-The Telegraph Local Circles found only 4 per cent of the around 12,900 respondents from 346 districts reporting that most people in their areas took most basic precaution Ninety-six per cent of sampled respondents have told a nationwide online survey that “most people” in their localities do not use face masks or wear them improperly — despite calls for caution by health authorities and an upsurge in Covid-19 infections. The survey by a...
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News watchdog slams ‘media trial’ of Umar Khalid, orders Zee, India TV, Aaj Tak to remove videos -Anupriya Chatterjee
-ThePrint.in Zee News, Zee Hindustan, India TV & Aaj Tak ‘violated principles of impartiality, objectivity’ in five 2020 telecasts, News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has said New Delhi: Criticising the “media trial” of Delhi riots-accused Umar Khalid and noting its “serious objection to sensationalist taglines and tickers”, the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has ordered news channels Zee News, Zee Hindustan, India TV, and Aaj Tak to remove all...
More »In Eight Years of Modi's Rule, Eight Hits and Misses by the Health Ministry -Banjot Kaur
-TheWire.in The health ministry – which has been thrust into spotlight even more than usual due to the unprecedented crisis of the pandemic – missed some significant deadlines. New Delhi: When the Narendra-Modi led Union government marked eight years in office in May, its various ministries launched a veritable social media blitzkrieg to highlight achievements. Among them was the health and family welfare ministry – one that has had particular reason to...
More »Fact-checking Modi government’s claims of record infrastructure growth in the past eight years -Divyani Dubey
-Scroll.in BJP leaders are promoting the regime’s achievements in developing airports, air routes and national highways. Here’s what official records say. The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government completed eight years in power in May. Using the hashtag #8YearsOfInfraGati, the incumbent government, BJP leaders and several ministers, including Prime Minister Modi, made a series of claims on social media and in newspaper advertisements related to the growth of urban transport. In one such...
More »122 scientists, academicians criticise project to reportedly study ‘racial purity’ of Indians
-Scroll.in The Union culture ministry claimed that the news report about the study was misleading and that it was not related to establishing ‘genetics history’. Several scientists, historians, writers, former bureaucrats and others on Friday wrote to the Ministry of Culture to express concern over a report claiming that the ministry was funding a project to “trace the purity of races in India”. In the open letter, the signatories said that the notion...
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