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.
The Brampton Triveni Mandir cancelled a life certificate event due to threats of violent protests, following a similar disruption at another Hindu temple. The temple cited intelligence from Peel Regional…
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Democrat Suhas Subramanyam, a Virginia state senator and Indian American candidate, is running for the US House of Representatives. He emphasizes comprehensive immigration reform, fair green card quotas, healthcare access…
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Kokila Annamalai, an Indian-origin Singaporean activist, faces investigation for defying an order to add a correction notice to her social media posts about death row inmates' legal processes. She has…
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Canada's opposition leader Pierre Poilievre clarified that Diwali celebrations at Parliament Hill were not canceled but rather relocated and rescheduled. MP Doherty will host the event, continuing the tradition. This…
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