India s sudden drop in coronavirus cases has puzzled disease experts Feb 04, 2021, 08:04 AM
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India s daily coronavirus cases have plummeted since September.
The nation is now reporting just 9 daily cases per one million people, among the lowest per-capita rates in the world.
Experts say the sharp decline in cases is puzzling but the difficulty of recording rural infections, combined with strict public-health measures, may offer some explanation.
At the start of the pandemic, few countries were more ripe for a major coronavirus outbreak than India.
Not only is India the world s second most populous country, it s also one of the densest, with around 1,200 people per square mile. Cases there climbed steadily from April through September, reaching a peak of nearly 100,000 daily cases on September 16.
Princestan is a serious work of history: Shashi Tharoor
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New Delhi, Feb 3 : Stressing that the recently released book Princestan: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India, written by author and journalist Sandeep Bamzai is a serious work of history, Congress MP and writer Shashi Tharoor while launching the book says, It is a fascinating account of numerous issues which are not well-known and in public domain. I particularly like the fact that history has been presented with a lot of primary quotations, documentary evidence and recollections of that time. There are many interesting tales, for example that of Nawab of Bhopal, who has not featured in many accounts.
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Ashwini Bhide, additional municipal commissioner, MCGM
Mumbai needs to convert its need-based policy to land-based policy and plan properly to handle crisis situations in future, believes Ashwini Bhide, additional municipal commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), who was part of Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s task-force on Covid-19 response.
“Mumbai needs to address basic issues of sanitation, access, and proper planning within these settlements and ensure that its transportation systems work efficiently,” she said.
Bhide was speaking at a panel discussion, ‘Towards Resilient Cities: Lessons from the Pandemic, as part of Colaba Conversation 2021’, held by Observer Research Foundation in partnership with the Government of Maharashtra on February 2-3.
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