Friday, April 26, 2024

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“Nitish Kumar govt has failed us all,” say people who are struggling in COVID situation

The people of Bihar are in the state of constant panic and confusion. With no words coming from the state government and the silence of the officials in the face of vaccination drive and medical help, the people are left in an abyss where no one is coming for their help.

Bhutan, the vaccination nation

The small mountain nation of Bhutan has so far managed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, despite sharing a border with China and India, two countries which have been badly affected by the pandemic. Bhutan is now on the way to vaccinating more than 90 per cent of the eligible adult population.
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Father Stan Swamy takes a stand

Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ It was quintessential Stan! In a manner that has come to characterize him, Jesuit Fr Stan Swamy told the Bombay High...

World’s worst 5 pandemic leaders

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are both accused of mishandling their countries’ COVID-19 outbreaks. Pavel Golovin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Sumit...
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Protests by Palestinian citizens in Israel signal growing sense of a common struggle

Maha Nassar, University of Arizona The world’s attention has turned again to deadly scenes of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the launching of...

Pilgrimage in a pandemic: lessons from Mecca on containing COVID-19

Ahmed Kalebi, University of Nairobi As a Muslim, at least once a year I go on pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, located in Saudi...
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