BJP releases ‘Mamata tape’, says she wanted rally with bodies
TNN | Apr 17, 2021, 05:52 IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (File photo)
KOLKATA: BJP on Friday released an audio tape of a conversation purportedly between Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and TMC Sitalkuchi candidate Partha Pratim Ray that, BJP claimed, occurred in the immediate aftermath of last Saturday’s CISF firing in which four people were killed.
The tape released by BJP national IT cell incharge Amit Malviya has the female voice asking “Partha” to “keep the bodies so that the party could hold a rally with the dead”. It is then heard asking “the TMC candidate” “to tell the families not to take the bodies home”.
Poll: Most Americans Oppose Woke Corporations
15 Apr 2021
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Thursday found that a majority of Americans oppose woke corporations influencing everyday life.
The poll asked registered voters if they support or oppose American companies using their public role, position, or events to influence political, cultural, or social change. The findings show that over half (58 percent) oppose any type of corporation using its power to influence any type of political, cultural, or social change across the country. They also show that 35 percent did support the efforts by woke corporations, while seven percent were unsure how to answer.
Texas governor says state is very close to herd immunity. The data tells a different story.
Reis Thebault, The Washington Post
April 12, 2021
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said simple math is behind the recent decline of coronavirus cases in his state: Take the number of people who have been vaccinated and combine it with the number who have been infected. The result, he said, is something very close to herd immunity - the point at which enough of the population is immune that the virus can no longer easily spread. We remain very vigilant and guarded and proactive in our response, but there is simple math behind the reason why we continue to have success, Abbott, a Republican, said on Fox News Sunday. The equation means, very simply, it s a whole lot more difficult for covid-19 to be spreading to other people in the state of Texas.