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A pandemic in an unequal India

Context The official strategies to deal with the virus place the responsibility on citizens, a majority without privilege, to fight the virus. The poor disproportionately affected If the COVID-19 pandemic lashes India with severity, it will not be just the middle class who will be affected. India’s impoverished millions are likely to overwhelmingly bear the brunt… Continue reading A pandemic in an unequal India

Lock, don’t shut

Context Economy is a living machine — cannot be simply turned off and on. Even in lockdown, it needs to be kept alive. Movement of goods exempted Essential and non-essential distinction removed: It is, welcome that the Centre has now exempted transportation of all goods from the lockdown’s provisions, without distinction of “essential” and “non-essential”.… Continue reading Lock, don’t shut

Regulating the Private Health Sector to Eliminate COVID-19

Context The current COVID-19 crisis that India is battling has brought into sharp focus the public health system’s inadequacy to cope with it. Contradictory scenario between public and private healthcare delivery The contrast between public and private: Hospitals with state-of-the-art equipment rivalling five-star hotels in their facilities are mushrooming mostly in cities even as the overburdened public hospitals… Continue reading Regulating the Private Health Sector to Eliminate COVID-19

Convalescent Plasma Therapy

With no specific treatment available for novel coronavirus disease and a vaccine at least a year away, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved use of blood plasma from recovered patients to treat severely critical COVID-19 patients. Convalescent Plasma Therapy The therapy seeks to make use of the antibodies developed in the recovered… Continue reading Convalescent Plasma Therapy

Schedule H1 drugs

Hydroxychloroquine is now a schedule H1 drug and can be sold on prescription only. What are Schedule H1 drugs? The sale of the Hydroxychloroquine drug from now on should be in accordance with the conditions for sale of drugs specified in Schedule H1 to the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945. In exercise of the powers… Continue reading Schedule H1 drugs

Serological test for COVID-19

The ICMR invited bids for an estimated 10 lakh antibody kits (for serological tests) for the diagnosis of COVID-19. What are serological tests? Viral infections are mainly identified by two kinds of tests– genetic and serological. Genetic tests can identify infections that are active but cannot be used to detect past infections. To trace how… Continue reading Serological test for COVID-19

[pib] Virtual Summit of G20 Leaders

A Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit was recently convened yesterday to discuss the challenges posed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and to forge a globally coordinated response. About G20 Formed in 1999, the G20 is an international forum of the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies. Collectively, the G20 economies account… Continue reading [pib] Virtual Summit of G20 Leaders

Mind your own economic health

Context The fragility of the global economy has been exposed twice within the last two decades. In 2008, the collapse of a financial services firm in the US triggered a global financial meltdown. In 2020, the emergence of a novel virus in a food market in Wuhan has done it again. The global economy and… Continue reading Mind your own economic health

PM Gareeb Kalyan Scheme

Union Finance Minister has announced the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Scheme, under which the government would provide a relief package of Rs 1.7 trillion to the underprivileged, poor and migrant workers affected by a lockdown amid the Covid-19 crisis. PM Garib Kalyan Scheme PM Gareeb Kalyan scheme is to have two parts — cash transfer… Continue reading PM Gareeb Kalyan Scheme

The Covid-19 crisis could bring the country up to digital speed

Context The Covid-19 pandemic gives us a chance to re-evaluate the worth of two major initiatives of the government: demonetization and digitization. Importance of digitalisation in pandemic The importance of digitization in a pandemic cannot be exaggerated when we are repeatedly told to maintain social distance and work from home in order to avoid infection.… Continue reading The Covid-19 crisis could bring the country up to digital speed

Kurzarbeit Scheme

Amid the all-round disruption caused to the economy by the novel coronavirus outbreak, a concern across the world is the possibility of a loss of jobs. Various governments have unveiled various measures to address such concerns, and one of the most talked-about is Kurzarbeit. Kurzarbeit Scheme Kurzarbeit is German for “short-work”. The policy provides for… Continue reading Kurzarbeit Scheme

India VIX Index

The  India VIX Index, an indicator of the volatility of the stock market has been plunging after the outbreak of novel coronavirus. What is Volatility Index? Volatility Index is a measure of the market’s expectation of volatility over the near term. Volatility is often described as the “rate and magnitude of changes in prices” and… Continue reading India VIX Index

Legal Provisions Used By Law Enforcement Agencies To Control The Spread Of Coronavris

To enforce a full lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, law enforcement agencies have taken the help of various legal provisions in CrPC and IPC. The orders issued to curb the spread of the coronavirus have been framed under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, which lays down punishment as per Section 188 of the… Continue reading Legal Provisions Used By Law Enforcement Agencies To Control The Spread Of Coronavris

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