Saturday, December 21, 2024
Vaccination yet to pick up pace even as Covid third wave stares Bihar
On 22 June, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched a campaign called ‘Six Crore Vaccinations in Six Months’ with a view to accelerate the vaccination process. The vaccination campaign is presently going on at a slow...
No lesson learnt from second wave even as Covid-3 spectre looms
Even as India is yet to get over the ravages of the second wave of covid-19, the possibility of a third wave of the deadly disease is looming large over the country. While it’s not...
Covid vaccination on track after belated course correction
It's almost 15 months since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India's first short lockdown at just four hours’ notice followed by a 21-day lockdown to beat Covid-19 Coronavirus that had burst upon the country. Millions...
Ending child malnutrition – India's long unfinished task
The curse of child malnutrition shows no signs of relaxing its grip on India, in fact, quite the reverse. What's more, India has slipped two spots and ranks 117 on globally defined parameters like Sustainable...
Pandemics come and go, Govt knows where its priorities lie
  The second wave of the coronavirus epidemic has caught the country off guard. If this was not the case, we would not have achieved the dubious distinction of topping the charts in the cases of...
India’s switch to digital mode for a robust healthcare system
  India is among the few countries that have emerged the fastest-growing digital economies over the past few years characterised by 90 per cent growth in terms of digital adoption index between 2014 and 2017. With...