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100 million doses in 100 days: How Biden’s coronavirus vaccine push compares with those of other countries Emily Rauhala, Adam Taylor © Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images A health care worker delivers a coronavirus vaccine at the BAPS Yogiji Maharaj Hospital in Ahmedabad, India, on Jan. 22. (Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images) A key part of President Biden’s new coronavirus strategy is a push to administer 100 million doses in 100 days, or a lofty sounding 1 million immunizations a day. That goal, part of a comprehensive national plan launched this week, has raised questions...

Women farmers at the Delhi protest ask, ‘What’s for us in these laws?’ Though the agrarian crisis hurts them profoundly, women farmers and labourers have been written out of the debates about the sector. Jan 18, 2021 · 06:30 am Women farmers display pictures of family members who have died by suicide due their debt burdens. | Navsharan Singh In the middle of December, farmers on Delhi’s Tikri border protesting the three new agriculture laws were joined by hundreds of women farmers from Punjab’s Malwa region. They came in 17 buses and 10 tractor trolleys, n...

Why public employment is crucial for a healthy, equitable society Greater public employment ensures better deliver of public services to citizens. A municipal worker sprays disinfectants outside the Central Reserve Police Force building in Delhi. | PTI This is an excerpt from the sixth edition of the India Exclusion Report, a collaborative effort involving institutions and individuals working with a shared notion of social and economic equity, justice and rights. The report seeks to inform public opinion around exclusion and the role of the state and to influence policy-ma...

Los Angeles County's Covid-19 hospitalizations are at an all-time high From CNN's Jennifer Selva A nurse works with a Covid-positive patient inside the ICU at Providence St. Jude Medical Center on December 25 in Fullerton, California. Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Los Angeles County’s Covid-19 hospitalizations are at an all-time high, with 10 times the number of people in hospital from just two months ago. According to the Los Angeles Department of Public Health (LADPH), 7,181 patients were in the hospital Tuesday -- 267 more than Monday. Around 20% of those in hospital are in...

The kulhad-Indian Railways chapter set for a fresh start The decision to implement the use of kulhads is expected to generate employment and also help in reducing usage of plastic. December 11, 2020 / 10:25 PM IST The use of kulhads is expected to generate employment and also help in reducing usage of plastic. (Image: Sam Panthaky/AFP) Tea being served in kulhads at railways stations is set to make a comeback, and although the idea was introduced 16 years ago and petered out due to the lack of effective implementation, the need to usher in plastic-free environment has given the idea the ri...