Delayed action on shoring up vaccines, and India’s return to pre-pandemic normal with a vengeance have been seen as signs of fatigue as well as a level of complacence.
Epidemiologists say it was probably govt's mixed messaging & optimistic communications that caused general public to underestimate the pandemic, and set stage for the new Covid wave.
Health is a state subject, but the reins of India’s Covid battle have been with Centre since Day One. However, Centre says all decisions were made in consultation with states and UTs.
Additional Secretary in Union Consumer Affairs Ministry said states have been asked to keep grocery stores/warehouses and chemist shops outside the restrictions under Section 144.
Talks come at a time states and private hospitals claim there is a shortage of vaccines. The Rs 904 crore vaccine plant currently manufactures disinfectants and sanitisers.
Only essential services will be allowed to function during the weekend lockdown, with public transport like DTC buses and the Metro also restricted to those providing the services.
All Covid patients waiting outside Ahmedabad Civil Hospital find themselves in this position because the hospital is out of oxygen and ventilator beds amid a surge in infections.
My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.
SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.
Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
Modi himself did not take two key steps : (1) get together with the opposition and Election Commission and request a postponement of elections (2) prevent the astrologers from bringing the Kumbh forward by an year.
Now what is the point of bullying the small fry and demoralising them ? It is just a pretence.
Opposition was/is never interested in co-operation. The central idea of opposition is what Rajiv Gandhi had said: ” I would have rather India destroyed than become non-secular”.
So the opposition behavior particularly of Congress, TMC, RJD, SP, DMK, NCP are result of that thinking. So it is waste of time for seek co-operation from them. It is good that civil servants are taken to task. Until now during long Congress rule they have been eating beacon. Now they have to pay price.
“Until now during long Congress rule they have been eating beacon.”
Why would anyone eat beacon?
That’s Called Passing The Responsibility, As Usual !! If it’s Good, Take Full Credit, Otherwise ….
1st of all he himself as the leader of this country what he hs done. Leaving the whole county in pain and agony doing rallies in other states, I don’t understand whether he is pm or election campaign agent of BJP. What ever time left in that without thinking of people only doing preaching.
So who do you want as PM your fellow Marathi like Sharad Pawar, Uddav Thakre or Mamata Benarjee or Rahul Gandhi ?
Absolutely correct question, until something is highlighted no one bothers.
Decisions n planing should b done actively n smartly so tat people will b saved.
No bloody beds no bloody oxygen.
Simply say corona loot money n make everyone miserable.
Wat will people without money do just loose their loved ones.
Need to b active n. Quick enough to take a proper decision.
One says bloody lockdown one says bloody give 25k to each family.
R thesw educated govt officials or just to make. Money out of crap corona.
Poor people r suffering n one is bothered.
Cm gets corona gets cured in within a week.
Gets discharged.
Drama, natak absolutely crap govt.
I wish military rule comes to our country
Caught napping for sure.
Maybe the focus of the govt nd key officials was diverted due to the elections in many states nd activities like kumbh nd more.
The covid situation for sure was at the backburner during this time.
Surprisingly the so called experts couldn’t anticipate it coming.
Nd the general public never seems to learn depending on the govt for everything.
The response is surely delayed by a month or so.
Kumbh in uttarakhand. What the Govts. in Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, Kanataka & Punjab were doing. Further, health is a state subject. No state Govt. improved their medical infra in the last one year. They were studying Master degree in blaming Central Govt. & Modi.
It is high time you stop this paid propaganda of this government or you are just a blind follower whatever. You seem to suggest that in a country of 1.3 bn, we donot have anyone who is better than this megalomaniac?
Yes. We have better ones Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Akhilesh Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mamata Banerjee. Yes we have plenty of samples that a Secu kuttes like you like.
Scientists should be given some flak as well.
There was a BHU paper written by Indian scientists in Feb analysing why second wave will not strike India!
Scientists who wrote the paper should go back to the drawing board and understand where they went wrong in their studies. Does not reflect well on our scientist community if they don’t do a thorough job.
PM and bureaucrats can only act in time if they get scientific inputs from scientists.
After the way Assam NRC Chief bureaucrat Pratyek Hajela hounded , bureaucrats are all shying away from taking decisions. If they had had been active and if the 2nd wave did not take off, then the same bureaucrats would have been hounded for false alarm. The situation of bureaucrats staying far from decisions will not change but get worse on the coming days.
Yah ,it seems you know better than that of other, come forward and give a big hand, because it,s the duty for all of us to help the country in this situation.But
It is easy to say with a big mouth, but doing is hard ,my friend.
See what is coming out now..one side rallies , Melas..and then putting everything on officers.. I am sure no officer had will or guts to ask bjp got to stop elections and postpone it.
Berating bureaucrats in public or retiring them for non performance is just PR. The leader selected his bureaucrats, so he can’t blame his team. The buck stops with the PM.
The mass leader needs to take some accountability.
Did he ask these bureaucrats for their opinion before giving go ahead to Kumbh mela or election campaigns ?
Now that a lot of flak is pouring in, efforts are being to shift the blame to others. Find a scapegoat and hang him. The real actors of this monumental blunder are the “Great Indian duo” who cares none and are throwing the Citizens to the pandemic. No institutions worth its salt has the temerity to stop them. In short, the Citizens have let loose proverbial Frankenstein. Period.
It is a combination of Government inefficiency ( Central and State level) and complacency by citizens. When wave 2 was rampant all over world how come we can be spared. The main stream media was also interested covering election, waze case etc and never questioned Government for preparation of upcoming Tsunami. We can fight against covid only through self discipline.
Too much bureaucracy, or too less bureaucracy, or too indifferent bureaucracy?
On one hand we would have elections, melas and general fatigue on lockdowns, and lower COVID numbers drawing complacency.
On the other hand, do we have processes to empower bureaucrats to take lead and execute – what at the incentives for performance and what are the frights of non-performance, and how is performance measured?
The person who deserves to receive the most of flak is our Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. He had the effrontery to pronounce that not all but only those who need will get vaccine. This is the worst kind of statement to be made by the Health Minister of the nation. He needs to be pulled up for his indiscretion.
Fellow was busy sharpening aggressive religious bigotry through kumbh melas, conducting laughable mimicry in Bengal elections and UP gram panchayats, when even a fool would advise you to stay indoors.
Everyone else is responsible for whatever goes wrong and this cartoon claims credit even if monsoon arrives on time.
This is typical of Nehru family with idea: ” I would rather have India destroyed than become non-secular”
Modi himself did not take two key steps : (1) get together with the opposition and Election Commission and request a postponement of elections (2) prevent the astrologers from bringing the Kumbh forward by an year.
Now what is the point of bullying the small fry and demoralising them ? It is just a pretence.
Opposition was/is never interested in co-operation. The central idea of opposition is what Rajiv Gandhi had said: ” I would have rather India destroyed than become non-secular”.
So the opposition behavior particularly of Congress, TMC, RJD, SP, DMK, NCP are result of that thinking. So it is waste of time for seek co-operation from them. It is good that civil servants are taken to task. Until now during long Congress rule they have been eating beacon. Now they have to pay price.
“Until now during long Congress rule they have been eating beacon.”
Why would anyone eat beacon?
That’s Called Passing The Responsibility, As Usual !! If it’s Good, Take Full Credit, Otherwise ….
1st of all he himself as the leader of this country what he hs done. Leaving the whole county in pain and agony doing rallies in other states, I don’t understand whether he is pm or election campaign agent of BJP. What ever time left in that without thinking of people only doing preaching.
So who do you want as PM your fellow Marathi like Sharad Pawar, Uddav Thakre or Mamata Benarjee or Rahul Gandhi ?
Absolutely correct question, until something is highlighted no one bothers.
Decisions n planing should b done actively n smartly so tat people will b saved.
No bloody beds no bloody oxygen.
Simply say corona loot money n make everyone miserable.
Wat will people without money do just loose their loved ones.
Need to b active n. Quick enough to take a proper decision.
One says bloody lockdown one says bloody give 25k to each family.
R thesw educated govt officials or just to make. Money out of crap corona.
Poor people r suffering n one is bothered.
Cm gets corona gets cured in within a week.
Gets discharged.
Drama, natak absolutely crap govt.
I wish military rule comes to our country
Caught napping for sure.
Maybe the focus of the govt nd key officials was diverted due to the elections in many states nd activities like kumbh nd more.
The covid situation for sure was at the backburner during this time.
Surprisingly the so called experts couldn’t anticipate it coming.
Nd the general public never seems to learn depending on the govt for everything.
The response is surely delayed by a month or so.
Kumbh in uttarakhand. What the Govts. in Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, Kanataka & Punjab were doing. Further, health is a state subject. No state Govt. improved their medical infra in the last one year. They were studying Master degree in blaming Central Govt. & Modi.
It is high time you stop this paid propaganda of this government or you are just a blind follower whatever. You seem to suggest that in a country of 1.3 bn, we donot have anyone who is better than this megalomaniac?
Yes. We have better ones Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Akhilesh Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mamata Banerjee. Yes we have plenty of samples that a Secu kuttes like you like.
Scientists should be given some flak as well.
There was a BHU paper written by Indian scientists in Feb analysing why second wave will not strike India!
Scientists who wrote the paper should go back to the drawing board and understand where they went wrong in their studies. Does not reflect well on our scientist community if they don’t do a thorough job.
PM and bureaucrats can only act in time if they get scientific inputs from scientists.
After the way Assam NRC Chief bureaucrat Pratyek Hajela hounded , bureaucrats are all shying away from taking decisions. If they had had been active and if the 2nd wave did not take off, then the same bureaucrats would have been hounded for false alarm. The situation of bureaucrats staying far from decisions will not change but get worse on the coming days.
Yah ,it seems you know better than that of other, come forward and give a big hand, because it,s the duty for all of us to help the country in this situation.But
It is easy to say with a big mouth, but doing is hard ,my friend.
See what is coming out now..one side rallies , Melas..and then putting everything on officers.. I am sure no officer had will or guts to ask bjp got to stop elections and postpone it.
What is the use of PM himself if all the work has to be done by secretaries.
Is it not his and only his responsibility to ORDER THEM to prepare for second wake.
What good is a team without a leader.
He was just busy with his rallies. Country will not pardon him this time. No more suffering.
Berating bureaucrats in public or retiring them for non performance is just PR. The leader selected his bureaucrats, so he can’t blame his team. The buck stops with the PM.
The mass leader needs to take some accountability.
Did he ask these bureaucrats for their opinion before giving go ahead to Kumbh mela or election campaigns ?
PM Modi and all political party leaders should apologize for conducting mega election rallies. Passing the buck won’t help the situation
The bureaucrats did not take into account the PM sponsored super spreader events like Maha Kumbh & Modi’s massive election rallys
Why can’t we do the things that worked last time. Banging vessels, lighting diyas…
Now that a lot of flak is pouring in, efforts are being to shift the blame to others. Find a scapegoat and hang him. The real actors of this monumental blunder are the “Great Indian duo” who cares none and are throwing the Citizens to the pandemic. No institutions worth its salt has the temerity to stop them. In short, the Citizens have let loose proverbial Frankenstein. Period.
It is a combination of Government inefficiency ( Central and State level) and complacency by citizens. When wave 2 was rampant all over world how come we can be spared. The main stream media was also interested covering election, waze case etc and never questioned Government for preparation of upcoming Tsunami. We can fight against covid only through self discipline.
As usual, passing the buck/blame. Great politician…lousy PM.
Too much bureaucracy, or too less bureaucracy, or too indifferent bureaucracy?
On one hand we would have elections, melas and general fatigue on lockdowns, and lower COVID numbers drawing complacency.
On the other hand, do we have processes to empower bureaucrats to take lead and execute – what at the incentives for performance and what are the frights of non-performance, and how is performance measured?
Ulta chor Kotwal ko daantey!
The person who deserves to receive the most of flak is our Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. He had the effrontery to pronounce that not all but only those who need will get vaccine. This is the worst kind of statement to be made by the Health Minister of the nation. He needs to be pulled up for his indiscretion.
Irrational megalomaniac.
Fellow was busy sharpening aggressive religious bigotry through kumbh melas, conducting laughable mimicry in Bengal elections and UP gram panchayats, when even a fool would advise you to stay indoors.
Everyone else is responsible for whatever goes wrong and this cartoon claims credit even if monsoon arrives on time.
This is typical of Nehru family with idea: ” I would rather have India destroyed than become non-secular”