The Wire's Mitali Mukherjee interviewed the Congress Rajya Sabha MP to discuss the COVID-19 situation in India.
When 26 patients died on Tuesday, chief minister Pramod Sawant said oxygen was abundantly available and the problem of supply would be fixed within a day. On Wednesday, 21 more patients succumbed.
Pakistan will always support 'Afghan-led Afghan-owned' peace process based on mutual consensus, says army chief.
In a video that has gone viral on the internet, Ramdev said that patients "just don't know how to breathe properly" and are "spreading negativity" by complaining of a shortage of oxygen.
A year ago, it seemed certain that the shifting global dynamics due to COVID had the potential to pave India's way into the manufacturing sector. Come 2021, manufacturing in India has come to a near standstill.
Since the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Nirvachan Sadan has acted more as an appendage of the ruling elite – perfectly in line with the classical populist authoritarian playbook.
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A 41-year-old engineer from Telangana, working in Uganda, was shot dead by a soldier on security duty before the assailant took his own life. The soldier was reportedly unhappy with…
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