NFHS-5 India report, based on fieldwork done from 2019 to 2021, was released Thursday. It gives death registration level as 83% for urban, 66% for rural households.
Civil Registration System data implies India didn't see sharp spike in the number of deaths registered in 2020 compared to 2019. But no estimate given for level of death registration.
Maharashtra relief and rehabilitation department plays down discrepancy, and experts caution against seeing it as an indicator of under-counting in state's Covid deaths.
Updated government figures show 10,386 children have been orphaned, 1.4 lakh have lost a single parent, while 492 children have been abandoned in the pandemic.
LIC life insurance policies taken by policyholders for deaths due to all causes would not imply Covid deaths were underreported, the govt said in a statement Saturday.
South Asians with BMI 27 kg/m2 at same risk of Covid death as white people with 40 kg/m2, according to study by University of Leicester researchers, published in ‘Nature Communications’.
The top court summoned chief secretaries of Andhra Pradesh & Bihar govts at 2 pm to explain why disbursals of ex-gratia amount of Rs 50,000 for Covid death are less in their states.
In affidavit filed in SC, Centre says if Surat Parsi Panchayat Board's demand is met, infection could spread, so cremation or burial are the only ways to dispose of bodies.
Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
The 2018 contract with Russia for 5 S-400 systems had a follow-on clause for 5 more. S-400 was described as a 'game-changer' for shooting down 5 Pakistan fighter jets during Op Sindoor.
What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.
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