Is women's safety finally a poll issue in Bengal? Marya Shakil tracks Kolkata's poll pulse
An India Today ground report from West Bengal highlights the key issues dominating the upcoming state elections.
Tonnes of foreign aid in the form of oxygen generators, concentrators and ventilators were received by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials in the past one week. Around 40 countries came forward to help India deal with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated many parts of the country.
It, however, has come to light that while the first consignment of Covid-19 assistance arrived in India on April 25, the Centre took seven days to frame the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for distributing these life-saving medical supplies among states even as hospitals begged for oxygen and people succumbed to the deadly disease. India asks why?
An India Today ground report from West Bengal highlights the key issues dominating the upcoming state elections.
Over 27 lakh people's names in West Bengal have been deleted from the voter rolls following the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision. The deletions have affected various demographics, including members of the Indian Chinese community in Kolkata's historic Chinatown, who have voted in the state for decades.
Gurugram drug controller officers intercepted a car in DLF Phase IV, seizing fake Mounjaro injections worth nearly fifty-six lakh rupees. The counterfeit weight loss and diabetes drugs lacked proper cold chain storage and licenses, leading to the arrest of two men.
In an interview with India Today, film director and critic K Hariharan discusses actor Vijay's entry into politics and upcoming Tamil Nadu elections. Hariharan states that Vijay cannot immediately replicate the political success of former Chief Minister MGR.