Day: April 30, 2021

Facebook blocks #ResignModi posts, restores it calling it a mistake

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Facebook has blocked posts tagged #ResignModi before restoring them hours later, raised  controversy that’s erupted over government requests to remove social media content as India grapples with an escalating Covid crisis, it has restored it hours later calling it a mistake.   The blocking on Wednesday, Facebook said, wasn’t at the behest of the government.   We temporarily blocked this hashtag by mistake, not because the Indian government asked us to, and have since restored it,” a Facebook company spokesperson said. Meanwhile, Electronics &IT Ministry also clarified saying that the government hasn’t…

Mark Zuckerberg comes forward to support India with $10 million

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I’m thinking of everyone in India and hoping we get this virus under control soon. Facebook is working with UNICEF to help people understand when they should go to the hospital and giving $10 million to emergency response efforts. More soon and I hope you stay healthy, says Mark Zuckerberg,   As India grapples with the current wave of COVID-19, we are committed to doing our bit to support local communities in the country with medical supplies and other life saving equipment. Earlier this week, Mark announced a $10 million…

Arrogant Modi-Shah Regime Dismissed Scientific Warnings – by Brinda Karat

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George Floyd’s last words, “I can’t breathe”, resonated across the world to symbolize the brutal reality of a racist police force in the US. Today in India, there is a different context: these tragic words are whispered across homes and outside hospitals as Covid patients struggle to breathe, deprived of life-saving oxygen. “I can’t breathe”, symbolizing the arrogance of a chest-thumping central leadership of the government of India, a leadership that dismissed warnings of the coming Covid tsunami from experts, based on scientific research and concrete data, a leadership mesmerised by…

Over 9.1 million pilgrims visited holi Mahakumbh this year

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A data was released by Kumbh Mela Force on April 29 which revealed that around 9.1 million people attended the Mahakumbh this year despite rising covid cases in the country.Massive crowd had participated in the religious gathering turning it into a ‘super spreader event’ of Covid19. Covid norms and protocols were not followed by not wearing any masks and maintaining social distancing with such a huge crowd is impossible, resulting in an alarming surge of cases.   It is really shocking that, Kumbh 2021 was allowed even when the second…