Complaint by NGO Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India has accused Abbott and Danone of violating Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods Act.
Cause for concern, say experts, is age-wise break-up of deaths — 47% are those aged less than 60 years, and could be a very strong indicator that India is missing deaths among elderly.
In a letter to empanelled healthcare organisations, govt has cited complaints from beneficiaries about problems faced getting treatment amid Covid pandemic.
Health ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal says India’s doubling rate has gone down to 10 days from 12 days, indicating a jump in the number of cases.
Lav Agarwal insists he’s only doing his job, but has become the 'most popular IAS officer in India now'. Colleagues say he’s the ideal man to brief the public in this crisis.
The 2011 census recorded only around 2.68 million individuals as persons with disabilities in India, far lower than WHO’s report, which indicates 16 per cent of the global population lives with some form of disability.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
War Room – finally, whew!
“ they were doing all of this pro bono.”
Let us not be swayed by who ‘they’ are. All accounting firms experienced in analytics of ‘big data’. I know BCG fairly well and they are strong on economic and Wall St. operations. Absolutely no experience with pandemics or war. On economic crisis yes, they can respond with measures on war footing. They are working Pro-Bono because this pandemic experience would elevate.
If it were strategies that Government was looking for then they should have selected War Room members from IISc, AIIMS and others including the Army. There are very few countries where the public is as cooperative as in India. Recall demonetization. Instead Government is aping US / Trump approach / methods. Even now we have a window for ‘3 week fool proof rolling quarantine’ an Emergency declared state-wise across the country starting from Maharashtra in West and Tamil Nadu in South. Then rolling it to neighbor states. Treat the pandemic as chasing down a mega Locus sweep with the complete cooperation of the Janata.
Even if vaccine come through it will take more than a year to reduce the present rate of daily infection which is 90,000 plus per day and rising.
Modi must take accountability and work like a crisis manager in this historical moment of our Country. He cannot pass it over to states as a political gambit.
War Room – finally, whew!
“ they were doing all of this pro bono.”
Let us not be swayed by who ‘they’ are. All accounting firms experienced in analytics of ‘big data’. I know BCG fairly well and they are strong on economic and Wall St. operations. Absolutely no experience with pandemics or war. On economic crisis yes, they can respond with measures on war footing. They are working Pro-Bono because this pandemic experience would elevate.
If it were strategies that Government was looking for then they should have selected War Room members from IISc, AIIMS and others including the Army. There are very few countries where the public is as cooperative as in India. Recall demonetization. Instead Government is aping US / Trump approach / methods. Even now we have a window for ‘3 week fool proof rolling quarantine’ an Emergency declared state-wise across the country starting from Maharashtra in West and Tamil Nadu in South. Then rolling it to neighbor states. Treat the pandemic as chasing down a mega Locus sweep with the complete cooperation of the Janata.
Even if vaccine come through it will take more than a year to reduce the present rate of daily infection which is 90,000 plus per day and rising.
Modi must take accountability and work like a crisis manager in this historical moment of our Country. He cannot pass it over to states as a political gambit.