-The Hindu 14.95 lakh samples studied; nearly 1,500 deaths in India as global total reaches 3 million. As many as 14,95,397 samples were tested in India on April 16 (results of which were made available on April 17), the highest number of tests conducted in a single day in the country. This is the second consecutive day the number of tests is crossing the 14-lakh mark. On September 24, 2020, 14,92,409 tests were...
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Ghaziabad manufacturers asked to stop making industrial-use oxygen
-PTI/ The Hindu They were told to ramp up supply for medical purposes Ghaziabad: With the COVID-19 surge continuing unabated, the district administration here on Friday asked manufacturers to halt production of industrial-use oxygen and ramp up the supply for medical purposes, officials said. District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey said the administration also asked all hospital in the city to not deny treatment to a COVID-19 patients even if they have no beds....
More »‘Dead bodies all over’: Lucknow funerals tell a story starkly different from UP govt’s claims -Jyoti Yadav
-ThePrint.in On 15 April, Yogi govt's health bulletin said UP recorded 104 Covid deaths in 24 hrs. But Lucknow alone saw 108 funerals that day, and this is just at crematoriums & not cemeteries. Lucknow: “Humne (kabhie) itni dead bodies to dekhi hi nahin hai… wo ghat par platform bane hain, woh khali pade rahte the, (par) aaj pair rakhne ki jagah nahin hai, charon aur lashein hi lashein.” Amar Singh, 29, who...
More »Andhra Pradesh's Natural Farming Model Could Scale Up Sustainable Agriculture in India -Divya Veluguri
-TheWire.in Natural farming is a type of organic farming, based on the elimination of chemical inputs and use of locally available resources to reduce farmers' input costs and make agriculture remunerative. We need to fix agriculture in India – our current system is exploitative for both our farmers and the environment. Today, nearly all public spending in agriculture goes to support input-intensive practices that have only deepened the crisis. As we are...
More »Assembly Elections 2021: Cash, other freebies seizures top ₹1,000 crore
-The Hindu Tamil Nadu tops with inducements worth ₹446.28 crore recovered. The Election Commission on Friday said it had seized cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals and other freebies worth ₹1,001.43 crore meant for distribution to voters in the ongoing Assembly elections. “Seizures crossed ₹1,000 crore for the first time in any Assembly electoral process,” the EC said in a statement. Of the total seizures as on Thursday in Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West...
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