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The article focuses on the social stigma attached to infectious diseases. It mentions the response of the people all over the world to the spread of coronavirus disease including the treatment of health workers in Nepal and Haiti. It is noted that the stigma made people to hide illness and avoid treatment, which increases patient stress and reinforces socioeconomic inequality.
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The article offers information on the impact of the National Population Register (NPR) and coronavirus outbreak on the census of India which will begin April 1, 2020. It further discusses views of Pronab Sen, India's former chief statistician and Perianayagam Arokiasamy, a specialist at the International Institute for Population Sciences, on issue;the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) creates the National Register of Citizens which affects especially Muslim communities in India.
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Environmentalists in India are criticizing government moves to continue to approve major industrial projects, and to relax the nation’s environmental assessment rules, even as the COVID-19 pandemic has complicated public oversight and canceled potential field reviews. “They are carrying on as if there is no health emergency, hosting meetings and taking decisions including on big ticket projects,” said Kanchi Kohli, an environmental governance expert with the Centre for Policy Research. “Public engagement, ground verification—these options are all foreclosed at this time.”