Purna Kumbh was held within 11 years because of the favorable astrological position of the "Sun moving into Aries and Jupiter into Aquarius" in 2021.
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Logically→ Remdesivir is being black marketed in India.
Remdesivir vials were being sold for more than their official price of ₹899 in Bhopal, Jabalpur, Pune, and Mumbai.
Logically→ Serum Institute of India sold Covishield to state governments at a higher price than the central government.
SII will charge Rs 400 per dose for Covishield from state governments and continue to charge Rs 150 per dose from the central government.
Logically→ The registration process for over 18s in India to receive the COVID-19 vaccine will start on April 24, 2021.
The registration portal for phase 3 of the vaccination drive will be ready by April 24, and the registration process will begin on April 28, 2021.
Logically→ A triple mutation variant of COVID-19 has emerged in India.
Amid the COVID-19 surge in India, B.1.618 - a new variant of SARS-CoV-2- has been identified in West Bengal.
Logically→ Industrial oxygen cannot be converted and used as medical oxygen.
Industrial oxygen cylinders or inert gas cylinders can be converted to medical oxygen cylinders.
Logically→ There are more cases of COVID-19 among children and young people than the rest of the population in India.
Children and youth ventured out of their homes & interacted more publicly in recent months after the pandemic protocols were relaxed compared to 2020.
Logically→ Prime Minister Boris Johnson has canceled his visit to India over fears of COVID-19.
The U.K. Prime Minister said it was "only sensible" to cancel the visit as cases of COVID-19 rapidly increase.
Logically→ Mexico approved the emergency use of the Covaxin vaccine.
Covaxin is the sixth vaccine to have been approved in Mexico.
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Logically→ Centre: Kumbh Mela is becoming a super spreader event.
The Indian government clarified that the media report quoting the Centre as saying that the ongoing Kumbh Mela is a COVID-19 super-spreader is fake.
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Logically→ West Bengal is among the top 4 States in India for the cumulative coverage of the COVID-19 vaccination.
Bengal stands in 5th place among all states after administering 48,66,734 doses of the COVID vaccine as of March 29, 2021.
Logically→ There is no pure drinking water in the Gangasagar area.
According to a study, severe arsenic contamination in the Ganga River Bhasin poses a challenge for clean drinking water in the Gangasagar area.
Logically→ The Bharatiya Janata Party took away land rights from Jharkhand’s tribes.
After several protests across Jharkhand, the BJP withdrew a bill that would let Jharkhand's government acquire lands of Adivasis in the state.
Logically→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi developed the COVID-19 vaccine in India.
Pharmaceutical companies and labs have developed the COVID-19 vaccines. The assertion by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is incorrect.
Logically→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi developed the COVID-19 vaccine in India.
Pharmaceutical companies and labs have developed the COVID-19 vaccines. The assertion by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is incorrect.
Logically→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi developed the COVID-19 vaccine in India.
Pharmaceutical companies and labs have developed the COVID-19 vaccines. The assertion by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is incorrect.
Logically→ DMK hasn’t won any Assembly Elections without allies since 1996.
The DMK has been in power twice since 1996 and has contested both elections with electoral allies.
Logically→ Three Hindu Mahasabha members held for offering prayers to Lord Shiva inside the Taj Mahal compound.
Three activists from Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha were arrested for trying to offer prayers for Lord Shiva at the Taj Mahal premises.
Logically→ The prices of Indian COVID-19 vaccines are the lowest in the world.
Several countries offer COVID-19 vaccines free of charge to individuals.
Logically→ The prices of Indian COVID-19 vaccines are the lowest in the world.
Several countries offer COVID-19 vaccines free of charge to individuals.
Logically→ Uttar Pradesh Police to conduct a 30-day mask checking initiative.
The Uttar Pradesh Police said it has neither undertaken a 30-day mask checking campaign nor disseminated such information.
Logically→ A Christian cross was erected over a Hindu shrine in Andhra Pradesh.
Guntur police clarified that the cross and Hindu shrine are erected on two different adjacent hillocks.
Logically→ Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde told a man accused of rape to marry the victim.
Bobde said that his words were "misreported" and "twisted." He did not order the accused to marry the victim but asked him if he would.
Logically→ Pakistan to receive 45 million doses of Covaxin from India.
Pakistan will be receiving 45 million doses of the Covishield vaccine from India under the United GAVI Alliance.
Logically→ Healthcare in West Bengal’s government hospitals is free.
Though the state government's Swasthya Sathi scheme provides medical benefits to the people of West Bengal, many people are exempted.
Logically→ More than 15,000 Rohingya Muslims have been sent to detention centers in Kashmir.
Authorities in India-controlled Kashmir have sent 168 Rohingya refugees to a holding center as part of an exercise that began on March 6, 2021.
Logically→ Indian farmers use Coca-Cola and Pepsi instead of expensive pesticides.
Farmers in India reportedly used Coca-Cola and Pepsi as substitutes for pesticides to keep crops free of bugs.
Logically→ India provides vaccines for a cheaper price than the U.S and the E.U.
The cost of COVID-19 vaccines in India is much lower than in several other countries.
Logically→ Jawaharlal Nehru spied on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s family members.
Declassified documents from the Intelligence Bureau reveal that the Nehru government spied on Netaji Bose's family members from 1948 to 1968.
Logically→ The Modi government has made teaching the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana mandatory in madrasas.
One hundred madrasas accredited by the NIOS will have the option to teach the Ramayan and the Gita. It is not mandatory.
Logically→ One BJP worker died and five got injured while making crude bombs at Gosaba, West Bengal.
Police say the bombs went off when BJP workers were making them. The family of the injured claim TMC members hurled the bombs. A probe is underway.
Logically→ West Bengal ranks number one in tea productivity.
West Bengal's tea productivity was the highest in 2020. Assam produced the highest volume of tea.
Logically→ Police are paid for their moustaches in India.
An allowance for growing mustache is only paid to police personnel in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Logically→ West Bengal will provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all.
Though government hospitals provide vaccination for free, private hospitals will charge Rs 250 per dose.
Logically→ Indira Gandhi had said “We avenged our thousand-year slavery on Muslims” after the fall of Dhaka.
The authenticity of the quote continues to be a subject of debate for experts.
Logically→ Yogi Adityanath: If BJP comes to power in Bengal, TMC goons will hang placards from their neck seeking forgiveness for their crimes like in UP.
Adityanath had made the statement during a campaign rally in Purulia, West Bengal in Feb 2019.
Logically→ Congress shared old images to claim that lakhs attended their rally in West Bengal
The viral photo was taken at a Left Front rally in Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground in February 2019.
Logically→ TMC workers vandalized BJP’s raths in a godown in Kadarpara.
Besides BJP's accusation, there is no evidence that TMC workers were responsible for the alleged vandalism.