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When data is used as a weapon against reality: Deviations in the HCES & CES, claims of poverty line
This Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) is qualitatively different in methodology (including sampling) from the earlier Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) last conducted in 2011-12, and therefore the two are not comparable. So the claim that India’s poverty has declined to below 5% doesn’t hold water: Second, the NITI Aayog has made no effort to even determine an official poverty line, last defined in the Census 2001.
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Sarabjeet Singh Mokha is Director of City Hospital which has reportedly administered fake Remdesivir drug to many Covid-19 patients under its care
ASHA activist Ranjana Nirula succumbs to Covid-19
Nirula’s inspiring life of over 50 years worked for the welfare of ASHA workers and many similar ignored workforces of the country.
Indian coronavirus variant classified as one of global concern: WHO
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Covid-19: Gauhati HC extends Covid bail till May 31
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State did not pay heed to Covid second wave warnings: Uttarakhand HC
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UP: Covid-19 norms flouted as hundreds turn up for Islamic leader’s funeral
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Covid-19: Over 40 bodies wash up on Ganga banks in Bihar!
Local administration tells media the corpses may be of Covid patients, and may floated down the river from Uttar Pradesh
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High Court lauds the move; Bench says that it is a ‘fantastic order’, and to an extent, reduces the burden on it
Covid-19: UP’s local representatives present only in photos not district offices!
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