Background: The protection of women is of utmost importance and prime concern in India due to a huge population, equity issues, gender issues, lack of positive deviance at community level, illiteracy, socio-economic factors, migration from rural to urban areas, inaccessibility to legal help and of course many more factors. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had presented a challenge even for developed nations around the world regarding women’s protection in the ongoing pandemic era & especially in the lockdown period when it’s really difficult to go out and shout for help. Estimates published by WHO indicate that globally about 1 in 3 (30%) of women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic and its social and economic impacts have increased the exposure of women to abusive partners and known risk factors, while limiting their access to services. Situations of humanitarian crises and displacement may exacerbate existing violence, such as by intimate partners, as well as non-partner sexual violence, and may also lead to new forms of violence against women.1 Objectives: The main aim of this research is to find out Impact of SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 Pandemic on domestic violence against women in India across different states and union territories from the beginning of lockdown due to covid-19 pandemic. Data from March 2020 till 20th September 2020 is available so the study will give detail for this period. Settings & Design: The month-wise and state-wise data indicating number of complaints registered with National Commission for Women in India(NCW) under two different categories in two different table 1 & 2 will be discussed and displayed. The period of study is from March 2020 to 20th september2020. Materials & Methodology: The press information bureau2, Government of India Ministry of Women and child development have publicly announced under the heading- Increase in domestic violence against women dated 22 Sep 2020. The data obtained is analysed by using Microsoft Office software. Result: Increase in domestic violence against women in India from March 2020 till 20th September 2020. See Figure 1:- comparison of number of cases of domestic violence to know the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and lockdown situations in India.Conclusion: India should have various strategies to ensure safety of women and their mental health issues in such pandemic like situations. It seems that present laws and regulations are insufficient to give the desired results. The barriers of legal and protective system and delivery of helpful services etc. constraints should be rectified added with a proper dynamic plan to carry on usual women protection services even in pandemics and natural disasters. India needs to develop an exclusive plan to tackle such situations such as establishment of separate cadre of worker for women protection services. India is having a very huge population of women’s vulnerable to different kinds of violence so the Government must give top priority in making India a safe place for women’s. The domestic violence have a serious impact on mental health of women’s and their children especially in pandemic and lockdown situations in which its quite difficult to get help and relief.

This time last year in May 2020 India was under lockdown phase, many theories invented and discovered without any scientific evidence about India’s surprisingly low rates of Sars-CoV-2 infection, included variety of factors such as hot weather, natural immunity, heard immunity, robust health system, highly qualified doctors, natural healers and the country’s high proportion of young people; some also attributed it to the country’s harsh lockdown . India was doing so well that in biggest cities like Mumbai and Delhi, officials had begun dismantling temporary COVID-19 facilities. Comparing it to current scenario in May 2021, covid-19 & Mucormycosis (new epidemic &notifiable disease declared by several states of India) cases and deaths are a big problem faced by healthcare system of India. There are chances of emergence of other diseases which can become epidemic in India due to several factors like improper techniques applied for disposing dead bodies of covid-19 patients etc in rivers low burials to be digged by animals and improper immunization and care of pregnant women. The shortage of medicine for treatment of Mucormycosis is so acute that people are dying daily waiting to get medicine and proper treatment at hospitals. Daily rates of covid-19 cases are currently about 200,000, but now the main concern in India is Mucormycosis death rate. Several theories are again being invented and discovered on daily basis coming through news media and other channels again misguiding peoples and creating panic. It seems that the Indian scientific bodies are not able to understand and formulate a proper protocol for treatment and management of pandemic and epidemic. Cases of Mucormycosis, or "black fungus," a potentially serious condition that causes blurred or double vision, chest pain and breathing difficulties, have surged in India, mostly among COVID-19 patients. At least 8,848 such cases have been found across the country as of May 21, according to the govt . The covid-19 pandemic have not subsided yet in India from which the healthcare system is struggling since2020 January .Mucormycosis represents a group of life-threatening infections caused by fungi of the order Mucorales which are difficult-to-manage owing to limited as well as less number of diagnostic tools and therapeutic options available till date particularly in developing countries like India having a large portion of population dwelling in villages with poor infrastructure and limited resources in healthcare sector. Fungi of order Mucorales belong to six families, all of which have capacity to cause Mucormycosis. Rhizopus oryzae is the most common cause of infection usually. Others are Rhizopus microspores, Rhizomucor pucillus, Mycoclaudus corymbifier, Apophysomyces elegans, etc. Reclassification have abolished class zygomycetes and placed the order Mucorales in the subphylum Mucoromycotina. Mucormycosis is highly invasive and progressive disease with >40% morbidity and mortalities. For diagnosis a very high index of suspicion and history of patient is necessary to initiate early therapy to achieve better outcome. I review here advances in pathological understanding, modern diagnostic tools including computed tomography (CT), and serum polymerase chain reaction and therapeutic options with different available medicines.KeywordsMucormycosis, fungal, patient, treatment, covid-19 Reverse Halo sign, PCR, Isavuconazole, Liposomal amphotericin B,

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India has committed to adopting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for ending poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring prosperity for all to be fulfilled by year 2030. Goal 3 of SDGs is about ensuring healthy lives with promoting well-being for all. National Institution for Transforming India- (NITI) Aayog had started the Health Index initiative for achieving desirable health outcomes. The key objective of the whole exercise is to track development on health, to develop healthy competition and cross learning among states and UTs. Health Index Scores and rankings are generated to assess Incremental Performance (year-to-year progress) and Overall Performance of state/UT for achievement of health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This novel study was a cross-sectional retrospective observational epidemiological study. The Health Index consists of a set of indicators in the domains of Health Outcomes, Governance and Information, and Key Inputs/Processes. Health Outcomes are assigned the highest weight, indicators were selected on the basis of their importance and availability of reliable data at least annually from pre- existing data sources such as the Sample Registration System (SRS), Civil Registration System (CRS) and Health Management Information Systems (HMIS). Data on indicators is included for Index calculations only after validation by the IVA.

Background: The delivery of reproductive and child health services is of utmost importance and prime concern in India particularly populous states like Uttar Pradesh with limited resources, poor infrastructure and huge demand on healthcare system. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had presented a challenge even for developed healthcare systems around the world.