Madhya Pradesh health dept carrying out door-to-door survey, water pipeline crossing through drain seen as 'primary reason for infection'. Kids, elderly among infected.
Lives of residents of these ‘galis’ now revolve around arranging for water, approaching authorities for clean supply, looking after the sick & mourning the loss of loved ones.
MP govt is facing flak over its response to the health crisis, especially after a video showed Minister Vijayvargiya's irritable reply to a journalist over a question on the deaths.
We cannot absolve the Election Commission of all the blame, but we must emphasise that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must shoulder the lion’s share of the responsibility for these exclusions.
Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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