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3 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Bharat Biotech has a bit of a shady history dating back to 2016.

After the Zika virus outbreak, Bharat Biotech had announced that it has developed the "world's first Zika vaccine" named Zikavac.

The company began advertising this vaccine publicly & through PR releases

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Subsequent to this, Bharat Biotech was summoned & pulled up by the Director General of Health Services.

DGHS said that the co. was cashing in on the Zika outbreak & had announced a vaccine without informing the govt.

indiatoday.in/mail-today/sto…

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Now with Bharat Biotech's "Covaxin" being approved for restricted use (whatever that means), the big question remains as to why the Modi govt wants to gamble with the life of citizens.

Govt claims "Covaxin" is approved only for situations where there's a vaccine shortage.

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What's a conditional approval? On what basis was this approval given when Bharat Biotech has NOT shown enough data proving safety & efficacy?

Why did PM Modi personally visit Bharat Biotech last month in Hyderabad?

This matters because it's about people's lives.

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Addendum:

Here's some more shady info about Bharat Biotech & their alleged Zika vaccine from 2016.

businesstoday.in/magazine/corpo…

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30 Dec 20
Important:

As I'd said yesterday, the Rajya Sabha gave me a list of MPs who have secured an EXTRA "guest accommodation" along with the "guests" occupying these.

These are prime Lutyens Delhi MP houses being given to "guests" who are not public servants in any way.

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The concept of "guest accommodation" under Rajya Sabha rules was to help MPs accommodate their visitors who travel to Delhi during Parliament Sessions.

Along with VP House Hostel & Western Court Hostel, a few houses on North & South Avenue have been designated for this.

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Rules of the Rajya Sabha state that these "guest accommodations can only be allotted for 3 months max.

Moreover, the pool of housing on North & South Avenue is EXTREMELY LIMITED according to the Rajya Sabha handbook.

These plush Lutyens houses are from MP housing quota.

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14 Oct 20
Exclusive:

The Modi govt has been handing major defense contracts & technology to a favorite Nagpur-based firm.

What's shocking is that they're doing this despite knowing that the company's explosives were being used by terror group ISIS in Iraq & Syria.

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On 1st Oct, the Modi govt signed a contract worth 409 crores with Economic Explosive Ltd (EEL) to supply 10,00,000 Multi Mode Hand Grenades to the Indian Army.

EEL is a subsidiary of Nagpur-based Solar Industries (an explosive maker with nothing to do with solar energy)

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In 2018, Solar Industries was given a technology transfer by the Ministry of Defense to produce propellant booster for the BrahMos missile.

2 months ago, Solar Ind. cleared DRDO trials to get the technology & make Pinaka artillery rockets for the Indian Army.

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13 Oct 20
Modi govt officially endorses Republic TV's hate:

In April, I filed a complaint with Ministry I&B against Arnab Goswami's Republic for communalizing the Palghar incident & openly inciting communal tensions.

His statements were a clear violation of @MIB_India guidelines.

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Goswami made it a Hindu-Muslim issue by saying:

"Would Sonia Gandhi have been quiet if Muslim preachers or Christian saints had been killed instead of Hindu sants?"

Note that NONE of the culprits in the Palghar incident were Muslims.

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Arnab further said:

"Sonia Gandhi is quiet today, but I think she feels happy that Hindu sants were killed in a state where Congress has a stake in the govt. She will send a report to Italy that she is getting Hindu sants killed in Maharashtra."

BLATANT COMMUNALIZATION

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26 Sep 20
Personal story of witnessing Dr. Manmohan Singh’s magic & charm:

It was the year 2010. I worked out of Singapore for the Financial Times and I decided to fly down to Kuala Lumpur along with a friend for the weekend.

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Getting out of the airport and into the taxi, we were greeted by a strange sight.

The entire street was decked up with Indian flags.

For a second, we wondered if we’d gotten off the plane into the wrong country.

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Later, a taxi driver said that this welcome had been planned for the visit of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Coincidentally he was landing in the country the same day.

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22 Sep 20
The ghost plane from Pakistan:

Today I'm going to re-up a VERY MYSTERIOUS incident about an Antonov plane that unauthorizedly entered India last year during Lok Sabha elections from Pakistan, was intercepted & forced to land by IAF, and shockingly cleared by Modi govt.

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On 10th May, 2019 (in the middle of elections), an Antonov AN-12 plane belonging to a Ukranian company called Motor Sich left from Georgia & landed in Karachi.

From Karachi, this plane was shockingly headed to New Delhi (while the airspace was still closed post-Balakot).

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The plane tried to enter India through an unauthorized point over Gujarat.

The plane wouldn't respond to ANY communication from the IAF.

Subsequently, IAF deployed 2 armed Sukhois to intercept the aircraft.

Missile defense systems across North India were activated.

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21 Sep 20
Update on Sambit Patra's illegal MP accommodation:

A latest update from the Rajya Sabha indicates that Sambit Patra has most likely been kicked out/evicted from his illegal MP accommodation.

While the details remain to be confirmed (which I will), here's what happened:

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Patra is alleged to be illegally occupying an MP accommodation at 211, North Avenue.

In an RTI response on 27th July, I was told that 211, North Avenue was allotted to BJP MP Anil Baluni (who heads the party's media cell) for his guest Avinash Rai Khanna (former BJP MP).

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Now, as the RTI shows, Avinash Rai Khanna took over the "guest accommodation" in July 2018 (2 years ago). It is alleged that he had allowed Patra to stay in that house.

Therefore, on 13th August, I wrote to the Rajya Sabha demanding a physical inspection of the house.

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