Thursday, May 21, 2020

20,000 Crore Central Vista Redevelopment - Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne? | Analysis on The Deshbhakt

Our economy may be in the ICU and our nation may be battling an unprecedented medical / financial emergency...yet the Govt is moving ahead with its ambitious plan to redevelop the capital's Central Vista area. The project, which will be executed by HCP designs, includes construction of a new triangular Parliament building next to the existing one, common Central Secretariat and revamping of the 3-km-long Rajpath — from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate. It also proposes a new PM residence at Rajpath. Many existing heritage buildings are expected to be demolished soon - so that the new central vista is ready by the time India celebrates its 75th Independence Day. Under normal circumstances and with a growing economy - this may have been acceptable and even welcome...but with Govt. coffers running on empty and economy touching historic lows - this vanity project is a poor joke on people who are struggling to make ends meet!

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

it's Migrants vs Apathy!! | The Deshbhakt's - RoastChallenge for CarryMinati

Who wants to shed tears seeing migrants battle for survival - trying to get home?? Even if this video does not get demonitized (which it will) / it may be pulled down - even if it survives - it will never get the views that catfights do. However The DeshBhakt family wanted this - so we did it. We cried a lot while making it and if this video upsets you - then that is a good sign - shows that there is humanity around us ..... and finally towards the end this video - there is little challenge to CarryMinati - because he is so talented & he can can really create an impact - IF he wants. BUT FIRST A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR THOSE WHO LIVE UNDER A ROCK AND DONT KNOW ABOUT THE BIGGEST SOCIAL MEDIA BATTLE OF OUR TIMES - It all started with a squabble between creators on the TikTok platform and YouTubers.... over who is better / more original & pulling in more viewers (read money). It landed up being a full scale class war - with cuss words / allegations / homophobia and derision - that has torn the competing social media platforms into two. Not only that - there is a full blown communal angle being added by the media in this. While the nation has been witnessing the WORST internal migrant crisis in its history (on the back of an unprecedented medial and economic disaster) - YouTube has been agonising over why CarryMinati's roast video of Amir Siddiqui was taken down by the platform managers..... So for a brief moment Team Deshbhakt was in self-doubt over the whole point of making a video on migrants .... when majority of people didn't give a flying F over what was going on, when every second video on the platform was YouTube vs TikTok. Finally a quick poll in the Deshbhakt Community (with close to a lakh voters) gave us the confidence that we were doing the right thing. Feels good to have a mature / sensible audience - no matter how small. SO HERE WE ARE This video is a sorry to migrants - whom we have failed.This video is a tribute - to those brave journalists who are out there reporting the truthThis video is a wake up call - to social media brats to wake up for once and smell the rot that is brewing around us This video is meant to make us uncomfortable - because then maybe we can start feeling something Hope you like it - hope you join us on the Deshbhakt to more such hard hitting videos.

Monday, April 20, 2020

Media briefing on COVID-19.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Is India underreporting the coronavirus outbreak? - BBC News

The number of coronavirus cases in India has reached over 10,000 and over 300 people have died of the infection so far, according to John Hopkins University data.

But doctors have told the BBC that the real scale of the outbreak is not yet known because of how the country has been testing so far. The BBC’s India correspondent Yogita Limaye reports from Mumbai.

Sunday, April 12, 2020

Coronavirus: mass grave in New York - facing world's highest death rate - BBC News

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Coronavirus | Wuhan market in China before corona virus

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Researchers from guangzhou, china have suggested that pangolins may be an intermediate animal source of the coronavirus between the bat and humans in the epidemic

Journalist goes undercover at "wet markets", where the Coronavirus started | 60 Minutes Australia

Coronavirus may have originated from Wuhan market

The deadly coronavirus outbreak may have originated in a Wuhan, China food market. New York Times Beijing bureau chief Steven Lee Myers joins CBSN to talk about the potential link.

How wildlife trade is linked to coronavirus And why the disease first appeared in China. NOTE: As our expert Peter Li points out in the video, “The majority of the people in China do not eat wildlife animals. Those people who consume these wildlife animals are the rich and the powerful –a small minority.” This video explains how the people of China are themselves victims of the conditions that led to coronavirus. The virus is affecting many different countries and cultures, and there is never justification for xenophobia or racism.

Monday, April 6, 2020

Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people's lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a 'voice to the voiceless'.

Al Jazeera English | Live

Coronavirus: More health myths to ignore

Lemon juice, mosquito bites and blood donations? Reality Check's Chris Morris tackles more myths about coronavirus that are being shared online.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).^[6] The disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, and has since spread globally, resulting in the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.^[7]^[8] Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.^[9] Other symptoms may include muscle pain, diarrhea, sore throat, loss of smell, and abdominal pain.^[3]^[10]^[11] While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms, some progress to viral pneumonia and multi-organ failure.^[7]^[12] As of 5 April 2020, more than 1.23 million^[5] cases of have been reported in more than two hundred countries and territories,^[13] resulting in more than 67,200 deaths.^[5] More than 252,000 people have recovered.^[5]The virus is mainly spread during close contact,^[a] and by small droplets produced when people cough, sneeze, or talk.^[4]^[15]^[14] These small droplets may be produced during breathing but the virus is not generally airborne.^[4]^[15]^[16] People may also catch COVID-19 by touching a contaminated surface and then their face.^[4]^[14] The virus can survive on surfaces up to 72 hours.^[17] It is most contagious during the first three days after symptom onset, although spread may be possible before symptoms appear and in later stages of the disease.^[18] Time from exposure to onset of symptoms is generally between two and fourteen days, with an average of five days

Symptoms of COVID-19
Pronunciation	/kəˈroʊnəˌvaɪrəs dɪˈziːz, ˈkoʊvɪd/
Specialty	Infectious diseases
Symptoms	Fever, cough, shortness of breath, none^[3]^[4]
Complications	Pneumonia, viral sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, kidney failure
Usual onset	5 days from exposure (may range between 2–14 days)
Causes	Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Risk factors	Travel, viral exposure
Diagnostic method	rRT-PCR testing, CT scan
Prevention	Hand washing, quarantine, social distancing
Treatment	Symptomatic and supportive
Frequency	1,237,420^[5] confirmed cases
Deaths	67,260 (5.4% of confirmed cases)^[5]