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Saurabh Bhardwaj said that the Central government lied to the people of India by stating that now states should invite global tenders for their vaccine procurement
However, these companies have clearly informed the states that they cannot give any vaccines without the Centre’s approval, he added
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj has said that most of the COVID-19 deaths in India have occurred among people under 45 who have not yet received even a single dose of the vaccine. He said that the BJP-led Central government lied to the people of India by stating that now states should invite global tenders for their vaccine procurement, whereas these companies have clearly informed the states that they cannot give any vaccines without the Centre’s approval.
Climate change in Uttarakhand will increasingly force people to abandon farming at high altitudes and move to the plains over the next 30 years. A new study on the state in the middle of the Himalayan range by the Germany-based Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi has forecast the worst impacts will be in higher elevations. This may accelerate the trend of people migrating and leaving land fallow.
Uttarakhand, which covers an area bigger than Costa Rica, may be 1.6 degrees Celsius-1.9 degrees Celsius warmer by 2050. Its residents are already experiencing the impacts of climate change, such as changing temperatures, upward-moving snowlines, receding glaciers, erratic rainfall, reduction of snow in winter, changed cropping seasons, shifting cultivation zones for certain crops, and drying up of perennial streams, as pointed out in the state government’s action plan on climate change.
By Kasturi Das Climate change in Uttarakhand will increasingly force people to abandon farming at high altitudes and move to the plains over the next 30 years. A new study on the state in the middle of the Himalayan range by the Germany-based Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and The Energy and Resources…
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Saurabh Bharadwaj spoke to NDTV about recovering from Covid.
New Delhi:
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj, who last month released a video appeal from his hospital bed in Delhi for medical oxygen when he was being treated for Covid, today recalled the lessons he learnt during the recovery.
The 41-year-old AAP leader said that young people have a false sense of confidence , which puts them at a greater risk of contracting the virus. Mr Bharadwaj had tested positive for Covid on April 12.
While he has got a Covid-negative report now, he says he feels very weak . My lungs are not functioning at full capacity. The problem is young people think they can t get affected. they have a false sense of confidence. They think Covid can t do them any harm, he told NDTV.