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The Centre has been advising states to remain vigilant in the winter and the long festive season as they could threaten the gains made in the fight against the disease over the last 10 months. Read more here
Pandemic leads to a surge in insurance buying
The sale of health insurance has also increased by 92 per cent on the year and 25 per cent from April- September. Read more here
IN NUMBERS: Delhi's Covid cases spike as temperatures drop and pollution rises
EXPLAINED: How India’s Election Commission passed the Covid-19 test
According to S Y Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India and a distinguished Fellow at Ashoka University, “after facing some serious questions during the general elections in 2019, that affected its image, the Bihar elections were an opportunity for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to prove its efficiency and evenhandedness to every skeptic”.
In his view, “at a time, when all countries are looking at each other for lessons, Bihar could be a leading example of successful election management — and the ECI of a leading election management agency”.
The ECI was inspired by the successful experiences of many countries, especially South Korea, which conducted its national elections amid the pandemic with great success — and the highest-ever turnout. Read more here
As online classes drag on, fatigued students ‘losing interest, becoming asocial’, say parents
Scores of parents and teachers from across India think that there seems to be a fatigue setting in among students after taking online classes for months. Students, they say, want to go back to school, meet their friends, and play in the school playground. Parents of older students fear that their children are becoming asocial, and getting increasingly hooked to their gadgets, in the absence of face-to-face interactions. Read more here
Schools, girls’ rights, Covid relief — what India’s top philanthropist Azim Premji spends on
Former Wipro chairman Azim Premji topped the list of Indian philanthropists for the financial year 2019-20, with donations of Rs 7,904 crore, or Rs 22 crore daily, according to EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020. He is also the world’s third-largest donor for Covid relief efforts. Read more here
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