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19 January 2022

Issues that matter

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  1. Candidates with criminal cases in Uttar Pradesh: Election Commission has a directive wherein all parties have to declare the criminal cases against its candidates; Samajwadi Party (SP) has listed the criminal cases pending against 20 of its candidates, and the BJP listed criminal cases of its 37 candidates, including against the current Deputy Chief Minister; earlier, when Yogi Adityanath first assumed office as Chief Minister, he removed existing pending cases against himself

  2. Radio Rwanda watch: One of India’s largest Hindi language news channels, News18 India, in its prime-time show frames the Uttar Pradesh elections as “Hindus versus the rest”, feeding into the divisive communal narrative

  3. Antibiotic resistance in aquaculture: Antibiotic misuse and overuse in aquaculture and livestock sectors is leading to antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture; this in turn can hit exports, warns the government

  4. Punished for wearing headscarf: For the last three weeks, eight students from a government pre-university college for girls in Udupi district of Karnataka have been barred from entering their classroom for wearing the hijab or headscarf

  5. Vaccination report card: 65% of India’s eligible 15+ population is now fully vaccinated, while 90% have received at least one dose; however, at the full population level, less than half of Indians are fully vaccinated

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