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Jharkhand has taken additional COVID-19 response protocols to curb the surge. Here are some implementation challenges and suggestions on a way forward. Primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in rural India are the first point of response,...

"Ecommerce should be allowed to be able to work because overall understanding of the whole essentials and non-essentials, it is not the same as it was last year."

MSMEs feeling brunt of Covid pain, need focused stimulus: Vineet Agarwal, ASSOCHAM SECTIONS Share Synopsis "Certain measures have to be taken. MSMEs need to be given some kind of a stimulus, maybe some additional direct benefit money." At all levels, MSMEs are the ones that are really getting hit across the board. There is definitely a need for some kind of stimulus for them, be that at any level. It has to be concentrated, it has to be focussed and it has to be a combination of both state and ...

"At the state level, lots of things need to be done. You need to make sure that the local taxes and fees are waived... If these are waived, as long as they have the lockdowns, it will help a lot."

MSMEs need focused stimulus: ASSOCHAM president SECTIONS Share Synopsis "Certain measures have to be taken. MSMEs need to be given some kind of a stimulus, maybe some additional direct benefit money." At all levels, MSMEs are the ones that are really getting hit across the board. There is definitely a need for some kind of stimulus for them, be that at any level. It has to be concentrated, it has to be focussed and it has to be a combination of both state and Centre, said ASSOCHAMat ET Nows In...

In close quarters with death, grief, and despair May 17, 2021, 10:57 PM IST Azra Mobin is a social worker and activist based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. A day in the life of a social worker in Lucknow, who is arranging cremations, counselling bereaved families, and helping COVID-19 patients find hospital beds. My name is Azra Mobin and I am a social worker and activist based in Lucknow. For the last month or so, I have been supporting people affected by ...

The chronic underfunding of administrative costs undermines the impact both funders and nonprofits strive for. The chronic underfunding of nonprofits’ administrative and operational costs acts as a brake on their ability to grow and reach...

Covid-19 is just another problem in Palghar, Maharashtra May 13, 2021, 5:37 PM IST Dr Sarika Kulkarni is Founder-Director, Raah Foundation. Prior to this, she served as the CEO of IIFL Foundation, the CSR arm of IIFL group of companies. Despite having the highest positivity rate in Maharashtra, Palghar’s Adivasi communities are sceptical about testing and vaccinations. Given existing challenges like poverty and malnourishment, the virus is not worth a...

Can private healthcare provide more value to consumers? May 13, 2021, 3:17 PM IST Dr Nachiket Mor is a visiting scientist at the Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health, and a senior research fellow at the Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy at IIT Bangalore. He was previously a member of the Planning Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Universal Healthcare. Nachiket has a PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a postgraduate dipl...

Covid-19: Across faiths, US volunteers mobilize for India crisis Top Searches Covid-19: Across faiths, US volunteers mobilize for India crisis AP / Updated: May 12, 2021, 08:30 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Dr Abhu Kaur of Khalsa Aid USA, a global humanitarian organization, labels a pallet of electrical transformers, which will be shipped to New Delhi with oxygen concentrators. WASHINGTON: Volunteers at Hindu temples, Muslim groups and Sikh relief organizations across the United States are m...