all the applications for ex gratia compensation are processed
Almost all the states have begun accepting applications for ex gratia compensation of Rs. 50,000…
