Large protests in spain over pardon to separatists, Swiss says no to climate measures that they say are too steep.
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GST cuts; limit on Hajj, G7 vs China
G7 takes on China but their commitments to climate change so far has been poor; Covid-19 has forced Saudi to ban foreigners from Hajj.
June 12- Covaxin’s Hard Reality, Sombre Spain
Covaxin’s troubles do not seem to end. Supreme Court has said it will pull back from deciding the fate of Italian marines who shot and killed two Indian fishermen.
June 11: Tata Has Veggies, Meds and Delivery
Tata Digital, as we have been highlighting before, is on a buying spree. Its latest acquisition puts it on the online pharma map. Does Yogi Adityanath have butterflies in his stomach as he goes to meet the Top-2 in Delhi?
June 10 – Sensitive Infos; Digi Coins
The SII has doubled the price of polio vaccine, the delay over Covaxin data is strange and the health ministry’s “keep vaccine stocks secret” advisory to states is even more strange. Bitcoin has been legalised in a country. Guess which?
June 7 – Good numbers, bad numbers
Today we see the Centre possibly going back to procuring vaccines again and the weird case of North India registering far too few cases.
June 5: Delta Variant vs Vaccines; Aliens on Earth
Today we learn about more evidence that getting both shots of the Covid vaccine is extremely important. Kerala has won a case against Karnataka. Update your economics with a UN report on food prices and RBI’s expectations of GDP. And on the blog, watch how an elephant pays its respects to his dead mahout.
June 3 – Queen Rocked, Harry Potter’s Magic Still On
For first time, there are very few Covid-19 reports in the papers today. This is a sign, but hopefully NOT of govts or public taking the virus lightly. An explosive story from the Guardian has exposed how the Buckingham Palace has been undercutting racial and sex discrimination laws. Chennai schools are rattled by more allegationsContinue reading “June 3 – Queen Rocked, Harry Potter’s Magic Still On”
June 2 – More Covid Vaccines, ‘Ice’ in Iceland Is Shrinking Fast
Your News of June 2
June 1 – Bird ‘Quits’ Humans, Warning Signs on Covid
Climate studies generally paint a grim picture and the latest follows this trend saying that millions of people have died due to heat over the last 20 years, the Supreme Court finally says that there is a need to look into the sedition laws and India’s GDP is in the doldrums. There is also the story of a rare bird that may have decided “I had enough of humans, I am going to the mountains”.