24 May 2021
Normalising hate: IIT Bombay invites Kapil Mishra to interact with students; Mishra had made hate speeches in the run up to Delhi riots
The consequences of not having a vaccine information campaign: Villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki jumped into the river to escape getting vaccinated against Covid
"There is a mystery in India’s vaccination numbers that official figures don’t seem to be able to explain”; Covishield output at 6 crore, Covaxin output at 2 crore doses/month; yet only 5 crore will be given by May-end
Modi government appointed Gujarati administrator brings unease to the islands of Lakshadweep through a range of repressive policies including arrests of peaceful protestors, a new draconian law to act against protestors, removal of local food items from schools, mass dismissals of workers, closing down anganwadis, demolishing temporary fisherman sheds and more
Consumer confidence tumbles by 6.3 percentage points in May 2021; ICRA pegs India's Q4 GDP growth at 2 per cent; Banks operating in India reported fraud of Rs 4.92 trillion as on March 31, 2021, which represents nearly 4.5% of the total bank credit