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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
The mom-and-pop stores, known as ‘kiranas’, can order goods on JioMart Partner with deliveries promised within 24 hours. That means salesmen representing consumer giants face an existential threat to their business.
It may have been inconceivable before Corona to think of an examination-free education system, but now we are coerced into exploring its possibility. Just imagine how much unnecessary stress it will save the children, parents and teachers, while freeing up time to pursue hobbies.
The World Health Assembly Special Session in November will be considering the benefits of developing a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response. Rich countries are using the opportunity to sideline discussions on equity in public health.
The supply of Covaxin—one of the world’s cheapest vaccines by investment but among the costliest in the market—is marred by shortages. The financial details of the deal are secret, production capacity is unclear and royalties to the government are likely underpaid.
Companies say that sharing vaccine recipes wouldn’t boost manufacturing soon enough, but now we know that’s not true. Also: Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna are Raking in $3.9 Million in Profits Per Hour.
There are many foreign news channels who propagate that the corona pandemic has been spreading in China in recent times. But that is because the Chinese use the words “resurgence of covid” even when there are only a few Covid cases in China. The Chinese are following a zero tolerance policy.
In 2020, when COVID-19 halted trade and ravaged businesses across the country, as many as 11,716 businesspersons died by suicide, a 29% jump from 2019 when 9,052 businesspersons had taken their own lives, found latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau.
The Centre’s flagship rural employment scheme has run out of funds halfway through the financial year. Also: Around 5 Crore MGNREGA Workers and Their Families Will have to Spend Their Diwali Without Food & Sweets Due to Pending Wages.
The accusation against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for “crimes against humanity” on public health grounds made by Brazilian Congressional panel – many of these crimes mimic the actions and policies of Donald Trump and could be the basis for similar actions against the former U.S. president.
Primary school students face the lowest risk from COVID-19 but stand to lose the most in terms of nutrition, social play and foundational skills. Yet, they remain forgotten in Union and state governments’ reopening agendas; also: Protest by AIFRTE demanding reopening of schools.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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