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Thousands of Hindus take holy dip in India, defying COVID surge
2 years, 11 months ago

Thousands of Hindus take holy dip in India, defying COVID surge

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands bathe in the frigid waters of the Ganges river in northern India despite rising COVID-19 infections. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu worshippers have gathered on the banks of India’s Ganges river for a holy dip despite a 30-fold rise in coronavirus cases in the past month. “But the saints and a large number of people were bent …

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COVID Death Data: Verify Facts Before Placing Them In Court, Else It Would Amount To Filing Of False Affidavit: Patna HC To Govt
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID Death Data: Verify Facts Before Placing Them In Court, Else It Would Amount To Filing Of False Affidavit: Patna HC To Govt

Live Law  

Observing that in Buxar District of Bihar, if in 10 days only in one crematorium, 789 persons were cremated, then what would be the position in the entire District, the Patna High Court on Monday directed the State Government, "All facts first must be verified from all sources and then only placed before us, else it will amount to filing …

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Lalu Yadav targets govt after bodies found floating in Ganga
3 years, 7 months ago

Lalu Yadav targets govt after bodies found floating in Ganga

India TV News  

After scores of decomposed and half burnt bodies were found floating in the Ganga river, former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad has targeted the government over the issue. Lalu Prasad alleged that the deceased did not get treatment when they were alive and are not even getting shrouds after their death. Earlier, RJD leader and …

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‘Super-spreader’: Over 1,000 COVID positive at India’s Kumbh Mela
3 years, 8 months ago

‘Super-spreader’: Over 1,000 COVID positive at India’s Kumbh Mela

Al Jazeera  

Virus detected in more than 1,000 people in Haridwar city along the Ganges River where the weeks-long festival is being observed. “What you are seeing is not Kumbh Mela but it’s a corona atom bomb,” tweeted Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, alongside a picture of a sea of devotees. “I wonder who will be made accountable for this viral explosion.” …

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Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees take holy plunge in Ganges
3 years, 9 months ago

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees take holy plunge in Ganges

Live Mint  

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees plunged into India's Ganges river on Thursday as the country kicked off one of the world's largest religious festivals, even as officials reported the biggest spike in coronavirus cases for three months. Hindu ascetics known as Naga sadhus, many naked apart from a coating of ash and carrying swords or tridents, led the bathers …

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Jharkhand: Dolphin found dead in Ganga ghat in Sahibganj district
3 years, 10 months ago

Jharkhand: Dolphin found dead in Ganga ghat in Sahibganj district

India Today  

A Gangetic dolphin was found dead in river Ganges at the Pranpur Ghat in Sahibganj district near the Jharkhand-West Bengal border. Earlier, on December 18, 2020, a dead dolphin was also found on the banks of river Ganges near Kaswa village of Jharkhand's Rajmahal district. Environmentalist Dr Ranjit Singh said that the local administration is paying considerable attention to "cleaning …

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Fact Check: Truth behind 'bodies of Covid-19 patients' being thrown in the Ganges
4 years, 5 months ago

Fact Check: Truth behind 'bodies of Covid-19 patients' being thrown in the Ganges

India Today  

Unclaimed bodies floating on the Ganges is not an uncommon sight in India. However, recent social media claims of bodies being dumped into the river in Patna to reduce the official Covid-19 death count take a different dimension altogether. The caption reads, “Sickening images of dead bodies of #COVID19 patients being dumped in river Ganges caught on camera in #Patna. …

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