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As COVID-19 swamps India, decision to allow Kumbh Mela's crowds is scrutinized


MUMBAI (RNS) As COVID-19 infections rise in India, the local and national government’s decision to allow a shortened edition of a festival known as Kumbh Mela is being scrutinized as a cause for some of the spread of the virus but also a sign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP-led government favoring Hindu beliefs over safety.
Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival that takes place on the banks of the Ganges River in Haridwar, in the hill state of Uttarakhand, was held through April, with two of its most sacred bathing days attracting millions. Typically lasting from January to April, it is held approximately once every 12 years, with the last edition held in 2010. ....

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Modi could have prevented India's devastating Covid-19 crisis, critics say. He didn't


India Covid-19: How Modi could have stopped his country s devastating crisis but didn t
CNN
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By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN
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People are silhouetted against multiple burning funeral pyres of patients who died of the Covid-19 on April 24, 2021 in New Delhi, India.
On April 17, ahead of a state election, a maskless Prime Minister Narendra Modiboasted to a sea of cheering supporters: I ve never ever seen such huge crowds at a rally.
His country was on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. That day, India recorded more than 261,000 new coronavirus cases more than many countries have seen during the entire pandemic. ....

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