The results of the assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal are hours away and Dominic Xavier wonders if a fresh government battleplan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic will only materialise after the electoral outcome is known.
Dominic Xavier is mystified by Modi's refusal to halt a scheme whose funds would be better deployed in providing better healthcare -- and yes, free vaccines -- to the Indian people.
Dominic Xavier is startled by the minister's claim which may seem delusional at a time when India is saddened and shocked by the scenes of COVID-19 patients dying in its cities and towns and when those struck by coronavirus struggle to find hospital beds, oxygen and medicines
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the controversy over the cost of the COVID-19 vaccine post May 1.
Dominic Xavier on how several nations -- including China and Pakistan -- have offered India help to deal with the COVID-19 Crisis.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Covid Leadership Crisis confronting India, which registered the highest number of COVID-19 cases on the planet at least twice this week.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Oxygen Crisis confronting India after the surge in COVID-19 infections.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the plight of the migrant workers.
Dominic Xavier mourns for the hundreds of Indians who have lost their lives in the pandemic and grieves with their families.
Dominic Xavier wants Prime Minister Modi to know that India needs Oxygen NOW! and can't wait for hospitals to be set up.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the Modi government's decision which offers relief to children who have appeared for these exams in the midst of the pandemic and their parents.
Will Modi and his government begin the battle against the second surge in the pandemic, which is now seeing cases mounting in BJP-ruled states like Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, only after May 2, when the election results are declared asks Dominic Xavier.
Dominic Xavier wonders why Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and his health ministry are not urgently addressing this vaccine shortage at a time when the nation confronts its worst health crisis.
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Dominic Xavier hopes there won't be a COVID-19 surge in the states going to the polls since few of those attending election rallies wear masks or observe social distancing.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the reported meeting between Sharad Pawar and Amit Shah in Ahmedabad on Saturday night, sending constituents of Maharashtra's Maha Vikas Aghadi government in a tizzy.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on Parliament passing a bill equating the Delhi government with the lieutenant governor and not Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party elected government.
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Dominic Xavier offers his take on the government's refreshing decision to let 340 million Indians above the age of 45 asnd below 60 take the coronavirus vaccine.
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