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India’s female labour participation rate falls to 16.1% as pandemic hits jobs
The percentage of women in the labour force had fallen to a record low of 15.5% during the April-June 2020 quarter, when India imposed strict lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 virus, said the report, released late Monday by the Ministry of Statistics.
According to World Bank estimates, India has one of the lowest female labour force participation rates in the world. Less than a third of women – defined in the report as 15 or older – are working or actively looking for a job.
Maha govt announces Rs 11,500-crore package for aid to flood victims, repair works
A sum of Rs 7,000 crore has been earmarked for undertaking long-term measures to minimise impact of future floods, said the statement.
The financial assistance would include Rs 5,000 to every family affected by floods. The state government has relaxed the previous condition of houses being underwater for 48 hours to qualify for compensation, it said.
Similarly, totally damaged houses will get financial assistance Rs 1,50,000 per home, while houses with minimum damage of 50 per cent will get Rs 50,000, the statement said.
Partially damaged houses will get Rs 25,000 per home, the statement said.
Covid: India’s ‘R’ number more than 1 in eight states, says govt
Stating that fresh Covid cases are being reported from limited areas, Agrawal said that last week Kerala reported 40.95 per cent of total caseloads in India, followed by Maharashtra (19.43 per cent) and Karnataka (5.94 per cent).
Analysing the district-wise Covid data, Agrawal said that in total, 279 districts reported over 100 cases in the first week of June. However, after one month, such districts’ numbers were confined to 107 and currently only 57 districts are reporting over 100 cases.
A total of 18 districts across the nation have showed the increasing tendency on Covid trajectory from last four weeks, he added.
India reports 40,134 new COVID cases and 422 deaths
Fresh Covid-19 cases in India registered a week-on-week rise for the first time in 12 weeks since the peak of the second wave in early May, indicating an early sign of another pandemic spike in the country, said experts.
Currently, the surge is mainly restricted to Kerala and, to a much lesser degree, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.Cumulatively, 47,22,23,639 vaccine doses have been administered through 55,99,690 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 17,06,598 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
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Australia braces for another week of Devastating Bushfires
While bushfires have been an important part of Australia’s ecology, some scientists have expressed concern that the season is getting longer. The drought gripping parts of Australia has created hazardous conditions in many regional communities, where some residents have complained that insufficient back-burning has taken place during the winter months, leaving a fuel load of fallen trees and undergrowth.
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