Vaccines work: Of the 1798 people who died of Covid in Goa in the second wave, 1792 of them had not taken a single dose of the vaccine; Only 0.4% of the deaths were of fully vaccinated people

Vaccination programme troubles: The urban-rural divide in Covid vaccinations grows steadily; urban districts have vaccinated 27% of the eligible people once, compared to just 14.7% in rural districts; the Covid vaccination advisory body says it never approved of the doubling the gap between doses, but the government went ahead anyway

Modi government blurring line between protest, terrorism, and slapping draconian laws to curb dissent: What the Delhi High Court said in Delhi violence case bail order

Government claims that Twitter has failed to meet the provisions under the new set of rules it created, leading to Twitter losing its “social media intermediary” status, meaning Twitter employees in India could be liable for any content published by users

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 700 per bag hike in subsidy for a fertiliser; the increase will result in an additional cost of Rs 14,775 crore to the exchequer