-NDTV The bananas were thrown near Nigambodh Ghat, one of the main cremation grounds in the capital, and possibly used in rituals for the dead. New Delhi: Discarded bananas rotting in the sun made for an unexpected feast for a group of men on the banks of the river Yamuna in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon. They picked through the trash for any good ones, adding one more gut-wrenching visual to the montage...
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Modi administration did not consult ICMR-appointed COVID task force before key decisions -Vidya Krishnan
-CaravanMagazine.in A national task force on COVID-19, comprising 21 leading scientists from across the country, which was supposed to advise the Narendra Modi government on its response to the pandemic, did not meet even once in the week preceding the announcement to extend the nationwide Lockdown, according to four members of the group of experts. In a national broadcast on 14 April, Modi announced the decision to extend the Lockdown till...
More »In this Punjab village, Sikhs are shedding their caste biases during the Covid-19 crisis -Arjun Sharma
-Scroll.in/ India Spend In Qila Nau, Jat Sikhs are sending food to the homes of Dalits, who are not allowed to enter langars or touch vessels in their gurdwaras. Jagjit Kaur, 35, a Dalit resident of Qila Nau village in Faridkot district of Southwestern Punjab, has not cooked a single meal since March 25, when the nationwide Lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 began. Her husband, a mason, has been left...
More »Delhi: Plasma therapy to be used on trial basis to treat COVID-19 patients
-The Indian Express The technique, also known as the convalescent plasma therapy, seeks to make use of the antibodies developed in the recovered patient against the coronavirus. As Delhi’s coronavirus cases climbed to over 1,500, the state government on Wednesday announced that plasma enrichment technique would now be used to treat severely-ill COVID-19 patients on trial basis at a government hospital. Last week, Kerala became the first state to receive ICMR approval...
More »West Bengal to ask parents to collect mid-day meal supplies from schools -Bishwanath Ghosh
-The Hindu Guardians of students from Classes III to VIII to collect 3 kg of rice and 3 kg of potatoes. Kolkata: The West Bengal government will supply rice and potatoes for the month of April to students from Classes III to VIII of its schools, who are eligible for mid-day meals but are staying home due to the Lockdown, in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19). Guardians of these students will be...
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