-The Hindu Without good data, accurate projections are impossible, making it difficult to gauge the true state of the pandemic India, now home to the world’s worst ongoing coronavirus pandemic, is currently Reporting nearly a million new cases and 10,000 deaths every three days, according to data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The true extent of the second wave now ravaging India is likely much worse than official...

-The Indian Express "Media is a powerful watchdog in democracy, it cannot be stopped from Reporting discussions in higher courts. Seeking relief such as media should not report on observations is too far-fetched," the Supreme Court said in its observations, news agency PTI reported. The media cannot be stopped from Reporting any court hearing, the Supreme Court said on Monday as the Election Commission complained against the Madras High Court’s observation that...

-PTI/ The New Indian Express The mammoth mismatch has given credence to claims of massive under-Reporting of COVID-19 fatalities in the city. BHOPAL: Crematoriums here claim that the last rites of as many as 2557 coronavirus victims from Bhopal district were performed in April, sharply contradicting the BJP-led state government's data which puts the COVID-19 deaths in the district last month at 104. The mammoth mismatch has given credence to claims of massive...

-Outlook India Justice Madan B Lokur cited a recent incident in UP involving a man who tweeted for help-seeking oxygen for his 88-year-old grandfather and the Amethi police booked him. Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur on Friday said that sedition cases against people seeking help during the pandemic, and blocking of news and social media channels Reporting failure of authorities, is curtailment of freedom of speech and expression. Speaking at...

-TheNewsMinute.com The scientists said that they have received partial funding and permission for implementing systematic surveillance of new variants of Coronavirus. Over 300 scientists from across India, including renowned names like Prof LS Shashidhara (Professor of Biology, IISER Pune and Ashoka University) and Prof Partha Majumder (National Science Chair, Government of India), have requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to open access to various data in order to transparency in...