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HomeAuthorsRishabh Shrivastava

Articles by Rishabh Shrivastava

About Rishabh Shrivastava
Rishabh Shrivastava is the Communications Lead at Citizen Matters.
Voters queuing up to cast their votes with their EPIC in hand (File Pic)
Governance

Explainer: Should we worry about linking Aadhaar and our voter ID?

February 1, 2022 Rishabh Shrivastava

Critics say that linking of Aadhaar and voter ID raises serious questions over constitutional principles, right to privacy and citizenship.

Digital Unique Health ID will centralise and streamline all medical records of the individual.
Health

Why you may be having a national digital health ID without even asking for it

October 18, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

People who registered for a COVID vaccine on the CoWIN app using Aadhaar automatically got a digital health ID created, without their knowledge or consent.

Heat wave representative image
Environment

Why the scorching summer in India makes COVID management more difficult

June 4, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

Extreme temperatures during the summer in India make people with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases more vulnerable, as does COVID. How can heat impact be mitigated?

Society

Alcohol consumption: When is ‘drinking’ legal and what if you break those laws?

April 8, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

Recently, the Delhi government reduced the legal age for alcohol consumption from 25 to 21. Here’s a round-up of laws and regulation related to drinking across India.

Health

COVID scenario: Latest trends across cities and coping strategies

March 31, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

A year on, COVID-19 cases are showing an alarming spike across cities. What do the numbers say? How are cities coping? Will vaccines check the spread, or is another lockdown inevitable?

Environment

Some cities have lost up to 70% of wetlands. Will Bhopal face the same fate?

March 25, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

Wetlands created by Raja Bhoj 1000 years ago face extinction today, thanks to the new Bhopal Development Plan. The plan threatens, among other things, increased tiger presence in some eco-sensitive areas.

Health

Struggling to book or reschedule a slot for the COVID vaccine? Read this

March 10, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive is for senior citizens and those over 45 years with comorbidities. Here is a detailed explainer of the entire process.

Governance

COVID-19: When gaps in data and communication made the crisis worse

February 3, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

The pandemic was not just a public health crisis but also exposed the government’s lack of a coherent communication strategy.

Economy

COVID has changed tourism. Will it also make it more responsible?

January 6, 2021 Rishabh Shrivastava

This is the time for the government to identify early stage start-ups practising sustainable tourism and help them scale up and create best practices to be replicated.

Environment

Varanasi’s horrible air quality typical of issues faced by cities of Indo-Gangetic plain

December 19, 2020 Rishabh Shrivastava

An alarming report on air pollution in these plains from the University of Chicago (EPIC) shows that residents here are losing 7.5 years of their lives as a result. What’s causing this?

Civic

Char Dham highway project will only add to urban woes

November 27, 2020 Rishabh Shrivastava

While the big focus is on mobility, the ramifications of the Char Dham project on urban ecology of the several small towns situated on the highway deserve more scrutiny.

Waste Management

What makes our cities clean: On Swachh Survekshan, rankings and beyond

September 29, 2020 Rishabh Shrivastava

Key highlights from a webinar organised by Citizen Matters on the Swachh Survekshan 2020 and the deeper insights from experts.

Governance

Will MP government’s ‘Kill Corona’ campaign be enough to reverse the spike in Bhopal and Gwalior-Chambal belt?

July 13, 2020 Rishabh Shrivastava

It was only in June that the state implemented a number of steps, like setting up fever clinics, to curb the spread of the virus. There are also concerns that the upcoming elections may hurt transparency.

Governance

Does latest government protocol quell fears over safety of Aarogya Setu?

May 15, 2020 Rishabh Shrivastava

Who can access your personal data from the Aarogya Setu app and for how long? Latest govt rules clarify, but does that address safety concerns?

Governance

Phased exit from lockdown: What does the Centre’s containment plan say?

April 10, 2020 Rishabh Shrivastava

As coronavirus positive cases near the 6000 mark, an immediate end to the nationwide lockdown on April 15th is very unlikely. Instead, states are looking at containment strategies to keep ‘hotspots’ under total lockdown. Here are the basic guidelines from the Ministry of Health that will drive such containment strategies.

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