Wednesday 20 May 2020

News Clippings, 11-May-2020 to 17-May-2020

11-May-2020
Did India miss a trick in testing? [Mint]
Countries with relatively high testing rates had to impose fewer lockdown restrictions, and have been able to open up far more quicker than India.

KCR-chaired meet favours controlled farming [The Hindu]
Denial of Rythu Bandhu, MSP to farmers not raising crops suggested by government mooted
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/kcr-chaired-meet-favours-controlled-farming/article31552943.ece

Plasma therapy trials from today [The Hindu]
15 people, who recovered from COVID, ready to donate their plasma

NIV develops test to detect antibodies [The Hindu]
Indigenous ELISA test will be used to screen 30,000 samples from 75 COVID-19 hotspot districts.

Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Casts (SC) / Backward Classes (BC) [The Hindu]
Govt. advertisement

The epidemic and ensuring safety in courts [The Hindu]
Suitable measures must be put in place for conducting proceeding after the lockdown is lifted.

The trends shaping the post-COVID-19 world [The Hindu]
Six geopolitical lines will define the contours of the emerging global order


12-May-2020
White-collar jobs : That Sinking Feeling [Mint]
As the pain from covid-19 intensifies, the higher layers of India's job pyramid are facing the heat

Labour law reform experiments that could show us a path ahead [Mint]
Changes in labour rules by some states could help us understand how to improve policy elsewhere

Legal but not appropriate [The Hindu]
Far-reaching changes have been made to labour laws without scrutiny by the legislature

Equal freedom and forced labout [The Hindu]
The steps being taken by States, under the cover of COVID-19, of removing labour laws are grossly unconstitutional

Playing out live, a narrative of discrimination [The Hindu]
The war on the pandemic is turning out to be an undeclared war against the workers of India, especially Adivasis.

Anutpaadaka Vyayaale Asalu Chetu [Andhra Jyothi]

Naannaku Cheppadaaniki Bathroom Lo Rehearsals Chesaa [Andhra Jyothi]

13-May-2020
Reaffirm cooperative federalism [The Hindu]
Responding effectively to the pandemic requires the Centre to view he States as equals

Lockdown sees spurt in domestic violence cases [The Hindu]
72% of complaints at Sakhi One Stop Centres pertains to harassment

COVID-19 and the path ahead [The Hindu]
India needs to blend acute disaster management strategies with longer-term public health measures

Data Point: Massive job losses [The Hindu]

Getting cash transfers out of a JAM [The Hindu]
For effective cash relief in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the government must think beyond the Jan Dhan Yojana

Riding roughshod over State governments [The Hindu]
Guidelines issued by the Centre to the States under the Disaster Management Act are unconstitutional

Why Labour Law Rejig Is No Reform [Mint]
In the race to replace China as the new factory hub, will India's workers lose even basic protections?

Maa NeeLLu maa hakku [Andhra Jyothi]
Aa merake Pothireddupaadu vadda kattukuntunnaam. Maake parimithulu vidhinchaalanukuntunnara?

Maro jala poraataniki samsiddhamavudham [Andhra Jyothi]

Akka nunchi amma nayyaanu [Andhra Jyothi]

14-May-2020
Provide income support, restore jobs [The Hindu]
On the contrary, scrapping labor laws will only reduce wages, lower earnings and reduce consumer demand.

A plan to revive a broken economy [The Hindu]
There are clear, implementable steps that Centre can take in fiscal terms to revive the economy and support livelihoods

15-May-2020
Ad in The Hindu
Nenu Vinnanu.. Nenu Unnanu
YSR Rythu Bharosa - PM Kisan Scheme

Are India's labour laws too restrictive? [The Hindu]
For employers, availability of skilled workforce and worker-management ties are more vital.

How India Binges On Its Booze Economy [Mint]
An average Indian drinks 5.7 litres of alcohol a year and states earn over Re 2 tn. Covid may make the attraction stronger

States cannot be left to the Centre's mercy [The Hindu]
Not only are the States not paid what is due to them, they have also lost the powers to raise their own sales tax revenues

Stop the return to laissez-faire [The Hindu]
Labour laws are civilisational goal and cannot be trumped on the excuse of a pandemic

What the worlk looks like Post Lockdown [Mint]

Vrutthi Naipunyale Jeevana Sopaanalu [Andhra Jyothi]

Sathyaanantara Kaalam Lo Satyam [Andhra Jyothi]

16-May-2020
How a market turned into a COVID-19 hotspot [The Hindu]
The Tamil Nadu government's decision to keep the crowded Koyambedu market open during the lockdown has proved costly.

Golden Graf [Andhra Jyothi]

17-May-2020
Aiming to achieve herd immunity naturally is 'dangerous', WHO warns [The Hindu]

Centre asks KRMB to stop AP's Krishna diversion plans [The Hindu]
River board told to convene a meet at the earliest, plans Apex Council meet too

Quiz [The Hindu]
Jala Raajakeeyam [Andhra Jyothi]
Burma Lo O Telugu Magaadu [Andhra Jyothi]

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