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by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 23, 2021 10:01 AM Joyel Murmu campaigning in Habibpur. (Twitter) Snapshot The BJP started making inroads in Habibpur in the 1990s when the Scheduled Castes were the first to turn saffron. For nearly seven decades, more than 1 lakh tribals of Habibpur Assembly segment in Bengalâs Malda district have been waiting for the promise of âliberationâ to come true. âLiberationâ from poverty, hunger, disease, unemployment, illiteracy and backwardness. This is the âliberationâ that the communists had been promising them for the past 70 years. Far from this Left promise from coming true, the condition of the tribals have only deteriorated. So much so that an overwhelming majority of the able-bodied among them have to migrate to other states in search of employment as labourers. ....
Representative image MUMBAI: Vaccination for all above 45 years began on a high note as the state and the city registered record turnouts on Thursday, giving a much-needed nudge to a drive that was losing steam. Maharashtra recorded over 3lakh vaccinations while Mumbai breached 55,000, the highest in a single day for both. In Mumbai, over 37,000 from 45 to 59 years got vaccinated, a significant jump from the ,000-5,000 from the same age group with co-morbidities who were turning up. Urging districts to prioritize immunisation in areas facing a surge in cases, principal health secretary Dr Pradeep Vyas said in a circular that field units must decide if they want to cover wards/villages sequentially or eligible groups in the shortest time. He asked districts to try and exhaust the recent vaccine consignment (of 26.77lakh doses) in 5-7 days by pushing daily vaccinations to 4lakh. ....