BUSINESS
Budget 2021: Allocation for health and wellbeing up 137%; here’s a breakdown
The government also plans to strengthen and intensify nutritional outcomes across 112 aspirational districts with the launch of Mission Poshan 2.0 by merging the Supplementary Nutrition Programme and the Poshan Abhiyan.
INDIA
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 11,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on February 1. Active cases further drop below 1.69 lakh cases with a fall of 549 cases in a day.
BUSINESS
Here’s how COVID-19 pandemic has impacted India’s schooling system
The percentage of enrolled school children owning a smartphone increased from 36.5 percent in 2018 to 61.8 percent in 2020 in rural India. Also, one in every 10 households bought a new phone to support their children’s education after schools were closed in March 2020, data show.
INDIA
Economic Survey 2021: Access to ‘bare necessities’ in India improved in 2018
Access to basic necessities such as drinking water, sanitation, housing and other facilities across states in India improved in 2018 over 2012. Access to essentials or bare necessities is the highest in Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat, while the lowest in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Tripura.
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 18,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on January 29, 2021. Active cases further drop below 1.72 lakh cases with a fall of over 2,000 cases in a day. Recoveries above 1.03 crore with a recovery rate of 97 percent. Over 29 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated till date.
INDIA
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 11,000 fresh COVID-19 cases, according to the official update on January 28. Active cases dropped below 1.76 lakh cases with a fall of over 2,000 cases in a day. Recoveries were above 1.03 crore with a recovery rate of 96.9 percent. Over 23 lakh beneficiaries have been vaccinated till date.
INDIA
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 12,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on January 27, 2021. Active cases further drop below 1.77 lakh cases with a fall of over 700 cases in a day. Recoveries above 1 crore with a recovery rate of 96.9 percent. Over 20 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated till date.
INDIA
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 13,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on January 25, 2021. Active cases further drop below 1.85 lakh cases with a fall of over 200 cases in a day. Recoveries above 1 crore with a recovery rate of 96.8 percent. Over 16 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated till date.
WORLD
Over 56 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered globally; check the country-wise tally here
The US has administered the maximum number of COVID-19 vaccine doses as on January 21, while India has covered over a million beneficiaries within the first week of its vaccination drive.
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 14,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on January 22, 2021. Active cases further drop below 2 lakh cases with a fall of over 3000 cases in a day. Recoveries above 1 crore with a recovery rate of 96.8 percent. Over 10 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated till date.
BUSINESS
Fuel-o-nomics: Check out the costs and taxes that add up to your fuel bill
With fuel prices scaling to new highs, check out how much you end-up paying in taxes and what’s the case in other countries.
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 15,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on January 21, 2021. Active cases drop below 2 lakh cases with a fall of over 4000 cases in a day. Recoveries above 1 crore with a recovery rate of 96.7 percent. Over 8 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated till date.
TECHNOLOGY
Digital Trends: TikTok’s growing popularity despite the ban to emergence of Netflix as ‘threat’ to other streaming platforms in India and more
TikTok’s popularity scaled despite the ban, while Netflix emerged as a strong competitor to other streaming platforms in 2020. Check out some of India’s intriguing digital trends and the change in digital traffic as a result of COVID-19 lockdown.
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 13,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on January 20, 2021. Active cases drop below 2 lakh cases with a fall of over 3000 cases in a day. Recoveries above 1 crore with a recovery rate of 96.7 percent. Over 6 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated till date.
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported just over 10,000 new cases (lowest since June 11, 2020), on January 19, 2021. New deaths reported lowest since June 11.
BUSINESS
Most Indian employees root for social media-friendly CEOs: Report
A digital/social media-connected leader is more trustworthy, and engagement on such platforms during a crisis is important, employees feel.
INDIA
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported nearly 17,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on January 14. Active cases fall by over 900 cases in a day. Recoveries above 1 crore with a recovery rate of 96.5 percent.
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 15,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on January 13, 2021. Active cases fall by over 2,000 cases in a day. Recoveries above 1 crore with a recovery rate of 96.5 percent.
HEALTH-TRENDS
India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive in numbers
India’s cold chain system consists of over 85,000 storage equipment at about 28,932 cold chain points across the country.
INDIA
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 12,000 COVID-19 new cases (lowest since June 17) according to the official update, on January 12, 2021. Active cases fall by nearly 6,000 cases in a day. Recoveries now above 1 crore with a recovery rate of 96.5 percent.
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19 Vaccination | Check out countries that have already embarked on vaccination drive
As India plans to kick-start its COVID-19 vaccination drive, beginning January 16, several countries have already set afloat on their mission. More than 28 million COVID-19 doses have been administered or given as on January 11.
INDIA
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 16,000 COVID-19 new cases (lowest since June 24) according to the official update, on January 11, 2021. Less than 200 deaths reported, lowest since May 26. Recoveries now above 1 crore with a recovery rate of 96.4 percent.
INDIA
Things you can do or buy for the price of a litre of petrol in Delhi
Renting an e-bike, shopping groceries or grabbing a can of beer: Here’s what you can do or buy for the price of a litre of petrol in Delhi
BUSINESS
Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in charts
India reported over 18,000 COVID-19 new cases according to the official update, on January 8, 2021. After a rise, active cases fall by over 2,000 cases in a day. Recoveries now above 1 crore with a recovery rate of 96.4 percent.
