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Around 200 members belonging to the citizen’s movement group Awaken India, who
have been raising their voice over the past year against the then in-trial Coronavirus Maharashtra fatalities cross
vaccine as well as the “forced” wearing of masks, came together at Dadar’s Kotwal 50,000, Mumbai records 657
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Garden at 3 pm on Saturday to “expose the rushed-up COVID-19 vaccine fraud being
perpetrated on Indians”.
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Over the past year, the group has been opposing a multitude of things, including “the
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society, our economy… heading towards a highly centralised technocratic governance
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“Today the reality is that people are more scared of taking the vaccines than they are of
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COVID-19,” said the group. “We thus demand complete transparency on all COVID-19
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vaccine human trial data.” Speaking with mid-day, activist Feroz Mithiborwala said: “If
vaccines are safe, then why is there no legal accountability and no legal provision of
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GlaxoSmithKline and others claim to be totally safe, these are no more than lies, and vaccination drive without
desperate claims. The government and pharma companies should declare that the consent
pharmaceutical-vaccine manufacturers will be legally liable and accountable to face the
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COVID-19: Deaths cross 50,000 in Maharashtra

09 January,2021 07:20 AM IST  |  Mumbai   | A Correspondent

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The death toll due to the COVID-19 pandemic crossed the 50,000 mark on Saturday

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The death toll due to the COVID-19 pandemic crossed the 50,000 mark on Saturday. Maharashtra fatalities cross
There are total 50,027 deaths across the state out of which 19,235, which is around 40 per 50,000, Mumbai records 657
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cent, are from the MMR region, and 11,388 from the Pune circle. The state recorded 3,500
new patients and 57 deaths on Saturday. Mumbai registered close to 600 cases and eight
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Mumbai’s total death toll is over 11,000. The number of deaths has fallen drastically Lokesh Kanagaraj: Will take my
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One of the proctors stalked students online and left comments about their physical appearance, racist slurs at Indian cricketers

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A day after the shocking incident of harassment of girl students at a premier 50,000, Mumbai records 657
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management institute was revealed, the institute has swung into action. Starting with
instructing the technology service provider to look into the matter, the management has
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also approached the police for strict action. COVID-19 cases witness surge

The students, whose semester-end exams started on January 2, received messages from Lokesh Kanagaraj: Will take my
someone who claimed to be their exam proctor. The said person then stalked the girls on family to theatre

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online learning during the pandemic. 

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“Whatever is happening is unfair and unjust on so many levels. We are sitting at home
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