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Mississippi banned most abortions to be the 'safest state' for the unborn. Meanwhile, one in three Mississippi kids live in poverty
Mississippi will defend its abortion ban before the Supreme Court on December 1. Back home, one in …
Sarah Fowler
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Denmark is using algorithms to dole out welfare benefits - and undermining its own democracy in the process
Thus, algorithms designed with the sole purpose of eliminating social welfare free-riding will almo…
Jacob Mchangama, Hin-Yan Liu
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New study reveals the state of women beedi rollers in India
New Delhi, July 14 (IANSlife) While about 96 per cent (42,76,124) of the total beedi workers (44,60…
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India’s impending public health crisis, suicide
Every 4 in 10 people who commit suicide around the world are from India. And, between the ages o…
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Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin nominates Trump's former EPA administrator to become the state's natural resources secretary, fueling an outcry from Democrats
The Wheeler nomination could produce an intense confirmation battle just as Youngkin builds the fir…
John L. Dorman
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After an Insider investigation, ICE reverses its claim that it asked states to vaccinate detained immigrants
An Insider investigation found that federal negligence could leave thousands of at-risk immigrants …
Nicole Einbinder,Angela Wang,…
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Karnataka's Health Minister says the state is well prepared for COVID-19 vaccine delivery
"The government has identified 29,451 session sites (vaccination sites) and 10,008 vaccinato…
PTI
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Nagaland no longer green state, reports 3 COVID-19 cases
"Unfortunately, 2 persons in Dimapur and 1 in Kohima have been tested positive for #COVID-19. Pleas…
PTI
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A petition to cancel the Tokyo Olympics got 240,000 signatures in 2 days as Japan extends state of emergency
Japanese locals are showing their support to cancel the Tokyo Olympics, as a petition to cancel The…
Jackson Thompson
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DMK chief Stalin urges TN govt to extend lockdown in state
"The Chief Ministers of Odisha (Naveen Patnaik) andPunjab (Amarinder Singh) have extended the lockd…
PTI
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Billionaires Azim Premji and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw argue against the labour ‘reforms’ in Indian states— and they are not alone
However, the idea does not resonate well with the experts. After a notice from the Allah…
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MHA says states can't dilute Lockdown 4.0 guidelines
"As emphasised in my earlier letters, I would like to reiterate again that States and Union Territo…
PTI
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Ensure strict compliance of lockdown guidelines: Home secy tells states, UTs
The home secretary, who is also the chairperson of the National Executive Committee under the Disas…
PTI
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The Fiscal Cliff Deal Could Destroy Medicare
[T]hese negotiations amounted to a test of liberalism’s ability to raise revenue, and it isn’t clea…
The Economist
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Adequate financing options key to how states respond to COVID-19: Work paper
New Delhi, May 17 () State finances were under stress even prior to the COVID-19 crisis and the pan…
PTI
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Florida's ICU beds are 84% filled as the state battles a surge in COVID-19 cases
According to the state's data, only 921 of Florida's 5,315 ICU beds in hospitals across the state w…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Beware of politicians making false promises of easy welfare cuts
The government claim that over the course of this parliament it has reduced welfare spending by som…
Tomas Hirst
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Pvt labs starting TrueNat/CBNAAT based tests for COVID be encouraged for NABL seal: ICMR to states
"However, the need to augment testing for COVID-19 in the current situation is well understood. IC…
PTI
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COVID-19: Govt asks state drug controllers to ensure availability of drugs, med devices
In a meeting with the state drug controllers, Union Pharma Secretary P D Vaghela asked them "to pr…
PTI
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The Greek government is calling for a radical new welfare policy
The concept is to replace the convoluted welfare systems that have been built up incrementally over…