On Wednesday, India recorded 58,097 cases, a 55.42% jump from Tuesday’s figures.
Bengaluru reports 2000 cases in 24 hours, Karnataka sees jump in positivity rate
Health Minister K Sudhakar had said that Bengaluru was an epicentre in the first wave and second wave, and will be the epicenter during the third wave as well.
COVID-19: Goa shuts schools, colleges; likely to impose night curfew
State witnessed sudden spike in cases after New Year celebrations
Mumbai: Group of experts launch online campaign to reopen schools for children
Apart from an immediate resumption of schools, the group also wants no disruptive social distancing, no emergency-use jabs and no asymptomatic Covid testing for kids.
Campaign strives to send children to school in 2022
Backed by teachers, parents and doctors, the initiative says children deserve normalcy in the New Year as they have lost too much in the name of COVID measures
RBI: State spending on public health up from 2005 till now
It rose by two percentage points, from 3% in 2004-05 to 5% in 2021-22
REWIND 2021 – Schools reopened, but learning continued to suffer
Students have forgotten foundational skills or not picked up basic concepts in core subjects
Education Ministry urges caution in using ed-tech platforms
It cautions parents not to be drawn by offers of free services by the companies
The children who quietly dropped out of school
The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns disrupted the education of millions of students in India. When schools reopened, many never went back.