EXCLUSIVE:

Adani Group says:

▶️ Either IndiGo or Air India can be completely shifted from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai airport to decongest the former.

▶️Will develop 21 hotels, three Legoland theme parks, five aquariums, two Madame Tussauds wax museums, etc in city side area. ▶️ Premium brands will open more outlets at its airports to ensure higher average transaction value.

▶️ Will have its own ground handling business -- with focus on international flights -- at airports by 2026.

3,500 plus people have died due to Covid in Valsad, Gujarat, in April & May: Sandesh

However, Guj govt’s data says only 49 people have died due to Covid in Valsad since the pandemic began.

(1/n) District health dept gives a little higher number of Covid deaths.

District health dept says around 270 people have died due to Covid in Valsad in April & May: Sandesh

Still, it’s extremely lower than 3,500 plus Covid deaths reported by Sandesh.

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"I accept that few lives are being saved by doctors too. Not all doctors are useless. A few are good too. I always say this." : Baba Ramdev at today morning's yoga session (go to 5.40 in video)

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(1/n) Other quotes of Baba from today's session:

"I speak a little truth only, because I am kind & a sanyasi, and people are still not able to digest it. They get indigestion." (2.21)

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To hide Covid death statistics, govt hospitals in Gujarat are not handing over the case files to relatives: Divya Bhaskar (DB)

Relatives are only being given "discharge summary" or "death card"

Doctors say they've got orders from above to not hand over the case files: DB

(1/8) Relatives are asked to submit "application" at civil hospitals if they want the case files.

If the Covid patient has comorbidity like diabetes or blood pressure issues or cancer, his or her death is not being classified under Covid: DB

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The scale of our tragedy:

8 out of 20 pages in Saurashtra Samachar’s Bhavnagar edition today contain obituaries.

It has 136 obituaries — 83 text-only & 53 with photos of the deceased.

It had 36 obituaries two months back, on March 17.

36 to 136.

(1/5) Remaining 4 pages from today’s newspaper that contain obituaries:

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Around 2,460 people have died in 40 villages of Gandhinagar, Gujarat, in April & May: Sandesh’s survey

Majority of them died of Covid, allege Sarpanchs & prominent villagers.

Guj govt data: 185 people have died of Covid in entire Gandhinagar since the pandemic began.

(1/n) Sandesh says each of the 40 villages saw 3 to 4 deaths per month in pre-pandemic times.

This means these 40 villages saw average 320 deaths during a two-month period in pre-pandemic times.

320 vs 2,460.

There are 252 villages in Gandhinagar district.

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Gujarat issued 1.23 lakh death certificates in March 1-May 10 period this year in comparison to 58 thousand issued in the same period last year: Divya Bhaskar

This means Gujarat issued 65,085 more death certificates in March 1-May 10 period this year.

65,085.

(1/n) However, Gujarat govt’s data says only 4,218 people died of Covid in March 1-May 10 period this year: Divya Bhaskar

This is the table showing comparison of number of death certificates issued for each district and municipal corporation of Gujarat.

Let us go deeper.

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The scale of our tragedy:

9 out of 18 pages in Saurashtra Samachar’s Bhavnagar edition today contain obituaries.

It has 204 obituaries — 126 text-only & 78 with photos of the deceased.

It had 29 obituaries just two months back, on March 13.

29 to 204.

(1/5) Remaining 4 out of 9 pages today that have obituaries:

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The scale of our tragedy:

6 out of 16 pages in Saurashtra Samachar’s Bhavnagar edition today contain obituaries.

It has 130 obituaries — 85 text-only & 45 with photos of the deceased.

It had 36 obituaries 2 months back, on March 12.

36 & 130.

(1/5) Remaining 2 pages from today’s newspaper that have obituaries:

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The scale of our tragedy:

7 out of 20 pages in Saurashtra Samachar’s Bhavnagar edition today contain obituaries.

It has 195 obituaries — 63 with photos & 132 text-only.

It had 21 obituaries two months back, on March 9.

21 to 195.

(1/5) Remaining 3 pages from today’s paper that contain text-only obituaries:

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The scale of our tragedy:

6 out of 18 pages in Saurashtra Samachar’s Bhavnagar edition today contain obituaries.

It has 161 obituaries — 60 with photos and 101 text-only.

It had 35 obituaries two months back, on March 8.

(1/4) Remaining two pages from today’s newspaper that contain text-only obituaries:

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The scale of our tragedy:

7 out of 18 pages in Saurashtra Samachar’s Bhavnagar edition today contain just obituaries.

It has 220 obituaries — 82 with photos and 138 text-only.

It had 44 obituaries just two months back, on March 7.

44 to 220.

(1/4) Remaining 3 pages from today’s paper that contain obituaries:

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The scale of our tragedy:

8 out of 16 pages in Saurashtra Bhaskar’s Bhavnagar edition today contain just obituaries.

It has 238 obituaries — 162 text-only & 76 with photos of the deceased.

It had 28 obituaries two months back, on March 6.

28 to 238.

(1/4) Remaining 4 pages from today’s newspaper that contain obituaries:

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17,822 bodies were cremated or buried as per Covid protocol in 7 major cities of Gujarat in last 1 month: Sandesh

But Gujarat govt’s data says only 1,745 people died of Covid in these 7 cities in last 1 month.

“False, half-baked data drowned Gujarat” in Covid: Sandesh

(1/9) Sandesh compares its figures with govt figures for the period April 6-May 4.

It says 4,471 bodies were cremated/buried as per Covid protocol in Ahmedabad in last 1 month.

Guj govt says 428 people died of Covid in Ahmedabad in last 1 month.

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The scale of our tragedy (in Kutch, Gujarat):

Kutchmitra newspaper today has 114 obituaries -- 100 text-only and 14 with photos.

It had 18 obituaries exactly two years back, on May 5, 2018.

18 to 114.

(1/5) Kutchmitra has one edition only - from Bhuj city of Kutch district.

Here are the pages from two years back that contain 18 obituaries (13 text-only & 5 with photos):

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The scale of our tragedy:

6 out of 16 pages of Sandesh newspaper’s Rajkot edition contain obituaries.

It has 215 obituaries — 102 text-only & 113 with photos of the deceased.

It had 48 obituaries two months back, on March 5.

48 to 215.

(1/5) Remaining two pages from today’s newspaper that have obituaries:

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The scale of our tragedy:

5 out of 17 pages in Gujarat Samachar newspaper’s Rajkot edition today contain obituaries.

It has 158 obituaries — 94 with photos of the deceased & 64 text-only.

It had 52 obituaries 2 months back, on March 4.

52 to 158.

(1/4) Remaining 1 page from today’s paper that contains obituaries:

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The scale of our tragedy:

6 out of 16 pages in Sandesh newspaper's Rajkot edition today contain obituaries.

It has 248 obituaries -- 124 text-only and 124 with photos of the deceased.

It had 47 obituaries just two months back, on March 3.

47 to 248.

(1/4) Remaining 2 pages from today's edition that contain obituaries:

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The scale of our tragedy:

In Sandesh newspaper’s Rajkot edition today, 5 out of 16 pages contain obituaries.

It has 199 obituaries — 100 text-only and 99 with photos of the deceased.

There were just 36 obituaries two months back, on Mar 2.

36 to 199

(1/4) Remaining one page in today’s edition with obituaries:

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The scale of our tragedy:

6 out of 16 pages in Sandesh newspaper's Rajkot edition today contain obituaries.

It has total 247 obituaries -- 124 text-only & 123 with photos of the deceased.

Two months back, on March 1, there were 37 obituaries.

37 to 247

(1/4) Remaining two pages from today's paper that have obituaries:

The scale of our tragedy:

7 out of 16 pages in Sandesh newspaper’s Rajkot edition today contain obituaries.

It has total 289 obituaries — 160 with photos & 119 text- only.

2 months back, there were just 37 obituaries.

Think: 37 to 289

(1/4) Remaining 3 pages containing obituaries in today’s newspaper:

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