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Message from the Indian government's principal spokesperson and director general of the Press Information Bureau to journalists today:

"Good morning friends. Thanks for all your cooperation and support at this crucial time...."

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"I need your cooperation in daily briefing of Health Ministry at 4 pm from NMC. As it is webcast by PIB and live on DD & ANI, in view of the present situation, only some agencies will be called to ensure proper information dissemination."

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"Kindly avoid your camera and reporter from today for some days. All the best."

Note: This isn't about the safety of journalists, it is about "proper information dissemination".

This is what the Indian government argued in the Supreme Court yesterday.
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The Indian government wants to censor the media to fight #Covid19 – but transparency is a better weapon.

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Supriya Sharma
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I've been following all the news on #Covid19 testing kits in India and it boggles my mind that we still do not have a list of licensed kits in the public domain.

Shocking lack of transparency.
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On March 26, the Drug Controller General of India told @sruthisagar that 18 diagnostic kits have been given import and manufacturing licences.

The DCGI is the licensing body for drugs and diagnostics in the country.

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These 18 approved kits are RT-PCR kits, not rapid antibody kits, the DCGI told @psychia90

To know the difference between them, read this excerpt from one of our stories: scroll.in/pulse/957726/c…
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Supriya Sharma
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Every time I – and other journalists – post questions to the government about India's preparations to fight #COVID19, both trolls and well-meaning folk pipe up to say 'don't spread panic'.

I'd say let's panic more – and ask more questions.

Let me explain. #Thread
Last week we heard of shortages in the supply of safety gear for health workers in India.

Yes, these scary-looking hazmat suits that medical workers need to save lives – of others and their own.

My colleague @Aarefa Johari began to investigate this.

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We stumbled on the reasons for it.

So did TOI's excellent @RemaNagarajan

Rema broke the story in TOI yesterday morning. Read the story here.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Healthca…
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Supriya Sharma
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I've been following all press briefings by India’s health ministry and reading every press note on #COVID2019.

The government is stonewalling questions, not giving basic information.

Can all journalists – not just health reporters – amplify this #thread so we get clear answers?
For starters, can we get daily statewise data on the number of people tested for Covid-19 and the number of positive cases?

States are sending regular updates to the Centre. But all we get is aggregate information like this twice a day.
Here is an example of how one state is reporting the data on testing.

Can all state governments be asked to put out such clear press releases?

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Good morning friends. An outrage a day, keeps sanity away..

Latest one is this news item. Yet another Sanitary pad/restaurant GST type outrage.

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Firstly RWAs always paid VAT but never got tax credits. So GST isn't new and now they get tax credits

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Exemption limit earlier was 10L now it is 20L

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If you have multiple apartments all under 7.5K, you are exempted on ALL.

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Improvement no. 4

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Good morning friends!
Last night was my first session in a second campaign for a module called Claws of Madness. I played a Tabaxi Revised Ranger with 3 other players.
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