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Do big election rallies matter?
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When the Brigade Parade Ground in the heart of Kolkata was almost full during the Left-Congress-Indian Secular Front Sanyukta Morcha rally on Februay 28, little could people its critics included imagine that the Left Front, which had ruled the state for 34 long years at a stretch until only a
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The writer is professor of statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
When the Brigade Parade Ground in the heart of Kolkata was almost full during the Left-Congress-Indian Secular Front Sanyukta Morcha rally on Februay 28, little could people its critics included imagine that the Left Front, which had ruled the state for 34 long years at a stretch until only a decade ago, would draw a blank in the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections. However, this would be a good time to examine whether huge rallies a traditional electoral yardstick actually correlate to support o
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May 11, 2021
Panaji, May 11: Oxygen shortage led to 26 deaths in four hours at the Goa Medical College, the state s top government hospital, in the early hours of Tuesday.
Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has now sought a probe into the deaths by the Bombay High Court bench in Panaji. I request the High Court to check if there is mismanagement or shortage and bring out a white paper using experts. High Court should take over Covid management of GMC, Rane told reporters.
According to the Health Minister, between 2 am and 6 am on Tuesday, 26 persons lost their lives and added that while there was no mismanagement, the hospital had not received an adequate supply of oxygen.