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India is currently in the midst of a deadly surge of COVID-19 infections that has left the country devastated as the death toll mounts and hospitals are beyond capacity. Daily cases have crossed the record-breaking threshold of 350,000 a day. India has witnessed more than 219,000 deaths by the beginning of May, according to The New York Times, though experts are saying that the actual figures are much higher.
The country is experiencing major shortages of medical supplies like lifesaving oxygen ventilators and Indian healthcare providers are struggling to cope with the massive influx of new COVID-19 patients. In addition, misinformation is rampant in the subcontinent, as fake news stories, conspiracy theories, and unsubstantiated information continues to circulate, causing unnecessary anxiety and complicating the country’s fight against the pandemic.
Madoff Victims, Five Years the Wiser
Joanne and Burt Meerow, retirees in West Dover, Vt., were among Madoff s victims.Credit.Caleb Kenna for The New York Times
Dec. 7, 2013
It was the first global Ponzi scheme a slow-motion crime wave that began in the Manhattan offices of a stockbroker named Bernard L. Madoff, spread to wealthy enclaves in Palm Beach, Fla., and Southern California, and reached as far as the Persian Gulf. It carried a breathtaking price: $64.8 billion in paper wealth and at least $17.5 billion in cash losses. Those affected ranged from carpenter-union pensioners to French aristocrats.
Early on Dec. 11, 2008, Mr. Madoff was arrested at his Manhattan penthouse. Within hours, the news reached his investors, leaving them stunned. In doctors’ offices, beauty salons, executive suites and living rooms they learned that all the money they thought was in their accounts invested through a trusted Wall Street statesman had vanished.
People in 108 Countries Are Joining Forces to Do Good on âGood Deeds Dayâ April 11
Apr 10, 2021
Over a million people from over 100 countries will take part Sunday in International Good Deeds Day.
Launched 15 years ago in Israel as a small local event, the true spirit of dreaming big and getting things done has helped the project expand to include participants in 108 countries unifying for a day of good.
Every year on April 11 enthusiasm grows, and this yearâs events will center around thousands of projects dedicated to bettering society, all under the 2021 theme of reconnecting.
Founder Shari Arison says that, despite the pandemic, âdoing good and being good is always possibleâat any time and under any circumstance.â