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Pandemic and Prejudice: How COVID-19 Worsened India’s Existing Inequalities


In 2020, life expectancy in India saw substantial and disparate declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an estimated 1.19 million excess deaths, significantly higher than official figures. The study utilized high-quality data from over 765,000 individuals to analyze life expectancy changes by

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