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    ‘Special Ops 2.0’ review: Kay Kay Menon-led suspense thriller often resists momentum

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    Is population decline good for nature? Japan shows that may not be the case

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    ‘Saiyaara’ review: A romance as soaring as it is downbeat

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    Why Zohran Mamdani’s surname tells the story of migration, resilience and community

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    US tariffs will crush lives and livelihoods in Bangladesh, Cambodia garment industries

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    A new book on India vs Australia cricket addresses racism and violent fan reactions

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    How ‘glof’ became a common word in Sikkim – and why it haunts people two years later

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    A new book examines whether Hindu nationalists supported the Zionist project to occupy Palestine

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Covid-19 crisis: Death, despair rages across India, healthcare facilities fail to cater to patients

People continue to die in Delhi hospital parking lots, UP resident blames government apathy for his mother’s death – scenes from India’s Covid-19 tragedy.

Scroll Staff
Apr 22, 2021 · 06:38 pm
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"Covid-19 has hit this country with a ferocity not seen before...but not unexpected either". WARNING - this is a very distressing but necessary report from @yogital, Fred Scott and Sanjay Ganguly on the human catastrophe unfolding in #Delhi. Please watch #CovidIndia #BBCNewsTen pic.twitter.com/A5Pi1nwd0n

— Nicola Careem (@NicolaCareem) April 21, 2021

मेरी मां को #covid ने नहीं, सिस्टम की लापरवाही ने मारा है । #lucknow #soslucknow #Oxygen #COVIDEmergency @UPGovt @myogiadityanath @narendramodi @rajnathsingh @112UttarPradesh @CMOfficeUP

1) (Continued below..) 🙏 pic.twitter.com/lidQmZ5y7R

— Naman Chaturvedi (@Namankasturi) April 21, 2021

3)@brajeshlive @suryapsingh_IAS @SHIFUJIJAIHIND @PragyaLive @digvijaysinghd9 @TheDeshBhakt@varungrover @ajitanjum @Samdish pic.twitter.com/R4nEwpnwRu

— Naman Chaturvedi (@Namankasturi) April 21, 2021

In Faridabad, bodies of #COVID19 patients cremated in a parking lot. pic.twitter.com/Pi8Lxvbe83

— NDTV (@ndtv) April 22, 2021

Lucknow Crematoriums Burning 24/7 With #Covid Bodies..😷

Voted for Temples Masjids
and Castes,
And expect Hospitals.... 🤷🏻‍♂️

FUNDE HI HILE HUE HAIN..😤#WhoFailedIndia #मोदी_भाषण_रोको_आक्सीजन_नहीं pic.twitter.com/ow22hww0Os

— AVIR (@AvirWithINC) April 22, 2021

SHOCKING: Distressed attendants plead before Union Mantri Prahlad Patel for oxygen but the absent MP says “will give you 2 slaps”!

"ऐसे करेगा तो 2 खायेगा"! pic.twitter.com/ha7vy3q8lH

— Prashant Kumar (@scribe_prashant) April 22, 2021
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