Gujarat government goes after sellers of non-veg food: many municipalities ban selling cooked non-veg food items along roads, schools and colleges; poor roadside stall owners suffer even as there is no similar ban for hotels and restaurants; Gujarat Chief Minister justifies ban by invoking traffic; 40% of Gujaratis are meat eaters

Bovine health: Uttar Pradesh government is purchasing 520 cow ambulances; when the Covid second wave hit, there was a huge deficit for hospital beds, ambulances, oxygen and crematoriums for humans

Government refuses to divulge Covaxin financial details: The central govt flouts RTI & CIC orders, hides details of Covaxin costs and acquisition terms; “India’s vaccine procurement is a case study in how not to manage supply chains in a pandemic", says Neeta Sanghi, pharma industry expert

Exports growth continues: Compared with pre-Covid levels of October 2019, growth in the value of goods exported was up nearly 36 per cent

Inflation rises: The wholesale price inflation rate jumped to a five-month high of 12.5 per cent in October