Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has overruled the orders of the Delhi government that has restricted COVID-19 treatment in government and private hospitals only to the residents of Delhi. Earlier the Delhi government had passed a controversial order that resulted COVID-19 treatment facilities in the government and private hospitals in Delhi only to the residents of Delhi. The Delhi government had justified this decision by citing a lack of capacity for treating outsiders and hence, it was trying to prioritize the residents of Delhi while treating for COVID-19. But the lieutenant governor, in his capacity as the chairperson of the Delhi disaster management authority, has overruled the decision of the delhi government. He has stated in his order that right to health is integral to 'right to life' that has been recognized as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Indian constitution and so, this fundamental right can't be restricted on the basis of one's resid
News reports of the death of an elephant in the Palakkad district of Kerala reportedly after consuming a pineapple filled with explosives have gone viral and have caused massive outrage across the country. The initial reports had claimed that the elephant was deliberately fed with pineapple which led to greater revulsion and anger across the country. But according to experts, the elephant most likely might have consumed the pineapple on its own which was meant to be used as a snare to scare away or kill wild boars which caused extensive damage to plantation crops. Whatever is the mode of events, the death of the pregnant elephant in this tragic manner is highly unfortunate and it highlights the threat posed to India's environment and biodiversity due to increasing incidents of man-animal conflict. A number of elephants get killed every year in India as a result of such man-animal conflict incidents and this is a direct result of increasing commercial pressure on the