By Gyan Pathak Despite sufficient stock of oxygen in India, COVID-19 patients in hospitals across the country have been dying because its unavailability. Distribution issues have been preventing its availability at the hospitals. The centre has been monitoring the situation for over a year, but issues still remains unresolved....
By Arun Srivastava Though under strict instructions from the Calcutta High Court to adhere to the Covid norms and enforce health safety norms during the assembly election process, including campaigning, the Election Commission has managed to safeguard the interest of its political masters by not agreeing to club the...
By Prosenjit Datta Serum Institute of India’s (SII) announcement of the Covishield prices it will charge the Union government, the states and, finally to the private hospitals raises several disquieting questions. According to a clarification released by SII, it was charging the Union government around Rs 150 per dose...
By Prakash Karat The Covid-19 cases crossed over 2,34,000 on April 17, the very day Narendra Modi addressed an election rally in Asansol, West Bengal, where he congratulated the people for coming in large numbers and declared that he had not seen such crowds in a rally before. This...
By Gyan Pathak India has sufficient stock of oxygen, says the Union Government. It means the catastrophic oxygen crisis in the country is created either artificially for profiteering, criminal neglect of responsibility, or obstructing its smooth movement by design or carelessness. This essential commodity for sustaining human life is...
By Krishna Jha India has entered a new horror phase of Covid 19, which no other country has faced till now. According to reports, there are 3.16 lakh new cases, highest ever for any country. The number does not include those in Ladakh and Tripura, either the suffering or...
By Sushil Kutty A section of America is battling what it terms as “medical tyranny”, asking people to “fight now” or forever “lose your freedoms and die as a medical experiment prisoner.” The adherents of this worldview reject masks, vaccines and lockdowns. They go so far as to say...
By Anjan Roy In the midst of all the uncertainties and tailspins of last one year, there has been one exception — the rise and rise of the Bitcoin. Currently, it is well past $60,000 and, if God does not know, Elon Musk of Tesla seems to be aware...
By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr There is speculation about what sort of Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana would make. “He is not the kind of judge who will clash with the executive. Nor is he likely to cause ripples through his legal pronouncements. His will be a...
By Michael Berkowitz There are many reasons to see Aaron Sorkin’s Academy Award-nominated film The Trial of the Chicago 7. Writer-director Sorkin has gifted us with a well-written, often well-acted lesson in history and political philosophy. Although the focus is on ideas, heartfelt emotions, and wry humor leaven Sorkin’s...