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India needs Rs 65,000 crore to help poor affected by COVID-19 crisis: Raghuram Rajan to Rahul Gandhi

Dr Raghuram Rajan, Former Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in an interaction with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi through a live video chat on April 30, said that India needs Rs 65,000 crore to help the poor, who have been hit by the COVID-19 outbreak. Rajans reply came after Gandhi asked him the question, How much money will be required to help the poor??
The video was first among the series of video chats Congress plans to have between Rahul Gandhi and intellectuals from different sectors regarding the issues related to COIVID-19 crisis. In the 30 minute conversation with Rajan, Gandhi discussed several issues that have affected economy of the country amid coronavirus crisis and lockdown.
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Rajan said, As we try to bend the curve of infections and prevent hospitals and medical facilities from being overwhelmed, we have to start thinking about restarting people’s livelihoods. It’s all too easy to have lockdown forever but that’s unsustainable for the economy.
He added, We need to be cleverer in lifting the lockdown. We need to open up in a measured way as India does not have capacity to feed people for long. Rajan also said that India’s testing rate is nowhere close to the US, and suggested that the countrys testing needs to go up.
You can watch the entire interaction between Dr Raghuram Rajan and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi here:
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Nitin Gadkari graces screening of ‘Me Vasantrao’ at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari graced the special screening of Marathi movie ‘Me Vasantrao’ – a movie based on the life of Hindustani classical singer and violinist Vasantrao Deshpande.
The screening was held at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur on Sunday evening in the presence family members, friends and the cast of the movie.
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Mayor Dayashankari Tiwari kicks off polio drive in Nagpur
Nagpur Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, on Sunday, launched Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) door-to-door polio campaign drive. He, along with Deputy Mayor Manisha Dhawade visited Rognidan Centre in Mahal, Nagpur and inaugurated the campaign by giving polio drops to a toddler.
As per NMC officials, ten Zonal Medical Officers and Ten Health inspectors would visit every house in their respective zones, in order to vaccinate children between the ages of zero-five to immune them against polio.
NMC had recognised Sunday as the official day for polio vaccination. Under Polio Ravivar, they plan to vaccinate more than three lakh kids in Nagpur. They also urged Nagpurkars to vaccinate their children at pulse Polio Booths near their homes from 8 am- 5 pm, on Sunday.
NMC Standing Committee Chief, Corporator Vijay Zalke spoke to Nation Next regarding this campaign and said, This year’s polio drive is going to be bigger than last year. We are planning to vaccinate around 3- 3.15 lakh kids. NMC is bearing the cost of infrastructure and execution. The state government provided us with the doses.
He further stated that there were special teams to vaccinate the homeless during night. ?When it comes to the health of Nagpurkars, money is not a factor we should think about, said Zalke when asked about NMC’s current financial crunch.
As per Zalke, vaccination facility would also be available in slums,, factory areas and other outskirts of Nagpur.
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Congress legislator caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly
Congress leader Prakash Rathod, on Friday, was caught on camera while allegedly scrolling through few adult content clips in the State Assembly. This turned out to be a huge embarrassment for both, Congress and Rathod as regional channels aired the video, in which he was ?caught in the act.
The MLC member was present in the house during the proceedings of the legislative council. While the house was in session, Rathod was watching adult content on his smartphone.
However, he threw these charges under the bus and said, I was looking for materials for a question I wanted to ask the government in question hour.
?When I was looking for question material, I deleted too many messages as my phone storage was full. What the media has shown or seen, I don’t know. I would never do such things or see such things, he added.
This was not the first time in Karnataka that such an incident had happened. Back in 2012, three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers were caught on camera allegedly watching adult content in the State Assembly. Following the scandal, they resigned from the state government due to public embarrassment.
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