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Journalist. Two time Recipient- UNFPA Laadli Award for Gender Sensitivity (2015, 2020) & Red Ink Special Mention Award for Politics (2019)

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Dying of Covid is one thing, dying of not getting basic medical treatment is another.
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He removed his goggles because of poor visibility due to the PPE. Dr. Zahid prevented a death and exposed himself to the virus. He is in quarantine- let's pray for him.
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Doctors Beyond Duty  AIIMS surgeon, Dr Mohd Fawaz first donated blood to his severely ill patient (in absence of a relative who could help), then rushed him to the OT and performed an emergency surgery.
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After opening #RamzanFast today evening, #TablighiJamaat members will give samples, if tested #COVID –ve, they will donate plasma. As Delhi Govt struggles to find donors for #PlasmaTherapy , #tablighis step up to save lives of #COVID ー19 patients. #RamzanMubarak #ramadankareem
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Dr. #ManmohanSingh is stable. He is in Cardiac ICU, under observation. – AIIMS sources
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At Safdarjung Hospital: 500 faculty, 1700 resident docs, 2000 nursing staff are in shortage of protective gear The staff is in dire need of 1 PPE Kits (Hazmat Suits)- 50,000 2 N95 Masks- 50,000 3 Triple Layer Masks- 3,00,000 4 Hand Sanitizer (500ml bottles) -10,000 #Covid_19
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Thousands of students and parents across the country to go on a hunger strike tomorrow, 8am onwards. Their simple demand- postpone/cancel all exams amidst the pandemic. #INDIAunitedtoPostponeJEE_NEET
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They fight elections. We fight pandemics.
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Little Imraan came out of his home in Mustafabad after three days to look for his favorite notebook. His school half burnt, half broken. Aftermath of #DelhiRiots2020
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Taliban Press Conference: There will be no discrimination with women but they have live under the frame work of shariya law.
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126 doctors have died in the second COVID uptil now: IMA
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UPDATE #FormerPM Dr. #ManmohanSingh has been shifted out of the ICU, Stable.
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Two female doctors from Safdarjung assaulted right outside the hospital. They were slapped, arms twisted and told they are responsible for spreading Coronavirus. Their MLCs are being done currently and RDA doctors are pressuring the police to file complaint. #Covid_19india
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100 rupees per day to MBBS final year students on #COVID19 duty.
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WHO suspends the supply of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin to UN procurement agencies citing good manufacturing practices deficiencies.
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A Dental surgeon at AIIMS, New Delhi attempted suicide due to gender & caste based harassment by senior faculty members. She had repeatedly written letters to AIIMS Director & SC ST commission for almost a month. She is in critical condition in ICU and still no action.
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Not a happy new year for protesting farmers as 57 year old Galtan Singh from Baghpat passes away in the bitter cold at Ghazipur border. #FarmersProtest #Day37
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Students across India stage protest from home against the Centre’s decision to conduct offline exams amid the COVID19 pandemic. “If exams are conducted now. We'll have to travel kilometers, risk our lives to appear for the exams." #INDIAunitedtoPostponeJEE_NEET
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I was on phone with Dr. Anwar, late at night, the first night of #DelhiRiots He hid inside hosp. with lightsoff, with injured & dead lying around A mob with swords outside wanted to kill him.That night & many more bloody nights n days he treated several victims in his small hosp.
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No country for Doctors? Dr Shakil Khan's ear was bitten off by a patient’s attendant after he was asked not to enter the labour room in view of a #pandemic in MKCG hospital, Orissa.
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At India's top hospital AIIMS, Delhi, 22 healthcare workers test positive for #COVID Over 100 hospital guards #Quarantined . This was followed by showering of flower petals & a band performance. 'shower good quality PPEs, not petals'- doctors say.
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Dead bodies of two female #COVID19 patients (Hindu & Muslim), get changed at AIIMS Trauma Center. While the Muslim body was cremated at Punjabi Bagh, the Hindu body was sent for burial. This mix- up was discovered when Muslim family requested to see the face just before burial.
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The hand that protects us. This is the hand of every doctor, every nurse, every healthcare worker after they remove gloves & PPEs following long hours of COVID duty.
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An overwhelming number of students in the country are on a hunger strike today. Demand postponement of UGC-NET, JEE-NEET, DUET, JNUEE, CLAT, NDA exams as India’s COVID count surges past 3 million mark. #INDIAunitedtoPostponeJEE_NEET #SATYAGRAH_AgainstExamsInCovid
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To times when we were social and there was no distancing.
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It's been over ten days. Delhi hospitals are still crying for oxygen.
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Thousands of students across the country today participate in a day long hunger strike demanding postponment of exams amidst the pandemic. #INDIAunitedtoPostponeJEE_NEET #SATYAGRAH_AgainstExamsInCOVID
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Just one factual correction: There was no lockdown when people gathered there. The Tablighi Jamaat congregation was organised between 1st Mar- 15th Mar. There was no strict advisory by the govt too. In fact, there were few travel restrictions. #Coronavirusindia #Nizamuddin
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What were these people gathering at Nizamuddin thinking? Is it a joke that the entire country is under lockdown? One wrong action by anyone of us can lead to a disaster of gigantic proportions! Listen to the Government for heaven’s sake! #IndiaFightsCorona @BJP4Delhi
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Let's stop calling it mild.
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Registrations for vaccination for all above 18 years of age to open in the next 48 hours on CoWin.
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24 hours ago, teary eyed #RakeshTikait said he would only drink water from his village. This is what #ghazipurborder looked liked today. Farmers from across Western UP & Haryana got water for him. #farmersrprotest #farmslaws
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Noble cause by #TableeghiJamaat Of 1068 #COVID19 positive #Tablighis in Delhi Hospitals, around 300 have recovered. And ALL of them have agreed to donate blood plasma to the same people they are accused of infecting. #coronaupdatesindia #Covid_19india #PlasmaTheropy #Ramazan
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The Delhi Health Department said that of 1,068 coronavirus positive Tablighis in Delhi hospitals, around 300 (who have recovered after testing double negative) have decided to donate plasma to severely ill patients in the capital. Reports @Runjhunsharmas
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Students all across the country to raise black flags from homes, tie black bands on arm, forehead and wear black masks. It's a BLACK protest tommorow, 8am onwards. 🌑 #NEETJEE #PostponeNEETJEE_Today
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Dr. #ManmohanSingh tests negative for #COVID19 . Discharged from AIIMS, to leave for home soon.
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How to blame Muslims for everything
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Urgent SOS Need Oxygen to be airlifted urgently 25 patients have died in last 24hrs at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Ventilators & Bipap not working effectively. Resorting to manual ventiltion in ICUs & ED. Lives of another 60 sickest patients in peril. Oxygen will last another 2 hrs.
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Dr. Zahid from critical care at AIIMS, couldn't open his #ramdaanfast as he was called to shift a #Covid_19 +ve intubated patient to the ICU from an ambulance. Dr. Zahid faced difficulty in ventilating the patient & suspected accidental extubation. So he decided to re-intubate
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In the middle of a pandemic, healthcare workers of 4 hosp. & 17 polyclinics in Delhi haven't been paid a single penny for 3 months. 'People need us- so we kept working but now we find it tough to even commute to work as we have no money'- Doctors My full report on CNN News18 soon
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Disturbing pictures coming in from #VizagGasLeak Why are you doing this 2020? Just stop now. Picture Courtesy @IndianExpress
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When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
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As houses are being burned to the ground in Khazoori Khas in North East Delhi- there is NO police present in the area. This is 3rd day of #DelhiRiots . Why is this still on?
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I took this photo 2 months ago while covering #DelhiRiots . Little Imraan had lost his books, his bag and his school to violence. As we cope with a #pandemic , let's not forget what #DelhiRiots did to people, to families. #न_भूलेंगे_न_माफ_करेंगे
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Little Imraan came out of his home in Mustafabad after three days to look for his favorite notebook. His school half burnt, half broken. Aftermath of #DelhiRiots2020
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Only 6000 cubic meters of Oxygen left which at the current rate of consumption can only last till 1am. Need urgent replenishment. – Sir Ganga Ram hospital #COVID19 #COVID19India
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Happy to win in the Best Spot Reporting category for my reportage of Delhi Riots. It was one of the biggest, most sensitive stories I've reported on. Thank you ENBA and the jury for this! #enbaAwards
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People’s power is stronger than those in power, they say. #SriLanka #SriLankaCrisis
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A big win for doctors of Hindu Rao Hospital. MCD releases pending salaries of healthcare workers of 5 hospitals after 24 days of relentless protest that escalated to a 6 day long hunger strike. Fighting the pandemic and the system. You are true heroes. @Sardana29 @rao_cell
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Washing hands is a privilege. Social distancing is a privilege. Staying home is a privilege. COVID Treatment is a privilege. Now vaccination too, is a privilege.
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Who burns a school? And with children hiding inside. #DelhiRiots
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269 doctors have died in the second COVID uptil now: IMA
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Was it a morning like this? ☀️
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#Newsbreak : Plasma therapy dropped from clinical protocol for treatment of COVID patients.
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Oxygen runs out at Batra Hospital in Delhi. "We have 320 Covid patients- all dependent on oxygen. This is an oxygen emergency. Please help us" – Director, Batra Hospital.
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Professional update: After 9 long & wonderful years, I bid farewell to CNN News18. It has been an honour and a privilege. Forever grateful.
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Bombay High Court slams Union Health Ministry over faulty ventilators supplied to Marathwada hospitals. Says Ministry is more concerned about ventilator manufacturer & not lives of the patients.
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Court directs government to apologise for maliciously accusing the #TablighiJamaat as super-spreader.
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The new normal ✈ I'm smiling- can you see? #FlyingFeelsSafeAgain - question mark
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Rhea's father Lt Col(rtd) Indrajit Chakraborty's statement: “Congratulations, India. You’ve arrested my son, I'm sure my daughter is next on the line. You’ve effectively demolished a middle class family. Ofcourse, for the sake of Justice everything is justified. Jai Hind”
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Far and beyond and beautiful @meenabaghhomes
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The Tragedy of our times #Muslims expected to feel apologetic for a crime they didn't commit. For a crime that wasn't communal. #PalgharMobLynching
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While each war in history was started by men, it was women who suffered the most. Art by @paayalsharmaa
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Eid with the lovely @maryashakil #EidMubarak love and peace 🤍
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Via*- JNUSU Delhi Police inside the Campus.
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Last night this tanker containing 20 tons of oxygen helped 8 hospitals with urgent supplies- Gangaram, Ambedkar, Deep Chand, GTB, LNJP, Deen Dayal and Balaji. #COVID19
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What are we going to do with all this grief?
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Imp: Paracetamols or painkillers not recommended after Covaxin shots for kids: Bharat Biotech
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Anxious students and parents have been requesting the government to cancel the CBSE board exams in the middle of a second #COVID wave. AISA writes to Education Minister @DrRPNishank to postpone/cancel exams. #cancelboardexam2021 #cancelcbseboards2021
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India hits one crore vaccination mark today. In a single day.
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Dr. Anwar of the Al hind Hospital not only saved many lives, but he also gave refuge to many displaced riot victims of Mustafabad in his tiny hospital despite threats from violent mobs. You're a true hero Dr. Anwar, we're sorry your name is in the chargesheet.
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#RishiKapoor and #IrrfanKhan Two legends in one frame. #Khan #Kapoor - you’ll be in our hearts forever 💙
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First batch of #SputnikV vaccine arrives in India.
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A new 'Double Mutant' variant of #COVID ー19 found in India: Health Ministry.
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A rare moment of joy for children at a relief camp in Mustafabad. Selecting new (old) clothes from a pile lying on the ground. Over a 1000 families displaced.
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What a show #PaatalLok Draws you into the darkness of North India- caste violence, islamophobia, transphobia & the shallowness of TV news. And what do I say about you my friend @nowitsabhi aka Hathoda Tyagi. Terrifyingly good. Hathoda Tyagi you are the angst against the system.
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Atleast the skies are blue 💙 #lockdown #COVID19
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#HappeningNow : Candlelight Vigil by AIIMS doctors in remembrance of all healthcare workers who lost their lives treating #COVID19 . May their souls rest in peace.
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Two AIIMS doctors have tested positive for #COVID19 in Delhi today. The doctor from Physiology Dept. had tested positive earlier today. Now, his wife who is 9 months pregnant has also tested positive. Total of 8 doctors in Delhi tested positive
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9 month pregnant Uzma Bilal has been denied admission in all hospitals she went to in Delhi, because she is a suspected Covid patient. She needs immediate help. @ArvindKejriwal @drharshvardhan @Saurabh_MLAgk @SatyendarJain
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4,12,262 COVID Cases in India. Highest ever.
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Lata Mangeshkar passes away at 8.12am today 🙏🏼
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Won't recognise your vaccine certificates if you don't include Covaxin, Covishield: India to EU
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AIIMS issues a circular to doctors and nurses involved in direct patient care to REUSE N95 masks because of shortage in supplies. Doctors I spoke to at AIIMS fear their safety.
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Stand with those who stand alone
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AIIMS authorities: An enquiry has been set up. One person has been terminated and another suspended.
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Chandra Shekhar Azad meets the grieving family in #Hathras "I demand ‘Y security’ for the family or I’ll take them to my house, they aren’t safe here" – @BhimArmyChief
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Farmers want to be heard. शाहजहांपुर, UP. #BharatBandh #25 सितम्बर_भारतबंद #FarmersProtest
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Covaxin shows efficacy of 77.8% in phase 3 trials.
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#SOS from Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality hospital, Delhi. Have run out of liquid medical oxygen supply. 350 Covid patients admitted in the hospital.
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First: 'You provid us sub-standard PPE kits.' Now: 'You ask us, the healthcare workers to explain how & why are we getting infected- leading to unnecessary shortage of staff in hospitals.' Doctors question the Delhi Govt. Order #COVID__19 #HealthcareHeroes
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Don't know who drew this art. But this should make us all hang our heads in shame. Let this be a reminder that while we are comfortable in our beds tonight, #Safoora rots in jail. Let this make us feel guilty. Let this make us question why we are not making enough noise.
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Just Wow! The National Human Rights Commission blames Jamia students for police violence, wants to probe 'real motive' of anti-CAA protest.
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In search of Ram. In Ayodhya.
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Rare cases of #Mucormycosis of small intestine seen at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi.
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"A third wave is inevitable": Principal Scientific Adviser.
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Delhi reports over 24,000 #covid cases in the last 24 hours.
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The dogs, the cats, the birds are petrified. What's this cracker ban? And what are these people?!!
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#NewProfilePic Courtesy: The talented @sanjayausta
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