26 May 2021
Cyclone Yaas: 1 crore people hit, 15 lakh evacuated in West Bengal: Mamata; 5 lakh evacuated in Odisha
Censorship in India: WhatsApp is suing the Indian government, challenging new rules that would force it to break its encryption, and end privacy as we know it; Meanwhile Twitter blocks several accounts critical of the government in response to legal demands; earlier in April, the government had asked Twitter to take down tweets critical of its Covid-19 handling
Jammu and Kashmir all set to create record by vaccinating all above 45 in four districts; people above the age of 45 constituted 88% of all Covid deaths
India reports 11,717 mucormycosis cases in the aftermath of Covid-19; The fungal disease is observed in patients with compromised immune systems due to excessive intake of steroids and have other illnesses such as diabetes
The government’s official numbers show 3 lakh deaths from Covid-19 so far; a study as estimated that the real number could be about 1.6 million