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Judy Woodruff:
In the day s other news: The COVID crisis in India piled up huge new numbers again, passing 200,000 deaths overall.
Ali Rogin has our report.
Ali Rogin:
Manoj Garg (through translator):
Ali Rogin:
Outside crematoriums, ambulances now wait hours to off-load bodies. Workers hastily build new platforms to keep up with the volume.
Amit Kaushik waited to cremate a relative.
Amit Kaushik:
For cremation area, we searched two or three, but there are no spaces. And, finally, we came here. And we are waiting for the last two or three hours.
Ali Rogin:
Those who can t find hospital beds suffer in the streets. Even inside ICUs, oxygen and other supplies remain scarce.
Witnessing a crime against humanity: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid-19 crisis
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The Booker Prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy claimed that the world is witnessing a crime against humanity , referring to the unfolding Covid-19 crisis in India. In her long-form The Guardian piece published on April 28, she claimed, The system hasn t collapsed. The government has failed. Perhaps failed is an inaccurate word, because what we are witnessing is not criminal negligence, but an outright crime against humanity.
The author draws focus on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s speech at the World Economic Forum held in January this year, where he during the height of a second wave sweeping most European countries and the United States claimed that India saved humanity by effectively controlling the coronavirus pandemic despite predictions that the country would witn
Facebook restores hashtag calling for Modi to resign; says temporarily blocked by mistake
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Facebook has restored the #ResignModi hashtag, which calls for the resignation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reports CNET.
The news follows reports on Wednesday that the social media network was censoring posts with the hashtag because some violated its community standards, the report said. We temporarily blocked this hashtag by mistake, not because the Indian government asked us to, Andy Stone, from Facebook communications, clarified in an emailed statement Wednesday evening. Stone had tweeted earlier in the day saying the hashtag had been restored and the social network was looking into what happened.
Posted on April 29, 2021.
The world is upside down. Today it is the United States that deems Canada not ambitious enough when it comes to fighting climate change. The contrast between Donald Trump, ignorant and indifferent to the environmental threat, and Joe Biden, who has decided to put the United States’ formidable economic power behind the energy transition, is striking.
The ink was barely dry on Chrystia Freeland’s $17.6 billion ($14.3 billion U.S.) green plan, which calls for a 36% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, when Justin Trudeau, participating virtually on Earth Day in an international climate summit organized by the U.S. government, announced an increase in the target, to between 40% and 45%, in front of President Biden and 40-some political leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the president of the European Commission,
The Technology 202: Kamala Harris will lead the Biden administration s push to bring every American online Cat Zakrzewski
with Aaron Schaffer Vice President Harris will lead the Biden administration s unprecedented effort to ensure every American has access to affordable, high-speed Internet. President Biden announced the veep would take the lead on the issue during his first address to a slimmed-down joint session of Congress, where he touted his proposal to create new jobs through investment in expanding Internet access. Biden said his Americans Jobs Plan, which includes $100 billion for broadband expansion, will ensure that rural Americans who still don t have access to fast Internet connections can get online.