Tag: Corona Pandemic

A Call for National Mourning and a Proposal for a National Government. By Anil Nauriya

I would like to highlight a few considerations from a political and Constitutional angle. Perhaps these would strike a chord also with Democratic Socialists of various persuasions. 1.  There needs to be  until the current public health  crisis lasts. This would emphasise in a formal way to all in the Indian state and outside it… Read More A Call for National Mourning and a Proposal for a National Government. By Anil Nauriya

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India’s Covid anguish fuels calls to release rights activists from jail

As the deadly Covid-19 second wave has engulfed India, and ripped like wildfire through its overcrowded, under-resourced prisons, there have been growing calls for those deemed political prisoners – the activists arrested as part of Modi’s vicious crackdown on dissent – to be granted the bail they have been repeatedly denied. The impact of the pandemic on… Read More India’s Covid anguish fuels calls to release rights activists from jail

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Daniella Isaacs: What my lockdown calls to an old man taught me about laughter, life – and myself

A few days into lockdown, a Facebook notification suggested I join the local Mutual Aid, a community group that helps and provides companionship to the most vulnerable. I thought, fantastic, a focus, and clicked through to the WhatsApp group, desperate for distraction. But the group seemed inactive; there were very few messages. Days and weeks passed… Read More Daniella Isaacs: What my lockdown calls to an old man taught me about laughter, life – and myself

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Immediate global Ivermectin use can end pandemic: Scientists

Washington: A peer-reviewed research has claimed that global ivermectin use can end Covid-19 pandemic, as the medicine significantly reduces the risk of contracting the deadly respiratory disease when used regularly. The common antiparasitic ivermectin is being touted as a miracle cure for Covid-19 by doctors and campaigners the world over. Peer reviewed by medical experts that included three… Read More Immediate global Ivermectin use can end pandemic: Scientists

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RAMA LAKSHMI: No, the Western media isn’t biased in reporting Indian Covid

Ever since the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic ripped through India, three words have dominated public conversations: ‘Western media bias’. The villain in the room this time isn’t Pakistan, JNU, or urban naxal. It is Western media, and its intense coverage of the Covid carnage, funeral pyres, queues for oxygen cylinders, harassed patients, and overworked doctors.… Read More RAMA LAKSHMI: No, the Western media isn’t biased in reporting Indian Covid

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पुजारी का कर्म

पुजारी का कर्म (Video + photo) पुजारी चिताओं के बीच खड़ा है, उसके मंत्रोच्चार उसके भीतर ही घुल रहे हैं, चिताओं की अग्नि में,  लकड़ियों के जलने की आवाज़ और धुंआं  मुखर है। अब तक उसने कभी दिन भर में, दो–एक से अधिक अंतिम संस्कार नहीं कराये, अब वह हर रोज़ सैकड़ों मृतकों के लिये मंत्र पढ़… Read More पुजारी का कर्म

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The Lancet: India could see over 1 million Covid deaths by August due to Modi’s “self-inflicted national catastrophe”

A growing chorus is now seeing India’s second wave of Covid-19 as a governance failure more than anything else. A May 8 editorial in The Lancet, a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, placed the responsibility of this current Covid-19 disaster in India with prime minister Narendra Modi. In a scathing piece that details the unfathomable devastation in the country,… Read More The Lancet: India could see over 1 million Covid deaths by August due to Modi’s “self-inflicted national catastrophe”

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Geeta Pandey – Varanasi: Anger rises as coronavirus rages in Modi's constituency

Residents have watched as their MP made 17 trips to the key political state of West Bengal between February and April, to campaign for the assembly elections there, which he lost badly on the weekend. An angry restaurant owner described Mr Modi’s review meeting to discuss the Covid crisis in Varanasi on 17 April – a… Read More Geeta Pandey – Varanasi: Anger rises as coronavirus rages in Modi's constituency

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VINEETHA MOKKIL – An Open Letter to Modi Bhakts in America: Your God has Feet of Clay and Blood on His Hands

It’s time to face facts. Your God does not have a 56-inch chest. Your God is all bluster, no action. All swagger, no substance. Your God has failed the people of India on every count as the worst crisis in modern times ravages the country. Your God has no interest in protecting the citizenry he… Read More VINEETHA MOKKIL – An Open Letter to Modi Bhakts in America: Your God has Feet of Clay and Blood on His Hands

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India, Brazil and the human cost of sidelining science

Last week, Brazil’s total death toll from COVID-19 passed 400,000. In India, the pandemic is taking around 3,500 lives every day and has prompted a global response, with offers of oxygen, ventilators, intensive-care beds and more. Although these two countries are thousands of miles apart, the crises in both are the result of political failings:… Read More India, Brazil and the human cost of sidelining science

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