Vaccination Drive Must Intensify in India

India started its vaccination drive on 16th January 2021 by vaccinating the front-line workers including doctors, paramedical staff and police officials. As on 13th July 2021 total doses of 38,76,97,935 have been administered in the last 179 days or about six months. This gives an average of 21,65,910 doses every day. Even the 7 days moving average is 37,67,770. However India had One Day Show of vaccination with a total 87,29,3030 vaccine doses on 21st June 2021 when vaccination drive was made open to all citizens of 18 years and above. Many states are again witnessing long queues outside the vaccination centres.

Fatality is lower in the Second Wave of COVID19 in India

Every single death from COVID19 is unfortunate but the second wave of the pandemic had devastating for India. There was not just panic all around but the whole healthcare system of India had collapsed. Every coronavirus related medicine was short in supply and price of sky-rocketed. Thousands of people died just due to lack of hospitalization, oxygen and medicines. All the claimed preparations during the first wave of infection and the lockdown seemed to have completely failed. However the second wave was far fiercer in comparison to other pandemics where the second waves are found to be less fierce.

National Education Policy 2020

The Indian government has formulated and finalized the National Education Policy 2020 which is replacing the National Policy on Education 1986. It will be implemented soon across India which over time aspires to change the whole landscape of Indian education sector from elementary level to higher education as well as vocational education. It aims to bring in qualitative changes in the whole education system making it competitive and at par with international standards! In the new policy there are many changes which will have a long term impact on the whole education system in India in due course. However, there are four important areas relating to higher education which need focus; accreditation of higher education institutions (HEI), funding of HEIs, the choice of language and the scope of online education in the overall education system.

Corona Vaccine for All

Coronavirus has already infected more than 18 crores people across the globe. More than 39 lakh individuals have also succumbed to this deadly virus. These are the reported statistics relating to the coronavirus pandemic. Lakhs of people are left with no family and thousands of children have become orphans. Crores of people across the globe have lost their livelihoods and have been forced into the vicious circle of poverty and are struggling for a square meal a day! World economy is left in lurch and there lies only uncertainties ahead. All this is happening when the governments, non-governmental organizations as well as the citizens across the world have been trying to provide the maximum support to everyone in need in the times of pandemic! Even at this point of time when hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccines have been administered to people, everyday more than 3.5 lakhs of individuals are getting infected with the virus and more than 7 thousands individuals giving their life to this undying virus.

शब्दों के मायने

तुम जिन रिसालों के जानिब
दुनिया बदलना चाहते हो
तुम जानते नहीं शायद
कि लोग उनको अब पढते नहीं।

खबर तुमको नहीं ये भी शायद अब
कि शब्दों के मायने जो तुमने सीखा था कभी
वक्त की सडक़ पर घिसकर
मानी उनका अब कुछ और ही है हो गया!

दर्द दर्ज कर सकता नहीं

जानता हूँ
चुप रहने की सलाहियत
वो यूँ ही नहीं देते।

हर बार रोए हैं
वो लफ्जों की लकीरों पर
जिनकी मात्राओं में
ना जाने किस-किस की कहानी है।

Fatality is Far Lower in the Second Wave of COVID19 in India

Every single death from COVID19 is unfortunate but every media outlet is creating panic by showing the dead bodies but none tells that the numbers of death per lakh tested positive is far less in the second wave than the first wave.

In the first wave, Case Fatality Rate (CFR) was 1.43 per cent but in the second wave it is only 0.57 per cent. That means more than 99.4 per cent of infected individuals are recovering over time in this wave. This clearly indicates that Indian health system has learned a lot in the last one year. And this is a good news that every citizen must know to defuse the panic behaviour which on rise. Media outlets rather all the time creating panic should also focus on this side of the pandemic.

डरी रहती है

वो रह रहकर पूछती रहती है
ठीक तो हूँ मैं?

बहुत डरी रहती है
किसी अंजाने भय से!
कई बार
वो खुद को भी भूल जाती है
मेरी ही चिन्ता में
जैसे बहुत जरूरी हूँ मैं दुनिया के लिए!

The Wholesale Inflation to Scare Indian Economy

The Wholesale Price Index inflation popularly known as WPI inflation in the Indian economy grew by 7.39 per cent in the month of March 2021. During the same month of March 2020, the WPI inflation in the economy stood at 0.42 per cent. In the months of January and February 2021, the WPI inflation stood at 2.51 per cent and 4.17 per cent respectively. This clearly indicates that the wholesale inflation in the economy is elevating. It is the highest WPI inflation in the last eight and half years since October 2012 when the WPI inflation stood at 7.4 per cent. The food inflation stood at 5.28 per cent.

Daily COVID19 Infections Doubles in 10 Days to 200000 Cases

On 14th April 2021, India recorded almost 2,00,000 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. Actually a total of 1,99,584 new cases have been recorded. It took only 10 days in doubling the total numbers of cases from one lakh to two lakh. However, of the total daily new COVID19 cases, more than 61.5 percent infections are recorded only in five states namely in decreasing order Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka. Similarly of the nationwide total tally, more than 50 percent of COVID19 infections in India have been recorded only in five states namely in decreasing order Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. This clearly tells the gravity of the situation in these states. The situation in Maharashtra is going out of control. There is a need for an immediate response to the prevailing condition from the central government irrespective of the negative views of the government. All this is happening despite the fact that India has already administered more than 114 million doses of vaccines to its citizens and ranks third in the world in the numbers of vaccine doses administered along with increasing cover of the lockdown (night curfew and weekly lockdown) across the nation.