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IMA urges PM Modi to take action against Ramdev for ‘misinformation on COVID’ IMA alleged that people like Baba Ramdev by making false statements are spreading rumours and creating hesitations or superstitions in the minds of the common man thereby discouraging them from getting vaccinated...

How India fell behind peers in the covid vaccine race On 26 May, India became only the third country to administer 200 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine. But this number hides more than it reveals. As a share of its population, India has been able to vaccinate fewer people than in other...

Antibiotics for Covid cases worsen India’s superbug crisis Bloomberg / May 26, 2021, 17:45 IST NEW DELHI: Excessive use of the world’s most potent antibiotics has stoked drug-resistant infections in India for years. Now the country’s Covid crisis has put the calamity into hyperdrive. A first...

An analysis of case and death counts in India, along with results of large-scale antibody tests, helps arrive at several possible estimates for the true scale of devastation in the country Experts around the world agree that India’s official figure of just over 300,000 coronavirus deaths is a...

Death in Himalayas: Poverty, fear and stretched resources worsening Covid crisis India's Covid-19 caseload stands at 27.16 million, with 311,388 deaths, federal government data from May 26 show. But some experts estimate numbers are far higher, due in part to low testing rates in India's...

Many teachers pressed into Indian poll duty became virus victims, families say May 27, 20213:34 AM EDT Suman Lata’s family begged her to refuse a summons to monitor elections in Uttar Pradesh state last month but, worried about losing her job, the 49-year-old mother of three went anyway, just...

COVID-19 vaccine inequality in India causing millions to fall through gaps 2:53 1:38 Indian villagers turn to unlicensed clinics as COVID-19 spreads to countryside WATCH: Indian villagers turn to unlicensed clinics as COVID-19 spreads to countryside. As the coronavirus tears through India, night...

Crematoria so overwhelmed they are melting: How COVID-19 has hit India worst of all With hospitals full in most major centres, the streets outside have become crowded with COVID-19 patients gasping for air May 26, 2021 • 15 hours ago • 4 minute read • 22 Comments Relatives stand next to...

Idiots! I see more bodies floating down the Ganges in the near future. Thousands break Covid rules to attend horse’s funeral in India Sian ElvinWednesday 26 May 2021 2:52 pm Thousands of people attend funeral for a horse despite lockdown Thousands of people seemingly broke coronavirus lockdown...

Is India's Modi too focused on his public image during COVID crisis? The Indian government has been accused of wasting resources on maintaining its public image during a public health crisis. The ruling BJP claims it is fending off a smear campaign to create a "negative image of India." Indian...

As India struggles with Covid-19, can the RSS evade responsibility for the crisis? The ruling party’s parent organisation failed to gauge the enormity of the medical crisis and to direct the BJP to act appropriately. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd5 hours ago RSS head Mohan Bhagwat. | Twitter/@Rssorg Is...

Denied leave while recovering from Covid, Indian bank employee walks to work hooked up to oxygen tank The employee had asked for leave citing his delayed recovery from Covid and a lung infection Shweta Sharma A man recovering from Covid-19 in India showed up at his office while hooked up to his...

India's wealthy, middle classes need to do some soul searching about COVID surge By Joseph D’Souza, Op-Ed Contributor Ravish Kumar, an Indian journalist and the 2019 recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, recently shared on his personal blog that he is battling COVID-19. He wrote that our...

Indian hospitals look so dirty and primitive. :o: COVID-19 Has Pushed India's Junior Doctors To Their Limits Lauren FrayerMay 26, 202111:29 AM ET Dr. Shiv Joshi (third from left) with colleagues at the fever clinic where he is a junior doctor in Sevagram, India. Junior doctors are the...

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The poor, the rich: In a sick India, all are on their own NEW DELHI (AP) — For the family of the retired diplomat, the terror struck as they tried desperately to get him past the entrance doors of a private hospital. For the New Delhi family, it came when they had to create a hospital room in...

This might solve India's rape epidemic! :omghaha: :omghaha: :omghaha: Coronavirus may cause long-term erectile dysfunction in men, expert warns Experts have been warning of long-term complications that the coronavirus can cause. An infectious disease expert has recently warned about the...

India must address its lack of ethics Ethics have always been absent in Indian society. To prevent another humanitarian crisis, it must address that fundamental problem, writes Ankita Mukhopadhyay. There is no doubt that the Indian government has been highly incompetent in handling the COVID-19...

As a second wave devastates India, Narendra Modi vanishes Quick to claim credit, the prime minister is nowhere to be seen when things go wrong May 20th 2021 OVER THE past seven years Indians have watched Narendra Modi’s neat hair and trim beard grow whiter and longer. There was no way to miss...