Health minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan in denial: India Declines UN's Offer of Assistance for Covid Crisis, Says It Has 'Robust System'; Despite rising deaths and coverups of the real figure, Vardhan says, “India’s fatality rate is the lowest in the world”; despite the oxygen crisis, Vardhan says, "O2 was available in adequate quantities earlier also"

Covid in rural India: ‘People are dropping dead like flies’: In Uttar Pradesh villages, Covid-19 turns silent killer even as CM Yogi Adityanath remains in denial; What caused rural Jaunpur’s Covid surge? UP govt suspects 1 lakh carriers; Uttarakhand government wakes up to the reality: suspends Char Dham Yatra this year in view of Covid situation in the state; in Gujarat, skirmish breaks out outside hospitals, with patients wanting to get it

Censorship: As Indians Face A COVID-19 Crisis, Facebook Temporarily Hid Posts With #ResignModi

Even as PM Modi is having a new parliament building constructed, his government ignores parliamentarians that work inside it: Parliamentary panel had predicted second Covid wave five months ago, were ignored

Vaccine shortage: ‘Not enough vaccine doses to meet demand for at least 3 months’; Andhra CM Jagan says vaccination for those above 18 yrs can start only from September; Delhi government claims it has run out of vaccines