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Super User 01 May 2021

'Getting threatening calls from powerful people': Serum CEO Adar Poonawalla on vaccine pressure

London, May 1 (PTI) Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Saturday spoke out about the pressures he was under over the production of COVID-19 vaccines to meet the ever-increasing demand in India as the country battles through a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Super User 01 May 2021

What is happening in UP is nothing less than a crime against humanity: Priyanka Gandhi

Priyanka Gandhi alleged over 700 teachers died in Uttar Pradesh during the polls, including a pregnant woman who was forced to attend polling duty for the Panchayat elections.

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Super User 01 May 2021

World shaken by India's COVID-19 situation, and Modi govt focused on imagery, brand-building: Rahul Gandhi

In an exclusive interview, the former Congress chief alleged that the govt completely failed to tackle COVID-19 pandemic, right from the beginning, despite repeated warnings including from scientists.

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Super User 30 April 2021

SC Seeks Response from Centre on Plea Challenging Sedition Law

The plea was filed by journalists Kishorechandra Wangkhemcha and Kanhaiya Lal Shukla.

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Super User 30 April 2021

‘Double engine’ government failed to supply oxygen in Gujarat, and exposed the 'Gujarat' model

Gujarat had everything going for it. A BJP ruled state, home turf of PM and HM. An industrialised state with automobile hubs, oil refineries, petro-chemical complexes. Yet it ran short of oxygen.

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Super User 30 April 2021

Madras HC declines to take up protests by EC, Centre about its criticism of poll process, COVID crisis

Court had made oral observations that ECI should probably be put up for murder charges for rallies held in violation of COVID-19 norms, and questioning what the Centre had been doing in past 14 months.

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Super User 30 April 2021

Grateful to SC for raising issues of vaccine prices, compulsory licensing to vaccine makers: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said he was grateful to Supreme Court that it raised the issues of vaccine prices and compulsory licensing to vaccine makers and wondered how govt responds to it.

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Super User 28 April 2021

Delhi HC appoints amicus curiae to study COVID-19 situation in city, overrules objections by Solicitor General

Amicus curiae, Rajshekhar Rao, highlighted harassment being faced by individuals at hands of police while procuring oxygen as well as scams going on in the name of COVID-19 medicines during hearing.

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Super User 28 April 2021

Plea in Allahabad HC against UP govt threat of action against those appealing for COVID help on social media

UP CM Yogi Adityanath had asked state administration to invoke the stringent National Security Act, 1980 against ‘people spreading rumours and trying to spoil the atmosphere’, the plea said.

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Super User 28 April 2021

Govt servers crash as lakhs in 18-45 age group try to register for COVID vaccination

Servers of the CoWIN app and website, the UMANG app and the Aarogya setu app crashed due to lakhs of people trying to access them.

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