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In today’s featured cartoon, Satish Acharya takes a swipe at the Modi government’s Covid vaccine strategy, following Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan’s remarks that the aim is to provide the vaccines not to “those who want it” but to “those who need it”.
Alok Nirantar illustrates the rise in Covid cases in Maharashtra, and the potential impact of a lockdown on small traders and their employees.
Kirtish Bhatt on a case of massive voter irregularity in Assam, as 171 votes were cast at a polling booth with only 90 eligible voters.
Mika Aziz on the latest controversy surrounding the Rafale deal, as French media reports of “suspicious payments” made to a middleman who had previously been arrested by India’s Enforcement Directorate.
E.P. Unny on the Allahabad High Court asking the Uttar Pradesh government to consider the viability of vaccinating people of all ages, and to consider a night curfew due to the rise in Covid cases in the state.
Sandeep Adhwaryu focuses on the Pakistani Cabinet’s rejection of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC)’s proposal to resume the import of cotton and sugar from India.
This Messenger RNA shot (Not a Vaccine) is not required for most, and its incapable of anything. Whatever is happening is still a natural occurrence. Its the human immune cells that are killing Coronavirus. You know, theres no vaccine for cold and flu that works, they are coronaviruses. This too. This whole thing is a foolish narrative thats preplanned for all it can achieve by destroying the human society. For the Love of Money. All involved can at least look in the mirror, smile you have done well in your Anti-humanity actions.
I think some steps in this direction could be making all civil services apolitical like the army and allowing citizens to vote on every law that is passed . Here some might say that India with its low literacy is not suitable for that much democracy. But remember it was the ‘Bimaru ‘states (U.p , Bihar etc)(*) who bought down the Indira Ghadhi autocracy by voting against her.
(*I am from U.P and know why it is called ‘Bimaru’ state ,we all are trying to remove this stain so no hard feelings)