3 January 2022
Issues that matter
Omicron wave: New Covid cases rise sharply across India; 81% of all cases in Delhi are Omicron; states across the country kick-started the Covid vaccination for teenagers, aged between 15 to 18 years; 40 lakh vaccinated
China builds infrastructure across the line of actual control: China is building a new bridge on Pangong Tso which will provide an additional axis to deploy troops faster
On farmer deaths, Modi allegedly asked, “Did they die for me?”: BJP’s own governor of Meghalaya made this revealing and striking claim on Prime Minister Modi’s response when he was internally questioned; Prime Minister Modi is the first and only PM in India’s history to have never held a press conference and be questioned openly by the media
Fix the dams before they burst: Gandhi Sagar Dam on Chambal River in Madhya Pradesh is in need of immediate repair, warned a new report by the government auditor; It is one of the five water reservoirs of national importance
Inaction by the government leads to round 2 of harassment: 100s of Muslim women find themselves being “auctioned” online by unknown groups; a similar thing had happened a few months ago and there was no action taken by the government despite pleas to the IT minister and police