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Will India's robust news media loudly question the government's move to cut off questions at the daily #Covid19 press briefing?

Reporters who attended today's briefing were told *explicitly* that officials will only take questions from DD and ANI.

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#Thread on what health journalists are saying about this:

And from one of the most experienced health journalists in India:
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Supriya Sharma
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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."

2/n
"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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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.
#Thread
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.

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Sequence of Events-Failure of Administration:
1- Entry of Foreigners: "When asked whether the foriegn preachers were not screened at the airport for any COVID symptoms, the official said, “they entered India before the red alert was sounded.”
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So they might had got infected in India. Based on above reports.

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#India can't ban #bitcoin. Bitcoin will happily and easily move underground and the resulting premium will draw in more.
Countries will eventually get it, trying to ban bitcoin incentivizes civil disobedience.
It's also interesting that the two gold loving countries of China and India fight bitcoin so much.

Will they be on the wrong side of a monetary shift once again?
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