-Scroll.in A viral video of the Hyderabad Police stopping people in the street and looking through their devices has sparked concern about the legality of such methods. In several cases over the last couple of years, the police have highlighted WhatsApp chats found on phones to explain why they needed to keep people in custody. This strategy has been deployed most recently in narcotics cases involving Hindi film actress Rhea Chakraborty and Aryan...
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COVID vaccination certificate in three easy steps: Health Ministry
-The Hindu Send a Whatsapp Message to a number and receive the certificate at once, says Health Minister The Health Ministry on Sunday said the general public can obtain their certificate for COVID vaccination via WhatsApp by following three easy steps. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in his tweet said anyone who wants to download their vaccination certificate can send a Whatsapp Message to a number and will receive the certificate at once. “Revolutionising common...
More »Bagged but not counted: the under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths in TN -PV Srividya
-The Hindu Government hospitals in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri have taken selective cover under the ICMR ‘Cause of Death’ protocol to undercount COVID-19 deaths DHARMAPURI/ KRISHNAGIRI: On Wednesday, the Government Dharmapuri Medical College Hospital administration was on a fire-fighting mode, fighting off queries on “rumours of 47 COVID deaths on a single day on Tuesday at the hospital.” It started off with an unverifiable Whatsapp Message that was subsequently denied by the hospital administration....
More »Beds to cylinders, people lend a hand on social media -Surbhi Gupta
-The Indian Express Many groups, previously engaged with blood donation, have also stepped up to the task. From fulfilling plasma needs, these volunteers are now working on getting ventilators, oxygen cylinders, hospitals beds and medicines. For over a week, citizen volunteers across the country, from students to social media influencers, have been responding to SOS requests on Twitter from Covid patients seeking oxygen, ventilators, hospital beds, plasma and medicines. The website has become...
More »Affected by Land Acquisition, Gujarat Farmers Support Anti-Farm Law Protests -Damayantee Dhar
-Newsclick.in Almost every district in Gujarat has a tale of aggressive land grab where farmers have been fighting for their rights against all odds and now they are resisting the farm laws. Bharat Bhill, a farmer from Talaja taluka of Bhavnagar in Gujarat, was informed by his friends on the evening of December 7 that the police were looking to detain him. This was not the first time Bhill would be detained,...
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