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Chidambaram supporting compulsory licensing of the 2 Covid vaccine. He feels there are several vaccines manufactureers who can produce immediately in India. Does not give list. Said it 5 days back?
https://youtu.be/zPuLHgpByVk 

In an interview with Mitali Mukherjee, Rajya Sabha Member and Former Finance Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Mr P Chidambaram said the Modi government had completely missed the arithmetic on vaccine requirements in India.

He also hit out at the dual pricing policy saying it was complete nonsense to push states out on their own and ask them to negotiate prices with manufacturers. Mr Chidambaram said while he was a believer of free market principles, the government’s defence in the Supreme Court of dual pricing by saying it created “liberalised, market driven” rates

COVID-19 Vaccine] Differential pricing to incentivise pvt manufacturers to increase production, attract foreign players: Centre to Supreme Court
The Central government also said that judicial intervention in such policy matters, though well-meaning, might lead to unforeseen consequences and it should be left to the government to discharge its executive functions. https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/central-government-covid-vaccine-price-supreme-court

Na Khaoonga, Na Khane doonga, he said.. 

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Let the Covaxin - partnered by the GoI, via the ICMR, technology be shared with all the capable vaccine producers in the country - whether public or private. There's no need for reverse engineering and all that.
Let all these units be pressed into service. The government must actively facilitate.
Maybe in another eight-ten months the production would be very significantly scaled up. 

'Peak Reached But Plateauing at High Level; Total Cases Could Hit 32M by June With 1 L More Deaths'  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsRZxmqtK8I

In an interview that contains both good and depressing news, one of America’s foremost epidemiologists, who has closely monitored the trajectory of Covid-19 in India since the start of the pandemic last year, says it does seem that the present Covid surge has reached its peak but, thereafter, we are plateauing at a very high level of cases per day. Bhramar Mukherjee, Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Global Public Health at Michigan University, says that two weeks from now (i.e. end May/early June) India’s daily increase in Covid cases will be between 150,000 and 200,000. At that point the daily increase in deaths will be 3,000 a day. At the moment the daily increase in cases is 325,000 and daily deaths are just under 4,000.

The numbers are not accurate. Each state needs to be evaluated different. The absolute numbers are still quite astounding..

Maharashtra: yes, as it is doing a lot of tests, and the positivity rate is going down. Delhi is also though it is less clear as it is doing less testing.. there is a genuine decline.

Rural India: appalled at the quality of data.. very hard to say what is the situation without data.

India denying community transmission saying it is only cluster transmission - no semblence of science in this statement. Cases coming down at a reasonably good rate.. It will take a long time for hospital requirements to go down to earlier levels...Need to plan a nuanced exit plan of  the Lockdown.

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As the World Health Organisation warns that the COVID Crisis in India continues to be "hugely concerning", the WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan speaks to Barkha Dutt. As bodies are dumped in the rivers of rural India there are now fears of a new public health crisis even as the COVID fires continue to simmer through India's villages https://youtu.be/N2lNIYXrLlA?t=550

Bodies in Prayagraj: https://youtu.be/N2lNIYXrLlA?t=119

The NHRC must ask every state to submit figures of death certificates issues last year… from 50,000 death certificates to 1 lakh death certificates is an unexplained increase.: Shri P Chidambaram  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYhaiaYjGJc

Global Media Blames Pm For India's 'Covid Hell' | Reality Check  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFn1zxtxz-Y "We do see a lot of pushbacks from PM Modi's supporters and their machinery, but I have been taken aback by what seems to be this outpouring of anger on social media towards the government," said Amy Kazmin, South Asia bureau chief of Financial Times, on people's reaction to the government's handling of the pandemic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XukG6T8m0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XukG6T8m0

At #Varanasi's Harishchandra Ghat in Uttar Pradesh, #cremation workers continue to demand exorbitant sums for conducting funeral rites despite the local administration having capped the rates. To address this and to ease pressure on ghats as bodies continue to pour in, the administration has also opened another cremation site.

At the temples, meanwhile, ghant, an earthern vessel used for worshipping the departed soul, are growing in number, telling their own story of how #Covid is devastating the holy city.

Gangotri Dham portals open amid Covid-19 pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrvMvJUf81k

https://youtu.be/YRlHf-OoPDA Prime Time With Ravish Kumar - May 14, 2021: फरवरी में जब मोदी सरकार (Modi Government) ने अपना बजट पेश किया, तब वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने कहा कि कोविड के टीके (Covid Vaccine) के लिए इस साल 35,000 करोड़ का प्रावधान किया गया है और इसके अलावा भी पैसा दिया जाएगा. तो इस बजट के रहते राज्यों से क्यों कहा जा रहा है कि वे अपने बजट से टीका खरीदें. क्या राज्यों को टीका खरीदने के लिए कोई पैसा दिया गया. 'इंडिया स्पेंड' की श्रेया रमण और श्रीहरि पलियथ की रिपोर्ट में बताया गया है कि 8 गरीब राज्यों को अपने स्वास्थ्य बजट का तीस प्रतिशत टीका खरीदने पर खर्च करना पड़ेगा. बिहार, छत्तीसगढ़, झारखंड, मध्य प्रदेश, राजस्थान और उत्तराखंड शामिल हैं. जब दुनिया के बड़े देश टीके के रिसर्च और विकास में पैसा लगा रहे थे, कंपनियों से खरीद रहे थे और मुफ्त बांटने की रणनीति बना रहे थे, तब सोचिए मोदी सरकार ने भारत की ही दो कंपनियों में एक नया पैसा नहीं लगाया लेकिन टीके के वितरण से लेकर हर चीज़ पर ऐसे नियंत्रण रखा, जैसे सब कुछ मोदी सरकार कर रही है. न तो रिसर्च में पैसा लगाया और न खरीदने में.

“My grandfather died waiting for an #oxygencylinder. This is murder,” said Nikita. She is not the only one who was scammed by a person going by the name of #SachinAgarwal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-4Yiq4cFc0 We found that between April 29 and May 5, he defrauded close to 30 people in Delhi looking for oxygen cylinders for Covid patients. Twenty four of them have disclosed on social media how much they lost to the #fraud – Rs 4,65,500 in total. I’m one of them.

Sachin Agarwal is defrauding people looking for oxygen. Who is he? He has scammed at least a dozen people for over Rs 4.5 lakh. I’m one of them.
By Nidhi Suresh06 May, 2021 https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/05/06/sachin-agarwal-is-defrauding-people-looking-for-oxygen-who-is-he

Des Ki Baat: Online Fraud And Black Marketing Of COVID Medicines And Oxygen On The Rise May 14, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC_JvcsysfQ

चाहे मोदी जी हमें कितना भी रोके युवा कांग्रेस और कांग्रेस देश के लोगों की सेवा करती रहेगी

चाहे मोदी जी हमें कितना भी रोके युवा कांग्रेस और कांग्रेस देश के लोगों की सेवा करती रहेगी: रणदीप सिंह सुरजेवाला https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH1l8qKJy3Q

We salute IYC workers, volunteers & their indomitable leader srinivas for their selfless dedication https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB_WloYMehA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xlYFzVstVs कष्ट का झूठा राग

Des ki baat on the raid at Youth Congress office - Srinivas https://www.youtube.com/embed/MC_JvcsysfQ?t=276ePzAqhEqRiE?&start=276&end=515

7.4 million job losses in April due to lockdowns, unemployment rate jumps to 8%: CMIE

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/1-1-million-job-losses-in-april-due-to-lockdowns-unemployment-rate-jumps-to-8-cmie/articleshow/82600685.cms As per the CMIE, the loss of salaried jobs during these three months totalled 8.6 million, while the cumulative loss of salaried jobs since the pandemic started last year was 12.6 million. India had 85.9 million salaried jobs in 2019-20. This has come down to 73.3 million in April this year.

The CMIE said salaried job losses were disproportionately from rural India — 68% in rural vs 32% in urban India. Urban India accounted for 58% of total salaried jobs in 2019-20, while rural salaried jobs accounted for 42%.

“This disproportionate share of rural salaried jobs in the losses indicates that the damage is mostly among the medium and small-scale industries that are located predominantly in rural India,” it said.

According to the CMIE, the second wave of Covid-19 has stalled economic recovery. “New investments that could create jobs in large numbers are unlikely to be made during the year,” it said, adding that prospects for jobs looked bleak during 2021-22.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaxoiLZetI As the cases continue to rise, lockdown & other stringent curbs have ben imposed in many states. Due to lockdown, economy of the states have been affected. Second Covid wave has affected India's economy adversely. The question is - Growth Recovery In Danger?

Second Wave of COVID Threatens Economic Growth: CRISIL https://www.moneylife.in/article/second-wave-of-covid-threatens-economic-growth-crisil/63828.html

Has Prime Minister Modi's 'Invisble Enemy' sentiment backfired? | Nation Wants To Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLnENABISLs

Why vaccine prices are skyrocketing in India? | India Upfront https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3bbTzGSUtM On India Upfront today, Rahul Shivshankar discusses the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V whose shocking price has been disclosed to the common man. The Russian Vaccine, which is only available in Hyderabad's Dr Reddy’s Laboratories for the price of Rs 948 per dose with an extra 5% GST to be charged on it, summing up the price at around Rs 995 just under Rs 1000 a dose. Which is clearly out of pocket for a common man. The question remains, why the prices of such essential commodities are so high? The debate revolves around such questions. "Because the vaccines have gone to private hands, whatever is in the public domain should be borne by Centre & States," says, Anand Ranganathan, Author. "As long as Govt is (Centre & States) vaccinating the recipient for free of cost, GST doesn’t make an impact," Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP & National Spokesperson, BJP tells Rahul Shivshankar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDW90zs0bOs How this Covid wave has hurt Indian economy — falling indicators, lower growth expectations Most forecasters expect that the fall in output compared to pre-pandemic levels will be less than in the first quarter last year when the full lockdown was imposed. But while the economy will do better than last year, it is expected not to reach pre-pandemic levels this year due to the second wave. Economist Ila Patnaik explains what these forecasts mean