When Piketty came to India
Thomas Piketty, the French economist and author of the famous book Capital in the Twenty First Century, was recently in India. He delivered a lecture on the state of inequality globally as well as in India.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Mohan Bhagwat has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently being treated in a private hospital in Nagpur.
He was suffering from some minor cough and cold issues and underwent an RT-PCR test, according to RSS functionary.
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Incidentally, the 70-year-old Bhagwat – who had taken his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine on March 7.
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After the report came Covid-19 positive, he was admitted to the Kingsway Hospital on Friday.
Currently, Nagpur – the state`s second capital is amongst the worst-hit Corona hotspots in the state besides Mumbai and Pune in the ongoing ferocious second wave of the pandemic.
India has reported 1,45,384 new Covid-19 cases and 794 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
India is now the fourth-worst Covid-hit country worldwide after the number of active cases rose to 10,46,631. The death toll stood at 1,68,436 the Health Ministry said.
The Health Ministry said that a total of 11,73,219 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. So far, 25,52,14,803 samples have been tested.
A total of 34,15,055 people were vaccinated in the last 24 hours taking the total vaccination count to 9,80,75,160.
(With IANS inputs)
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