Friday, 07 May 2021 14:12

Pandemic in India - a human and political desaster Featured

Written by
Rate this item
(0 votes)
BBC from Northern Ireland BBC from Northern Ireland BBC

A Russian super airplane bringing medical drugs and devices to India hit by the third Corona wave. The BBC reports from Northern Ireland:  

More aid is coming from Germany and other Western countries. The daily infections rate mounted to about 400.000. Oxygen for treatment and human resources are lacking. One of the hotspots is the state of Maharashtra with the megacity of Mumbai (Bombay) in the West. How is the famous charity ADAPT (formerly Spastic Society of India) providing physical and psychological treatment for handicapped children (mostly from its shanty-town Dharavi)? I am in contact with its staff:

"Hope you and the other people of ADAPT are safe. Please let me know how you are protecting the handicapped children in Dharavi. How is vaccination going on in Mumbai?

Best wishes from Ekkehard"

Answer from Varsha, deputy of Dr Mithu Alur, the charity's founder, on 07/05/2021: 

Hi. We are all safe, thank you. Dr. Alur had started tele therapy and online teaching immediately so we are in touch with the children and young adults. Some have returned to their villages of course.... They've started vaccinating you above 18 now... Most of us have taken the first dose of the vaccine. Waiting for enough vaccines to be available for the second shot. Hope you and Helen are well... And have taken both the shots. Regards".

 

  

 

 

Read 2342720 times

Media

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56999104

10171 comments

  • Comment Link ScottieRicle Sunday, 26 October 2025 06:25 posted by ScottieRicle

    Исследование, инициированное цифровым хабом «Цветов.ру», зафиксировало уверенный рост российского рынка срезанных цветов. В 2024 году финансовые поступления в этой сфере экономики достигли 349 млрд рублей, что на 15% превысило результат предыдущего года. При этом паттерны потребительского поведения становятся все более вариативными. В фокусе внимания аналитиков оказались текущие фавориты покупателей, перспективные тренды на 2026 год в области букетов, а также географические различия во вкусах. Оказалось, что даже при появлении новых трендов, основа предпочтений жителей России остается неизменной, хотя и она демонстрирует определенную динамику.
    самые покупаемые цветы в России 2025
    https://pr-img.ru/2025/prg-321/rynok-tsvetov-1.jpg

  • Comment Link RodneyPhimi Sunday, 26 October 2025 04:47 posted by RodneyPhimi

    Цьогорічний Beta Festival став місцем, де музика і технології об’єдналися в неймовірний досвід. Виступи Tale Of Us були пронизані глибокими емоціями та мелодійністю, які буквально переносили слухачів у новий вимір. Richie Hawtin своїми інноваційними треками створював унікальні звукові ландшафти, які вражали своєю складністю та гармонією. Charlotte de Witte стала справжньою королевою вечора, її сет був настільки захопливим, що кожен рухався в такт її музики. Якщо хочете дізнатися більше про цей унікальний фестиваль, радимо завітати на сайт.

  • Comment Link Fake designer bags Sunday, 26 October 2025 01:16 posted by Fake designer bags

    Thanks to my father who stafed to me on the topic of this webpage, this web site is really amazing.

  • Comment Link Адвокат по уголовным делам Sunday, 26 October 2025 00:46 posted by Адвокат по уголовным делам

    Адвокат по уголовным делам

  • Comment Link Oanerbleby Saturday, 25 October 2025 23:18 posted by Oanerbleby

    Я відвідала Фестиваль Природи і зрозуміла, що це не просто подія – це ціла пригода. Грандіозні пейзажі, гармонія із природою, нові знайомства – я б хотіла, щоб це тривало вічно.

  • Comment Link homepage Saturday, 25 October 2025 17:41 posted by homepage

    Hello! I've been following your web site for a long time now and finally got
    the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Lubbock Texas!

    Just wanted to say keep up the great work!

  • Comment Link Donaldmig Saturday, 25 October 2025 12:39 posted by Donaldmig

    Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica
    жесткое гей порно
    Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” scientists have found, raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been underestimated.

    Huge amounts of methane lie in reservoirs that have formed over millennia beneath the seafloor around the world. This invisible, climate-polluting gas can escape into the water through fissures in the sea floor, often revealing itself with a stream of bubbles weaving their way up to the ocean surface.
    https://informburo.kz/novosti/perecen-predpolagaemyx-i-priznannyx-sudom-finansovyx-piramid-opublikovalo-afm
    анальный секс зрелых
    Relatively little is known about these underwater seeps, how they work, how many there are, and how much methane reaches the atmosphere versus how much is eaten by methane-munching microbes living beneath the ocean.

    But scientists are keen to better understand them, as this super-polluting gas traps around 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide in its first 20 years in the atmosphere.

    Methane seeps in Antarctica are among the least understood on the planet, so a team of international scientists set out to find them. They used a combination of ship-based acoustic surveys, remotely operated vehicles and divers to sample a range of sites in the Ross Sea, a bay in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean, at depths between 16 and 790 feet.

    What they found surprised them. They identified more than 40 methane seeps in the shallow water of the Ross Sea, according to the study published this month in Nature Communications.

    Bubbles rising from a methane seep at Cape Evans, Antarctica. Leigh Tate, Earth Sciences New Zealand
    Many of the seeps were found at sites that had been repeatedly studied before, suggesting they were new. This may indicate a “fundamental shift” in the methane released in the region, according to the report.

    Methane seeps are relatively common globally, but previously there was only one confirmed active seep in the Antarctic, said Sarah Seabrook, a report author and a marine scientist at Earth Sciences New Zealand, a research organization. “Something that was thought to be rare is now seemingly becoming widespread,” she told CNN.

    Every seep they discovered was accompanied by an “immediate excitement” that was “quickly replaced with anxiety and concern,” Seabrook said.

    The fear is these seeps could rapidly transfer methane into the atmosphere, making them a source of planet-heating pollution that is not currently factored into future climate change predictions.

    The scientists are also concerned the methane could have cascading impacts on marine life.

  • Comment Link MichaelHJ Saturday, 25 October 2025 00:37 posted by MichaelHJ

    Ви коли-небудь замислювалися, чому Маленький принц такий популярний у всьому світі?

  • Comment Link licensed residential appraiser Friday, 24 October 2025 12:34 posted by licensed residential appraiser

    Aprazy revolutionizes real estate valuation by
    cutting out middlemen and giving clients ⅾirect
    accews to licensed home appraisers.

  • Comment Link CoreyDah Friday, 24 October 2025 11:02 posted by CoreyDah

    Ivanka на фестивалі Trance Illusion стали головною подією вечора. Світлове шоу, яке створила PJ Mia, було настільки вражаючим, що глядачі постійно аплодували. Її вміння працювати зі світлом і кольорами додало кожному треку неймовірної глибини. Це був один із тих виступів, які залишаються у пам’яті назавжди. Якщо хочете дізнатися більше про їхню творчість, завітайте на офіційний сайт.

Leave a comment

Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.