Porbandar (Gujarat), Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a horrifying incident, two men in Gujarat's Porbandar murdered their father with axes and spades and buried his body in an abandoned place in their farm, police said on Sunday.

The crime took place on Friday, the two accused were arrested on Saturday and produced before the court on Sunday.

Dudabhai Bapodra, the father of the murdered man, Lakhman, in his complaint with the Ranavav police station, said on Saturday morning, his grandson Vijay informed him over phone that he and his brother Viraj had heated argument with their father, over his liquor addiction, on Friday night and in the heat of the moment, Vijay and Viraj murdered him with an axe and spade and buried his body in a biogas plant near their farm in Pipardia village.

A police team, accompanied by forensic staff and in presence of witnesses, dug out the body on Saturday evening and sent it for post-mortem examination to the Jamnagar government hospital.

According to police, Lakhman was not on good terms with his wife and children, so three years, his wife along with children had returned to her parental home. Just six months ago, he had convinced his wife and children to return home.

Source: IANS

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Jammu, March 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Some employees at NHAI Banihal toll post in J&K's Ramban district on Friday allegedly beat up a driver and cut his ear.

A video of the incident is in circulation on social media groups in which the cut on the ear cartilage of an unidentified driver can be seen.

In the video, the injured driver is seen lying on the road covering his bleeding ear with a cloth. When somebody lifts the cloth, the deep cut in the ear cartilage is clearly visible.

District magistrate Ramban, Mussarat Islam, told reporters that he has sought a report from SSP Ramban in connection with the incident.

"A case is being registered and necessary action under law will follow", the district magistrate said.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday said that in a joint operation with Border Security Force (BSF) it has arrested one Aladu alias Mathur, a resident of West Bengal, Malda in connection with running fake Indian currency racket.

The gang was being operated from cross border. The main accused were sending fake notes to India from Bangladesh.

A senior NIA official said they busted the gang last week and had arrested an aide but he managed to give the agency a slip and since then they had been working to nab him.

"The case was registered by DRI Unit Malda, West Bengal regarding recovery of high quality fake Indian currency notes of Rs 1,99,000, from the possession of an accused. Subsequently, NIA had re-registered the case and had taken up the investigation," said an NIA official.

After completing the probe, the NIA had filed charge sheet against four accused persons including Aladu for his role in FICN trafficking. The NIA had shown a number of evidences and recovery to prove their claim. Apart from this the NIA also had mentioned a number of witnesses' statements to prove the case of the prosecution.

The NIA found that Aladu had been involved in procurement of High Quality FICNs from his Bangladeshi associates. He had been circulating the same in India with an intention to damage economic stability of the country.

"The arrested accused Aladu had been absconding since 2019," said an NIA official.

Further investigation in the matter is on.

Source: IANS

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Chennai, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu government's Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) Department withdrew its order mandating two doses of inoculation against Covid-19 for devotees entering the Meenakshi Sundareswar temple in Madurai and Sri Ramanthaswamy temple in Rameswaram.

The order was withdrawn on Sunday evening as several organisations had come out against the order, which was issued on Saturday.

According to the order, starting from December 13, only pilgrims with copies of their vaccination certificate would be allowed entry to the two shrines.

The state government said that the measure was taken to contain the spread of Covid-19 and the possibility of a third wave.

The order also said that as more than 50,000 people visit the two temples per day, hence it was required for the devotees to produce their vaccination certificate.

In Rameswaram, huge boards were erected on roadsides citing the necessity of vaccination and had also mentioned that those without vaccine certificates would be denied entry.

Vaccine shots were kept ready at the local primary health centres to inoculate the devotees.

In a statement to IANS, HR&CE Minister P.K. Sekar Babu said: "Madurai Meenakshi Sunndareswar temple and Sri Ramanathaswamy temple have taken all precautions to prevent the spread of Covid and hence the order mandating vaccination is withdrawn."

Source: IANS

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Bhubaneswar, Nov 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha on Friday reported three fresh Covid-19 fatalities taking the death toll to 8,350.

According to the health department, one person each from Khurda, Mayurbhanj and Nayagarh districts have succumbed to the disease.

"This list does not reflect deaths occurring on a particular day. It gives details of past deaths for which the death audit process has been duly completed and the cause of death has been identified as due to Covid-19," the department said.

The state also registered 170 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, of which 24 persons are below 18 years of age. While 98 cases were detected from quarantine centres, 72 are local contact cases, the information and public relations department said in a tweet.

With this, the total Covid-19 cases in the state surged to 10,42,943, of which 10,30,889 persons have recovered, while the active cases stand at 3,651.

Regarding the ongoing vaccination drive, Family Welfare Director Bijay Panigrahi said about 80 per cent of the total beneficiaries have received their first dose, while 37 per cent got both the doses.

"Har Ghar Dastak vaccination campaign has been launched on November 2 in the state to complete double dose administration of all the left out beneficiaries and second dose due beneficiaries as early as possible," he said.

Despite mass vaccination, infection has increased in Europe and China. Therefore, there's no room for complacency, Panigrahi said.

Public health director Niranjan Mishra said Europe and China have reported delta variants of coronavirus. India had already reported the variants during the second wave.

"About 99 per cent Covid-19 cases in India are delta variants. So, we think that our population has immunity power for the variant. However, we have to remain cautious," added Mishra.

Source: IANS

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Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala government on Wednesday announced further relaxation in the Covid norms.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Consequent to it, now people who have taken one vaccine dose will also be allowed entry to movie halls. This came after the film industry wanted it.

Around 90 Malayalam films are ready for release and the industry felt that in the want of audiences, they will incur heavy losses.

But preventive measures like social distancing, use of masks will have to be strictly followed, said Vijayan.

Regarding the number of people attending marriages, it has been decided to increase the number to 100 in closed halls, while it can go up to 200 in open halls.

Ever since Kerala started to register around 50 per cent of the country's daily new cases, Vijayan stopped his daily Covid press meets, which initially won him huge laurels but later he became the butt of criticisms, especially in the social media, when he was trolled also.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) India registered 11,903 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday.

In the same period, 311 new fatalities were reported, pushing the death toll to 4,59,191.

The recovery of 14,159 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 3,36,97,740. Consequently, the country's recovery rate has increased to 98.22 per cent.

The active caseload stands at 1,51,209, the lowest in last 252 days.

Active cases presently constitute 0.44 per cent of the country's total positive cases, the lowest since March 2020, the Ministry said.

Also in the same period, a total of 10,68,514 tests were conducted across the country.

India has so far conducted over 61.12 crore cumulative tests.

Meanwhile, the weekly positivity rate at 1.18 per cent has remained less than 2 per cent for the last 40 days now.

The daily positivity rate stands at 1.11 per cent, which has also remained below 2 per cent for last 30 days and less than 3 per cent for 65 consecutive days now.

With the administration of 41,16,230 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid inoculation coverage has touched 107.29 crore as of Wednesday morning.

This has been achieved through 1,07,96,018 sessions.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre on Wednesday rushed high-level teams to nine states and Union Territories having high caseload of dengue.

The teams have been sent in accordance with directions of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya during the review meeting on the dengue situation here on November 1.

Haryana, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir are the states and UTs reporting the maximum number of cases.

Mandaviya had directed the Health Ministry to extend help to all the affected states.

A total of 1,16,991 dengue cases are being reported by states and UTs across the country.

A significantly higher number of cases in some states were reported in October as compared to cases during the same period previous year.

As many as 15 states and UTs registered the maximum cases in the current year. These states accounted for 86 per cent of the country's total dengue cases till October 31.

The central teams comprising experts from NVBDCP, NCDC and Regional Offices have been dispatched to these states as they have reported more cases in October compared to September.

The teams have been tasked to assist and support the states to mount an effective public health response.

They have been asked to report on status of vector control, availability of kits and medicines, early detection, availability and use of insecticides, status of anti-larval and anti-adult vector control measures etc and brief the State Health authorities about
their observations.

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Bengaluru, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a respite to the Karnataka government which has eased restrictions after a decline in the number of cases, Bengaluru has not recorded any Covid fatality in the past 70 days, according to the health department.

The last Covid death that Bengaluru had recorded was on August 23. According to statistics released on Monday, only two fatalities were recorded across the state.

Following the trend, the government is all set to lift nightlife curbs in Bengaluru and other cities. The Covid Technical Advisory Committee has already recommended easing curbs on nightlife, according to sources.

The state reported 185 Covid positive cases with Bengaluru accounting for 95 cases. The state's positivity rate stood at 0.3 per cent.

According to experts, vaccination coverage in the state, especially in Bengaluru, contributed to the reduction in Covid fatalities and positivity rate.

Karnataka has so far administered 4.2 crore first doses of Covid vaccination and 2.3 crore second doses.

According to sources, the Covid Technical Advisory Committee has recommended the lifting of the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. night curfew.

The state government has removed all major restrictions barring movement of people from Kerala. The committee has also considered the possibility of spread of the new variant virus AY 4.2.

The night curfew was clamped from April 10 during the tenure of former Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa at the peak of the second wave. The government is likely to lift the restrictions on night life after Diwali celebrations.

However, a final call will be taken after the festival ends and the impact of the gathering of lakhs of people without following Covid norms of social distancing and wearing of masks for Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar' funeral, who died due to cardiac arrest, is known in another two weeks, experts opine.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 106.85 crore with the administration of 52,39,444 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday.

As per provisional reports till 7 a.m., 14,45,67,423 people belonging to the age-group of 18-44 years, 9,71,44,220 between 45-59 years and 6,70,70,239 of those above 60 years have received the second dose of the vaccine.

Similarly, 42,04,89,326 of those from the 18-44 years age group and 17,53,42,269 from 45-59 age group have received their first jab. In addition to these figures, 11,00,17,665 from 60 years age group got their first dose of the vaccine.

A total of 1,03,79,238 Health Care Workers and 1,83,71,868 Frontline Workers have got their first dose and 92,33,414 HCWs and 1,59,56,217 FLWs got their second dose of the inoculation done till this date, the report showed.

As per the Ministry, recovery of 15,021 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 3,36,83,581.

Currently, the active caseload of the country is 1,53,776 -- the lowest in 250 days with active cases constituting 0.45 per cent of the country's total positive cases, which is the lowest since March 2020.

Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.21 per cent. Meanwhile, the weekly positivity rate stands at 1.16 per cent -- which continues to be less than 2 per cent for the last 39 days now -- whereas the daily positivity rate is reported to be 1.03 per cent.

The daily positivity rate has remained below 2 per cent for the last 29 days and below 3 per cent for 64 consecutive days now.

In the last 24 hours, 10,09,045 tests have been conducted. "India has so far conducted over 61.02 crore cumulative tests," the statement said.

Source: IANS

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Chennai, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu State Health department has warned shoppers and shopkeepers to strictly adhere to Covid -19 standard protocols and not to allow overcrowding in shops and streets during Deepavali shopping.

The Health department is conducting awareness drive across the state that Covid-19 is still dangerous and can be fatal.

State Health Minister Ma Subramanian while speaking to IANS said, "The Covid -19 daily cases in the state have come down to 1,000 but still we cannot let off our guards. The Greater Chennai Corporation has ordered the removal of all wayside vendors and ice-cream stalls on Ranganathan Street which is busy and crowded."

The Minister also said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has directed the shopkeepers in all the crowded streets and shops across the state to remind people of the dreaded pandemic which had claimed several lives and also crushed the economy.

In a circular to all the district health officers, the state health department has pointed out that after Onam festival in Kerala, the cases had gone up and similarly, after the Pooja festival, the cases have gone up in West Bengal.

Ma Subramanian said, "We know what had happened in Kerala and West Bengal and hence we are cautious and we don't want all the hard work done by several officers, doctors, nurses, and social workers to go in vain and hence will not allow overcrowding in streets and shops during Deepavali."

The state health department has also made provisions to conduct testing and vaccination in shops and establishments with sanitary inspectors being directed to conduct routine inspections.

The Minister said, "While it is a great effort that has brought the number of daily Covid -19 cases under 1000, time is not ripe to rejoice as we have to wait and watch on whether the disease would bounce back. However, we have taken all precautions and there is nothing to worry about. People must be more aware of the possibilities of the disease coming back if we let out guard down and not adhere to Covid -19 standard protocol prescribed by the government."

The shopkeepers are also prepared for the crowd and safe distancing is maintained in most of the shops even in the busy Ranganathan street in T Nagar, Chennai.

Shanmugasundaram, owner of Raja stores in Ranganathan Street while speaking to IANS said, "We have maintained all that is prescribed in the Covid -19 standard protocol and we have inoculated all our staff with both the doses of vaccine. Crowd sometimes is uncontrollable but we have still managed to maintain the standard distancing."

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, Oct 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi reported 42 fresh cases of Covid on Thursday, pushing the overall tally to 14,39,751, according to the latest bulletin issued by the health department. However, no Covid fatalities have been recorded in the city in the last six days.

The city's death toll stands at 25,091. The national capital has recorded four deaths due to the infection in October, so far. The death rate stands at 1.74 per cent.

The Covid infection rate in the national capital has slightly increased to 0.07 per cent. Currently, there are 345 active cases here.

However, with 45 patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries now stand at 14,14,315, the health bulletin said.

A total of 115 Covid patients are being treated in home isolation at present.

With a 98.23 per cent Covid recovery rate, the active Covid cases rate in Delhi stands at 0.024 per cent.

Meanwhile, a total of 63,174 new tests -- 47,895 RT-PCR tests and 15,279 Rapid Antigen tests -- were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 2,92,52,619.

At present, the total number of containment zones in the city is 90.

Out of 61,097 vaccines administered in the last 24 hours, 22,257 were first doses and 38,840 second doses. The total number of cumulative beneficiaries vaccinated so far stands at 2,02,62,413, according to the health bulletin.

Source: IANS

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Lucknow, Oct 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in other states and neighbouring countries, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday instructed the surveillance committees to switch on to 'alert mode' to contain the spread of infection in the state.

The surveillance committees constituted by the Yogi Adityanath government played a significant role in controlling the spread of the resurgent virus through timely identification, isolation of Covid patients and distribution of medicine kits, pulse oximeters and thermometers in the state.

The committees have been instructed to intensify door-to-door screening, tracing of patients showing influenza-like illness (ILI) as per the WHO-recommended 'trace-test-treat' strategy. The committees have also been ordered to check the spread of vector-borne diseases such as dengue, cholera, diarrhoea and malaria in the state.

"As coronavirus remains under effective control in Uttar Pradesh, in view of rising cases in other places, we must strengthen our contact tracing operation. The surveillance committees must intensify screening to enable early detection if any followed by early treatment," the chief minister said at a meeting in Lucknow on Thursday.

The government spokesperson said that over 73,000 surveillance committees will pay door-to-door visits and will conduct thorough screening and tracing of every individual.

The surveillance exercise will be carried out rigorously in view of the festive season which may result in increased transmission of diseases.

Apart from making all necessary arrangements in the hospitals for the treatment of ailing people, the government has also ordered to ensure continuous monitoring of the health of every patient to remove any chance of increased transmission of the virus or any water-borne, vector-borne disease.

The authorities have been asked to continue the extensive cleanliness, sanitization and fogging drives to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases.

A month-long state-wide communicable disease control drive is also being conducted to keep a check on seasonal vagaries.

The campaign has been rolled out in all 75 districts to educate the public about measures to prevent communicable diseases.

The ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers, ANMs and village heads have been entrusted with the responsibility of apprising the rural populace about various water-borne diseases.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, Oct 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) After much deliberation, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday gave the nod to Chhath Puja celebrations and reopening of primary classes in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.

"As per experts, the Covid-19 situation is under control in the city. Therefore, at the meeting, it was decided that Chhath Puja will be celebrated in the national capital by following all Covid-19 guidelines," Sisodia said during a press conference, adding that we need to be cautious to contain the spread of the infection.

At the DDMA meeting, it was also decided to reopen primary classes i.e. from nursery to Class 8.

"Students have suffered a huge loss due to shutdown of schools in the wake of Covid-19. It will be difficult to recover that loss. We decided that all primary schools, whether government or private, will be allowed to open from November 1," he said.

However, there will be a few conditions.

"No parents will be compelled to send their children to school. Classes will be conducted online as well. Only 50 per cent of the class capacity need to be present. Teaching and non-teaching staff need to be vaccinated against Covid-19," Sisodia said.

A month ago, just when the Navaratri festival had begun, the DDMA had allowed Durga Puja pandals to be set up in the capital with several Covid-19 related restrictions.

Schools for students of Classes IX-XII were reopened on September 1.

Chhath Puja, a prominent festival amongst the Purvanchal community in Delhi, was earlier directed to be celebrated at home. This led to a political furore in the city with BJP MP Manoj Tiwari staging a protest against the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government.

Source: IANS

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Dharamsala, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) A five-year-old slum boy, who hogged social media attention for teaching Covid-appropriate behaviour to holidaymakers with a stick in hand, is now being employed by the Himachal Pradesh police to make people follow the rules.

The state has seen a major surge in the number of tourists escaping the heat of the plains, causing doctors to warn that their Covid-inappropriate behaviour may just trigger a third wave of the pandemic.
The boy, Amit, whose parents earn their livelihood selling balloons, was caught on a video in the streets of Bhagsunag near McLeodganj asking people to wear a mask by poking them with a stick.
When the video went viral, the local police, realising how effective Amit was, provided him with food and clothes. Donning a new Himachali cap and clothes, the boy, sitting on a police vehicle, is now the new mascot for Covid-appropriate behaviour.
"This little kid was seen on the streets of Dharamsala, asking people to wear masks," read the caption of the video shared on Instagram. "He doesn't even have shoes to wear. See the smirking faces of these people. Who is educated and who is uneducated here?"
In the video, Amit, who was wearing a mask and holding his now-famous stick, asked everyone who passed by him, "Tumhara mask kahaan hai? (Where is your mask?)"

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over 69 per cent people said they would participate in a vaccine trial, if given a chance, according to IANS-CVoter Covid tracker.

The survey, conducted on a total of 56,685 participants between January 1 to May 27, showed that 48.9 per cent said that they would be very likely to participate in a Covid vaccine trial in the country, while another 20.6 per cent said that would be likely to take part.

Meanwhile, 2.6 per cent said they were somewhat unlikely to participate, and another 23.2 per cent said they would not like to participate in a vaccine trial at all.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as India battles a brutal second wave of the Covid-19, fighting to protect its people from the pandemic and struggling to get vaccinated as early as possible, 9.6 per cent of citizens in a survey revealed they have not taken even a single dose of the vaccine nor will they in future as well.

The IANS-CVoter Covid tracker conducted between January 1 to May 27, in which a total of 56,685 people participated, showed 15.7 per cent have received the first dose of Covid vaccine.

During the same period, around 8 per cent people replied they have received both doses of vaccines.

Out of total participants, 59.5 per cent people replied they haven't got vaccinated but will get vaccinated.

The survey report suggested that 7.3 per cent people were yet to decide whether to get vaccined or not.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Majority of Indians reported that in the last one year or so their overall living standard has dropped significantly. This happened almost a year back and that red line has not come down since then.

Worse is, the ever-optimistic Indian is so much spiralling down the pessimism way at the moment that they don't see any ray of hope in the coming 12 months either, as per the IANS C Voter Covid Tracker.

To a question in the survey on how many days of Ration/ medicine etc. or money for ration/medicine etc. is available for your family in your house, as 53.2 per cent said they have less than three weeks of rations.

Things are bleak on the employment and income front too. As many as 37.6 per cent respondents said they are working under regulations and safety measures but income/salary has decreased. 21.1 per cent said income or salary is the same while 10.9 per cent said they are completely laid off or out of work.

5.6 per cent respondents said that they are working from home but their salary or income has decreased. In total, large segments are reporting reduced salary or income or no income at all.

Even in the worst of the times during the Wave 1 of Covid pandemic last year, the country was still optimistic and general opinion was that the country is moving forward even in the difficult times.

But everything seems to have changed in last one month or so. Now majority of the Indians are saying that their personal life as well as the Country, both are in poor state, as per the IANS C Voter Tracker.

The sample size of the Covid-19 tracker was 56,685 and the period of the survey was 1st January-27th May 2021 covering all 542 Lok Sabha segments.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) After more than 3 lakh deaths during the pandemic, an IANS-CVoter survey showed 58 per cent people who lost their lives were completely healthy before getting infected.

The respondents also said 10.9 per cent of the deceased did not have any serious ailments but were not completely healthy; 17.5 of the victims had serious ailment like heart disease, diabetes, TB, Cancer, while 13.3 per cent did not know about it.

A 21.2 per cent of the deaths were in the age group of above 66 years; followed by age group of 36 to 45 which had 19.1 per cent deaths due to Covid; 18.3 deaths occurred in age group of 56 to 65 years, while 16.1 per cent lost their lives in the group of 46 to 55 years.

More and more analysis revealed that most of the deaths occurred in the agegroup below 45. which was 36 per cent of the total deaths. This was followed by 34.4 per cent in age group of 46 to 65 years while 21 percent died above this age group.

The field survey was done between January 1 and May 27, 2021 and samples were spread in all 542 Lok Sabha seats across all states, with error of +/- 3% at macro level and +/- 5% at micro level with Sample Size of 56685

India on Sunday reported 1.65 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours with 3,460 deaths -- one of the lowest since April 12, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said.

India's overall tally stands at 2,77,29,247 with 22,28,724 active cases, and 3,22,512 deaths, so far.

In 18 days India had recorded over 68,000 deaths.

India registered record deaths due to Covid on May 21 with 4,529 deaths -- the highest number of fatalities from Covid infection in any country since the coronavirus outbreak was reported in China's Wuhan in December 2019.

It surpassed 4,468 deaths in the US on January 12, and earlier 4,211 in Brazil on April 6.

After battling a brutal second wave for weeks, fresh Covid cases came down below the three lakh-mark for the first time on May 17 after touching record high of 4,14,188 on May 7.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the ongoing vaccination drive in the country, 70 per cent of the respondents have said that they will take vaccine against coronavirus whenever it's available.

The IANS-Cvoter survey posed a question to respondents -- if a new Coronavirus vaccine becomes publicly available, will they take it? In response to this, overwhelming 72.8 per cent strongly agreed to take it, while 10.3 per cent strongly disagreed. However, an average of 70 per cent generally agreed for the vaccine.

When asked if the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine is safe, 48.8 per cent respondents agreed that it's totally safe while 9 per cent disagreed, however, an average of 57 per cent agreed that the vaccine is safe.

A total of 67.8 per cent respondents thought that a new Coronavirus vaccine would be important.

As the Covid vaccination has crossed 20 crore the Center on Sunday said that Nearly 12 Crore Doses will be available for National COVID Vaccination for the month of June and 7,94,05,200 doses were available for National COVID Vaccination Programme in May 2021.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid second wave of the pandemic in which many lives were lost, the families suffering from Covid said that they took advice from the Doctor before proceeding for the medication.

As per IANS-CVoter Survey on the pandemic, the respondents were either from the family where mortality has been reported or from the family where hospitalisation has happened. When asked, "Was the medication taken after consulting doctor or did you do self-medication or took home remedies?"

In reply to this question, 80.9 per cent respondents said they took advice from the Doctor while 11.9 per cent said they did self medication, however, 7.2 per cent people did not say anything on this.

On the issue of treatment during the crisis, only 36.7 per cent people said they needed treatment, while 63.7 per cent said that they did not need ICU or ventilator or oxygen supply.

But when this question was put to the families which reported hospilatisation, 51 per cent said they got it easily while 8 per cent said they got it with little difficulty. But 31.7 per cent of the respondents said they got it with lots of efforts while 8.4 per cent said they did not get these things despite lot of efforts.

The people whose near and dear ones were in hospital did say that these things -- like ICU or ventilator or oxygen, were required during the process of hospitalization.

The survey was conducted from January 1 to May 27, 2021 and samples were spread in all 542 Lok Sabha constituencies across all states, with error of +/- 3 per cent at macro level and +/- 5 per cent at micro level with Sample Size of 56,685.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid a brutal second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and concentrated efforts made by the administration to get maximum people vaccinated, over 19 per cent in a poll conducted said they neither fear Covid-risk nor wish to get inoculated.

The IANS-CVoter Covid survey, which was conducted between January 1 to May 27, suggested that 4.5 per cent people do not willing get a Covid jab because they believe there will be other effective treatments available soon.

Out of 56,685 people who participated in survey, 19 per cent of them said they do not want get vaccine doses because they believe the vaccines can give the same disease they are designed to protect against.

Whereas, 8.5 per cent participants replied they are not willing to get vaccinated because they do not know enough about vaccines.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Income of over 37.6 per cent Indians has decreased as their salaries are being deducted amid ongoing second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, reveals IANS-CVoter Covid tracker survey.

This section of the group, however, said they are working under regulations and safety measures. A total of 6,872 people across the country were approached during the survey conducted in the past one week.

A total of 21.1 per cent people said their salary is same as like they were getting during normal days, but they are working under regulations and safety measures.

However, 10.9 per cent are completely laid off or out of work during the pandemic.

Of the total, 5.6 per cent Indians said they are still working from home with salary cut and their income has decreased. A total of 4 per cent Indians said they are still working from home with same salary and same income.

There was 3.7 per cent people who accepted that they were working under regulations and safety measures, but they have no income or salary.

Only 2.9 per cent people said they were not working from home but getting full salary. However, 1.6 per cent people said they were not working from home but were getting deducted salary.

The survey comes at a time when India's overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,78,94,800 with 21,14,508 active cases and 3,25,972 deaths so far.

India reported less than 2 lakh Covid-19 cases third day in a row, with 1,65,553 fresh cases recorded in the last 24 hours. In the same time span, 3,460 patients succumbed to the coronavirus, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) While the country faces the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic and people struggle to get a Covid jab, 63.7 per cent people said in a poll conducted that they believe the vaccines are compatible with their religious faith.

The IANS-CVoter Covid tracker conducted between January 1 to May 27, found that 23.9 per cent per cent people felt the vaccines were not compatible to their religious beliefs.

Among those who disagreed that vaccines are not compatible with their religious beliefs, 18.8 per cent were those who strongly disagreed, while 5.1 per cent just disagreeg with the view.

Survey reports based on 56,685 participants from across the nation, showed up to 53.6 per cent of strongly agreeing that vaccines are compatible to their religious beliefs.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Majority of Indians are afraid of being infected with the ongoing Covid-19 disease either by themselves or their family members.

IANS-CVoter Covid tracker survey conducted on 56,685 people covering all 542 Lok Sabha segments between January 1 and May 27 this year reveals that 56 per cent are agreed that they are afraid either they or someone in their family might be actually caught with the Coronavirus or Covid-19 virus.

Of these 56 per cent people, 38 per cent strongly agree that Covid may catch them or their family members.

Of the total, 38.9 per cent people did not agree with the opinion that they or their family members might be caught with the disease.

In the last seven days, the survey mentioned, a total of 6,872 people were asked question regarding the fear of being caught with the Covid virus.

The survey comes at a time when India's overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,78,94,800 with 21,14,508 active cases and 3,25,972 deaths so far.

India reported less than 2 lakh Covid-19 cases third day in a row, with 1,65,553 fresh cases recorded in the last 24 hours, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said on Sunday, adding 3,460 patients succumbed to the disease during same period.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the country faces the second wave of Covid pandemic and struggles for vaccines, over 66 per cent of people believe that the country in which the vaccine is manufactured have no impact.

As per the IANS-CVoter Covid tracker, between January 1 to May 27, up to 51.5 per cent participants said they strongly believe that the country of manufacture of the life saving drug does not matter while 14.6 per cent said it does.

Out of 56,685 people, who participated in survey, 16.3 per cent replied they "strongly disagree", while a total of 20.8 disagreed.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bulk of Indians have accepted feeling symptoms like fever, tiredness, dry cough, cold, nasal congestion and running nose prompting them to go for Covid-19 test.

IANS-CVoter Covid tracker survey reveals that almost 8.5 per cent Indians ran high fever, 6.5 per cent complained of dry cough, 6.2 per cent of tiredness, 5 per cent of body pain and 4.9 per cent said they had cold, nasal congestion and running nose.

A total of 3.4 per cent Indians said they faced difficulty in breathing while 3.5 per cent complained about sore throat or pain in throat.

Majority of the people approached in the survey accepted that their neighbours have these symptoms, followed by those in their household and a few who said they were themselves posing similar health issues.

A total of 8.4 per cent Indians said they their neighbours are facing flue like symptoms, 3.4 per cent accepted that it was in their household while 2.8 per cent said they are facing the same issues.

A total of 6,872 people across the country were asked these questions during the survey conducted in the past one week.

The survey comes when India is passing through the second wave of Covid-19 virus which so far infected 2,78,94,800 people with 21,14,508 active cases and 3,25,972 deaths.

To curb the spread of the deadly pandemic, the central government has advised to go for Covid-19 test if fever, sore throat, body pain, breathlessness, running nose, nasal congestion or any flue like symptoms is witness in any individual with stress on to keep themselves isolate.

Asked "How many days of ration, medicine or money for ration or medicine is available for your family in your house", 24 per cent said it is available for a month, 22.4 per cent informed about its availability for a week and 15.7 per cent accepted it will be enough for only less than a week.

A total of 19.3 per cent said it will be available for more than a month while 15.1 per cent said it is enough for two weeks. While 3.4 per cent said these items are available for them for three weeks.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even in the worst of the times during the Wave 1 of Covid pandemic last year, the country was still optimistic and general opinion was that the country is moving forward even in the difficult times.

But everything seems to have changed in last one month or so. Now majority of the Indians are saying that their personal life as well as the Country, both are in poor state, as per the IANS-CVoter Covid 19 Tracker.

The sample size of the Covid-19 tracker was 56685 and the period of the survey was January 1 to May 27, 2021 covering all 542 Lok Sabha segments.

Every 10th household in India is right now reporting an active case within immediate family members and almost every fifth household in India is reporting loss of life among near and dear ones, as per the IANS C Voter Tracker.

This means one in every 10 Indian families has at least one family member suffering from Covid and one in every 20 Indian families has self-reported a death within immediate or extended family.

Majority of Indians reported that in the last one year or so their overall living standard has dropped significantly. This happened almost a year back and that red line has not come down since then. Worse is, the ever-optimistic Indian is so much spiraling down the pessimism at the moment that they don't see any ray of hope in the coming 12 months either.

And the fear remains about someone in the family getting infected or not getting treatment. This fear is unlikely to go down till the actual number of cases go down and people start getting treatment and oxygen properly without getting too stressed about it. Our tracker is generally one to two weeks ahead of the official trendline, and we don't see that happening for next 6 to 8 weeks in near future.

The tracker found that Corona becomes the top issue, again in India and the number of confirmed +ve cases and deaths within immediate family as reported by Tracker is multiple times over the official Government numbers.

Even by the most conservative estimates, the self-reported ILI (Influenza like illness) symptoms is directly in sync with the trendline of self-reported Covid positive cases. Needless to say, that only a fraction of such cases have been tested for Covid, as usual. So, the lack of testing is being passed as lack of positive cases.

"Whichever way we calculate, the official records are showing less than 1/10th of numbers that is being reported by the public, be it in case of Active report or be it the case of mortalities. The self-reported numbers by "We, the people of India" are numbing, and experienced by all of us barring the "system", the tracker found.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Every 10th household in India is right now reporting an active case within immediate family members and almost every fifth household in India is reporting loss of life among near and dear ones, as per the IANS-CVoter Covid Tracker.

This means one in every 10 Indian families has at least one family member suffering from Covid and one in every 20 Indian families has self-reported a death within immediate or extended family, as per the tracker.

The tracker is reporting high incidence of healthy people dying of Covid. As per the tracker, 58.9 per cent said that the person was completely healthy before and died of Covid itself.

And the highest number of deaths are being reported in the relatively young. 36.2 per cent deaths occurred in the age bracket below 45 years. 14.9 per cent deaths are between 26 and 35 years and 19.1 per cent deaths between 36 and 45 years.

The fear remains about someone in the family getting infected or not getting treatment. This fear is unlikely to go down till the actual number of cases go down and people start getting treatment and oxygen properly without getting too stressed about it. The tracker is generally one to two weeks ahead of the official trendline, and we don't see that happening for next 6 to 8 weeks in near future.

The tracker found that Corona becomes the top issue, again in India and the number of confirmed positive cases and deaths within immediate family as reported by Tracker is multiple times over the official Government numbers.

Even by the most conservative estimates, the self-reported ILI (Influenza like illness) symptoms is directly in sync with the trendline of self-reported Covid positive cases. Needless to say, that only a fraction of such cases have been tested for Covid, as usual. So, the lack of testing is being passed as lack of positive cases.

"Whichever way we calculate, the official records are showing less than 1/10th of numbers that is being reported by the public, be it in case of Active report or be it the case of mortalities. The self-reported numbers by "We, the people of India" are numbing, and experienced by all of us barring the "system", the tracker found.

The sample size of the Covid-19 tracker was 56,685 and the period of the survey was January 1 to May 27, 20021 covering all 542 Lok Sabha segments.

56.9 per cent respondents said they are afraid that either myself or someone in my family may actually catch the Coronavirus.

Opinion is divided on whether the Indian government is handling the Coronavirus well as 48.7 per cent said yes and 48.6 per cent said no. However, 46.8 per cent feel that the threat from Coronavirus is exaggerated.

On the requirement of ICU, ventilator, oxygen supply, 51.7 per cent said there was a requirement and got these easily while 31.7 per cent said they got these after lot of efforts while 8.4 per cent said they did not get these even after lots of efforts.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Almost half of Indians showed their dissatisfaction with the Indian government's way of handling the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic that began its second wave in March 2021.

A total of 46.6 per cent people in a survey said they did not "think the Indian government is handling the Coronavirus well". Of them 29.2 per cent strongly disagreed with the steps being taken by the government to handle the viral outbreak.

The IANS-CVoter Covid tracker survey, which was conducted in the last seven days on a total of 6,872 people across the country, also revealed that 48.7 per cent agreed the steps so far adopted by the Indian government while handling Covid-19.

Replying to whether they believed "the threat from the Coronavirus is exaggerated", 46.8 per cent agreed while 39.4 per cent did not.

Similar survey was also conducted on 56,685 people between January 1 and May 27 this year.

The survey comes at a time when India's overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stood at 2,78,94,800 with 21,14,508 active cases and 3,25,972 deaths so far.

India reported less than 2 lakh Covid-19 cases third day in a row on Sunday, with 1,65,553 fresh cases recorded in the last 24 hours. In the same time span, 3,460 patients succumbed to the coronavirus, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid reports of side effects after vaccination, a poll now shows that only six per cent of vaccinated candidates reported severe side-effects or sickness after being administered the Covid shots.

The IANS C-Voter Covid tracker also found 33.6 per cent respondents reported little side-effects or sick, while 57.2 per cent had no side-effects or fall ill after the vaccine doses.

About 3.2 per cent respondents said that they did not know or couldn't say whether they felt any side-effects or got sick after getting vaccinated.

About 32.2 per cent respondents did not know which Covid vaccine shots they got.

While 44.6 per cent respondents received doses of Covishield and 23.3 percent received Covaxine.

About 56,685 respondents were surveyed from January 1 to May 27 this years.

This survey is based on CATI interviews of adult (aged over 18) respondents across all segments covering all 542 Lok Sabha segments. Margin of error is plus minus three per cent at State level and plus minus five per cent at regional level. Data weighted to the known Census profile, including Gender, Age, Education, Rural or Urban, Religion and Caste apart from the voting recalls for last Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections.

Source: IANS

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New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid a raging second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, over 71 per cent people in India have expressed faith in effectiveness of the vaccination drives undertaken to arrest the surge.

Of them, 48.1 per cent people said they strongly believe the Covid vaccines will be effective, while 23.8 per cent just agreed.

The IANS-CVoter Covid surevy was conducted between January 1 to May 27 with total of 56,685 participants.

A total of 10.8 per cent questioned the "effectiveness" the vaccines.

Source: IANS

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