May 31, 2020 In the News India Reviving the farm economy (Business Standard) Agriculture Production COVID-19 Migration and Remittances Resilience Social Protection Business Standard published an op-ed by research fellow Anjani Kumar with co-authors, Shalander Kumar and Arabinda Kumar Padhee (ICRISAT) on the farm economy. Once the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown occurred, India’s general population took […]

Country: World Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies While the procurement and distribution of vaccines is crucial, too little thought is being given to how vaccines will be distributed within countries, including reaching isolated communities.

While Twitter finds itself in a prolonged standoff with the Indian government over the company’s refusal to take down certain accounts, a senior executive of a very similar Indian social network says the sudden attention on his app has been “overwhelming.”

On 3 March 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered the UK Budget 2021 (the Budget). Understandably, the Chancellor’s focus was on setting out the road map to the United Kingdom’s economic recovery from COVID-19. The Budget, however, was also an opportunity for the government to unveil spending plans to match its […]

Several years ago, a Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC), an entity contracted with CMS to audit providers, alleged that CMS improperly paid nearly $2 million in claims to an oncology group due to its use of Modifier 25 and certain drug claims. The provider appealed the claims through the CMS […]