, when in 1950, he invited the famous architect le corbusier to build a brand new capital for the punjabnce in chandigarh. le corbusier got his first opportunity to design a whole new city in india, where nehru commissioned him to lay out the capital city of the punjab, chandigarh. they wanted the citizens of the state of punjab and in india as a whole to regain their confidence, which could have been shattered due to this traumatic partition of the country into india and pakistan. and to bring back the faith in the future, they wanted revolutionary ideas. buildings have to become - sanctuaries from the climate. the sun breakers break- the summer sun when it is high in the sky, and admit - the winter sun when it is low. corbusier was very concerned about the harsh climate of this particular city and the region, and he wanted to provide comfortable conditions, living conditions, for all the residents. the city is cut up into 30 residential sectors- by the road system. each residential sector - has its own shops, post office, school, health centre, playground, gardens. i the road system is

its health ministry reported 4400 deaths on monday and the nor to say the punjab says that the vaccine make medina declined its request for jobs. elizabeth per item has more now from you delhi independent health experts say that the real number of deaths as much higher for so many reasons, including the fact that the official death told only takes into account people who are dying in hospitals. and most indians don't die in hospitals, they die at home, and only around 22 percent of death from the country. a medically certified the daily death toll has remained high despite the number of cases coming down considerably. and that is to be expected because it takes around a few weeks and deals recording its highest number of cases a few weeks ago. and it takes that period of time for that to follow cases. but yes, cases are coming down around the country. vaccination drive is not going well at all. there are very severe shortages of vaccine from the government has told states to make their own arrangements. vaccine manufacturers, both local and foreign. and we're now hearing from the state

and the northern state of punjab says vaccine make madonna, a decline this request for jobs. elizabeth her on him as a new delhi with more the official death toll only takes into consideration people who are dying in hospitals, and most indians don't die in hospitals and only around 22 percent of death. medically certified, the death have remained very high, but the good news is that cases are coming down and they coming down despite the level of testing remaining the same, the deaths remain high because it takes around 2 weeks for the fish to follow cases . and it was around 2 weeks ago that india was recording its highest numbers of cases, you know, more than 400000. they have come down to the official total to around 220000. on sunday. the cases are coming down so much that danny's leader has said that they will begin to ease restrictions from this next week. but the situation does remain bad in some parts of the country, the southern states of thumb and not as the worst effected. and so they're going into a complete knock down on monday they do and many other states in the country

jill mcgivering begins this report in pakistan's punjab province. here in pakistan looks pretty normal — very different from the tough lockdown last year. that helped to curb the spread of the virus, but at a price we seem to have lost that report, i'm afraid. we shall try to return to that in a moment. president biden insists his economic programme is still on track, despite disappointing jobs figures for april. they show that just 266,000 workers were hired last month — that's just a quarter of the number economists had expected. it's pushed the monthly unemployment rate up to 6.1%. that means almost 10 million people are currently unemployed. to put that into context, there were 5.7 million people unemployed before lockdowns started in february 2020. here's what the president had to say. listening to commentators today, as i was getting dressed, you might think that we should be disappointed. but when we passed the american rescue plan, i want to remind everybody, it was designed to help us over the course of a year, not 60 days. a year. we never

and that's the reason why the great the great that's needed as early as possible but these lines in punjab on true facts and nations seek to vote seize our cramming together in a shrine religious gatherings have been partly blamed for india's corona virus outbreak even prime minister nuri andhra modi joined the crowds some indians blame his leadership for the crisis like this woman who lost her father you live in the big failure mode you should be of the nation for somebody to do what you did you don't feel and have been given to do things like i. don't think i didn't know you don't study who are you going to lead everything. from. across india burns like so many funeral pyres. we're joined now by our correspondent in iraq chattery in delhi. some heartbreaking scenes that we just saw there and meanwhile we're also hearing reports that a group of scientists in fact that advise the indian government warned that a new and more dangerous virus variant was discovered and this was back in march and yet the government ignored their warnings apparently what more can you tell us about this. well th

responsibility by leaving vaccinations to the individual states that's resulted in a scramble in punjab province people crowding a vaccination center put themselves and others at risk. what is the one that we had to call the police to maintain social distancing but to no avail people are not listening to us at all and we have been telling them continuously since morning to maintain distancing medical workers have mounted protests against the government's handling of the coronavirus and the indian medical association has called on the government to impose what it calls a complete well planned lockdown across the country. for weeks now states have been competing for scarce resources including oxygen. they've been left to the mercy of the market leading to more anger and frustration with the government in delhi. here are some other developments in the pandemic worldwide china plans to draw separation line a tall everest to prevent the coronavirus being spread by climbers ascending the pole side of the mountain the u.s. has authorized a biotech of 19 vaccine for children aged $12.00 to $15.

us and that's the reason why the right to get vaccinated as early as possible but these lines in punjab entre vaccinations seek to vote seize power cramming together in a shrine religious gatherings have been partly blamed for india's corona virus outbreak even prime minister nuri andhra modi joins the crowds some indians blame his leadership for the crisis like this woman who lost her father you'd have been the big figure mogadishu people of the nation for so many people who cheated you unfeeling to her didn't you do you think that it is going to i. don't think i didn't tell young guys who was going to leave everything. from. across india anger burns like so many funeral pyres. we're joined now by our correspondent chattery in delhi. some heartbreaking scenes that we just saw there and meanwhile we're also hearing reports that a group of scientists in fact that advise the indian government warned that a new and more dangerous virus variant was discovered and this was back in march and yet the government ignored their warnings apparently what more can you tell us about this. this is imp

for that and that's the reason why great to get vaccinated as early as possible but these lines in punjab vaccinations seek to vote cease cramming together in a shrine religious gatherings have been partly blamed for india's corona virus outbreak even prime minister nuri andhra modi joined the crowds some indians blame his leadership for the crisis like this woman who lost. so father you know that there have been previous i told you should be confirmation for somebody before you did she did you until until i could give you both are things going to i. think i've got i didn't get it so you don't study it every day you got to let everybody. across india. like so many funeral pyres. it's heartbreaking scenes of course let's go to our correspondent in iraq choudhry in delhi for more. we've been hearing reports that a group of scientists advise in the indian government warned of a new and more dangerous virus variant but was a north what do you know about that. oracle site was all till late december last you know when you go to the well to the over the wires as you said they have come out and s

and the state of punjab, which is one of the worst effected has said that madonna has come back to them and said that they are only going to make deals with the central government. but it's a central government. it's asking states to make its own arrangements. so the number of vaccinations over the past month have food in japan has opened its 1st mass vaccination centers. exactly 2 months before the start of the tokyo olympics. just 2 percent of japan's population of 125000000 people have been fully vaccinated . polls suggest most people want the games cancelled. japan is racing to create thousands of elderly people every day as it battles a 4th wave of infections. some government buildings in tokyo have been converted to vaccination centers. united nations secretary general is cooling on nations to adopt a water mentality to defeat the coven 19 pandemic. and tony cherish was addressing health ministers from all over the globe. in a virtual world health assembly. he says the bars can only be defeated using economic methods normally, only used in wartime. assembly is also focusing on wha

in punjab province, people crowding a vaccination center put themselves and others at risk. >> we hado call the police to maintain social distancing to no avail. people are not listening to us at all, and we have told them to maintain distancing. reporter: medical workers have mounted protests against the handling of the coronavirus by the government. the indian medical association has called on the government to impose a lockdown across the country. for weeks now, states have been competing for scarce resources, including oxygen. they have been left to the mercy of the market, leading to more anger and frustration with the government in delhi. >> it has been a decade since the landmark treaty on violence against women and domestic abuse came into force. the istanbul convention says states must prevent violence against women and promote equality with men. nations are required to investigate allegations of violence to protect victims. the u.n. says one and three women worldwide has experienced domestic or sexual violence. university students in britain are protesting against sexual har

. >> farmers in punjab hoisted black slabs -- flags on wednesday.y also burned at the d's -- effigies of the prime minister. the delhi police are people not to hold gatherings in view of the ongoing covid lockdown. about 12 political parties had extended their support to the fas protest. farmers had given a called for nationwide clarity to mark six months of protest. the government maintains that the farm laws are beneficial. farmers say they will ruin their livelihood. ♪ >> i am ross adkins with outside source. our lead story comes from rest mr. -- westminster. dominic cummings says tens of thousands of lives were lost unnecessarily because of disasters handling -- the government's disasters handling of the pandemic. let's turn to the west coast of the u.s.. police in california say at least eight people have been killed at a shooting at the railyard and others have been injured. the gunman, who was also dead, worked at the rail facility in the city of san jose. sophie long as life from los angeles. -- is live from los angeles. >> we know that guns

they're tech workers from punjab, almost 250 miles away.months ago, they planned on a honeymoon. but with the death toll rising, they said instead, they wanted to help. >> i and my husband were the first two volunteers of this drive-thru. and from the day one, we haven't gone back to our home. so we are very happily staying here. we are just so satisfied that we are helping people. >> reporter: you see people die in front of you the past couple of weeks. what makes you keep coming back? >> it's the passion that i have inside me that came from my religion. i am a sikh, i am born to die. that's just a word that i use. and you know, every breath that i am taking right now is given by god. from our history, our gurus, our sikhs have done for the people, they have just sacrificed their lives for humanity. >> reporter: their selfless service, called siwah, is a defining tenet of the sikh religion. why is service so important to you? >> god has given us this motto and aim. you just need to save the people. that's it. everyone is joining hands beca

these lines in punjab aren't for vaccines seek to vote crammed together in a shrine religious gatherings have been partly blamed for india's coronavirus outbreak even prime minister narendra modi joined the crowds some indians blamed his leadership for the crisis. they are angry about the immense loss of life and are hopeful that a new government will be voted into power in the upcoming election a party that will stem the pandemic and end india's suffering. ok let's go to our correspondent been there at choudhry in delhi for more minera where herring that the government had in fact been warned by a form of scientific advisors about a more dangerous virus variant back in march but that warning was apparently ignored can you tell us why. well it is a form signed in this form was early december last year and we don't want plus we've now as you said they have come out and said that the you know apple warning to the government and the list that the country is going to see it right in a number of pieces and that it is going to be bi annual more. than what we saw last year but clearly i have to

responsibility by leaving vaccinations to the individual states that's resulted in a scramble in punjab province people crowding a vaccination center put themselves and others at risk. we had to call the police to maintain social distancing but to no avail people are not listening to us at all and we have been telling them continuously since morning to maintain a distancing medical workers have mounted protests against the government's handling of the corona virus and the indian medical association has called on the government to impose what it calls a complete well planned lockdown across the country. for weeks now states have been competing for scarce resources including oxygen. they've been left to the mercy of the market leading to more anger and frustration with the government in delhi. let's bring in our correspondent and we should judge while in delhi no misha given the dire circumstances with the pandemic in india why is the government hesitating to impose a nationwide lockdown. why you didn't even write knocked out and most of the country is leaving on business trips when will

less and that's that he's in way great to get vaccinated as early as possible but these lines in punjab entre vaccinations seek to vote cease or cramming together in a shrine religious gatherings have been partly blamed for india's corona virus outbreak even prime minister nuri andhra modi joined the crowds some indians blame his leadership for the crisis like this woman who lost her father you know that is a big figure load your d.c.b. of the nation of so many people that she did you unfeeling to her didn't give you that that is going to i. don't think i didn't say don't start please god let everything. across india anger burns like so many funeral pyres. it's heartbreaking scenes of course let's go to our correspondent in iraq choudhry in delhi for more. we've been hearing reports that a group of scientists advising the indian government warned of a new and more dangerous virus variant but was ignored what do you know about that . yes oracle site was a little late december last year when he was going to the post the over the wires as you said they have come out and said they wanted th

these lines in punjab aren't for vaccines seek to vote crammed together in a shrine religious gatherings have been partly blamed for n.g.o.s corona virus outbreak even prime minister narendra modi joined the crowds some engines blamed his leadership for the crisis. they are angry about the immense loss of life and are hopeful that. new government will be voted into power in the upcoming election a party that will stem the pandemic and end india's suffering. and i spoke to our delhi correspondent minera choudhry earlier and i asked her for more on those reports that india and the any in government had received warnings of a new and more dangerous virus variant. it was all a little late december last year when you work week to the post of the wires as you said you have come out and said that he wanted to go ahead and sanction it next you don't believe the issues like the number and that it will be a news story that you knew quite well and you just didn't want and so i love to get out there saying that the government did not beat didn't want me to get back to the c.g.i. government duly logi

jill mcgivering starts this report in pakistan's punjab province.ian market. life here in pakistan looks pretty normal, very different from the tough lockdown last year. that helped to curb the spread of the virus, but at a price paid mainly by the poor. so, this time, the government's trying to avoid lockdowns, calling instead for people to be responsible. but many here are complacent. translation: half the people | don't even understand covid-19, nor do they consider it a pandemic. if they considered it, we wouldn't be going through the situation. you can see the rush which shows people have no fear or consideration that there is covid, so it will be difficult to control the spread. in pakistan, religious passions run deep. india's big festivals were blamed as super spreaders, but even so, pakistan's government is wary about intervening. it isn'tjust processions. this is ramadan. mosques are crowded with worshipers. and in bangladesh, eid is just around the corner. all that socialising could accelerate the spread. in nepal, there's a surge, too. h

coronavirus vaccines is forcing some indian states to try to secure more doses overseas while the states of punjab has said it is joining the un backed kovacs keep the runner modi's government says it hopes more than $2000000000.00 additional jobs will be available for more just but it's also been accused of abdicating his responsibility by making states compete against each other for vaccines on friday the country recorded $4000.00 deaths and more than 340000 infections in states on we can speak to. who's the chairman of the center of a social medicine and community health at j.n.u. he joins us by skype now from new delhi mr dust. first up this is a lot of the problems that surround oxygen supply while there so many difficulties do you think. the oxygen supply in the rest of the country and what's now making the news is somewhat different. in the rest of the country it's been an issue of managing the demand and supply and the state certainly facing an unprecedented persian demand. as. states that are located coder's for oxygen some states the least claiming that they did not receive what was allo

for intense lightning hail and those winds to whip up across areas of pakistan into raja stan and punjab state in india we do have to watch for some dust being kicked up so some hazy sunshine for new delhi in the forecast on friday and we've got plenty of heat across the middle east for the gulf up to a high of 42. sponsored pol qatar airways. in hebron boys breed and fly pigeons but in this occupied palestinian city boys are also close to watched by israeli forces a time slot on and off from the arrested. and delicately told tales filmed over 5 years of a coming of age in a place where even a child's imagination is every restricted the skies above hebron a witness documentary on a 0. 00 get this is al-jazeera the main news this hour there spent another night of ass trikes in gaza as israeli jets bombed high rise buildings and other targets and in the past hour a bit more strikes on the city $84.00 palestinians including 17 children been killed. 7 people have been killed by strikes fired into israel by gaza's armed factions israel has found to continue its been a free campaign. violence

country faces an acute shortage in the face of the world's worst ongoing covert 19 outbreak it wants a punjab it said to be joining the un back kovacs scheme the new interim government is being accused of abdicated its responsibility by making states compete against each other for vaccines it is expressing hope that more than $2000000000.00 additional jobs will be available between august and december on friday the country recorded 4000 deaths and more than 340000 infections. a south african report says the number of people who have died from quote a virus could be more than double the official figure almost 55000 people are confirmed to have died but a study by south africa's medical research council has revealed there have been more than 157000 excess deaths in the past year it's estimated 85 percent of those work coronavirus related. the head of pfizer in latin america has told brazilian politicians the government repeatedly ignored offers last year to buy millions of vaccine doses from the company. who is testifying before a senate commission investigating whether the government was crimi

the northern state of punjab says vaccine maker madonna has declined its request for more jobs. several states are trying to get more supplies. there are severe shortages of the vaccine. those are your headlines . the news continues after science in a golden age of season by on kindly because china is in terms of millions of wiggles, had breast and company scrambling, one wine supply chains off the huge job losses while well, the tourism industry recovered cloth and how robot could transform the building trade counting the call, hold al jazeera ah, the nature of light has intrigue sciences throughout the ages. today's used and also for the applications from lasers and communication to particle accelerators. we're living in a science and technology boom period. the roots of our understanding of the optics of life can be traced back to a period between the 9th and 14th century. that's when a revolution in science took place in the climate quo. a golden age of science. i'm ma coline, a british professor of the rectangle physics born in baghdad. i'll be looking at the status of the off appl

country faces an acute shortage in the face of the world's worst ongoing covert 19 outbreak one state punjab said it's joining the un back kovacs scheme than a 100 modi government is being accused of abdicating its responsibility by making states compete against each other for vaccines is expressing hope more than $2000000000.00 additional jobs will be available between august and december that on friday the country recorded 4000 deaths and more than 340000 infections let's get the very latest from a correspondent barbie matal who joins me now live from new delhi 24 hours ago the you and i were talking about the ongoing death toll across the country but we're getting a much clearer picture now of the tragedy that's unfolding in the raw heartland of the country. we are just weeks into the 2nd where i mean the numbers are still incredibly slim on thursday more than 343000 cases were recorded and for the 3rd day in a row india record it more than 4000 deaths and these are official figures remember experts have been saying that the actual toll could be much higher what you're seeing is really a

and the northern state of punjab says vaccine making, montana has declined its request for jobs. so those were the headlines that he's continues here now to 0 after science and the golden age. thank you. thanks so much bye. on kindly because china is in terms of millions of wiggle, has less than companies grambling, one wine supply chains off the huge job losses. when will the tourism industry recover? cloth and how robot could transform the trade? counting the call, hold al jazeera ah, the nature of light have intrigue sciences throughout the ages. today's used and also for the applications from lasers and communication to particle accelerators. we are living in a science and technology boom period. the roots of our understanding of optics in life can be traced back to a period between the 9th and 14th centuries. that's when a revolution in science took place in the slimy quo a golden age of science. i'm tomorrow coline, british professor of theoretical physics, but born in baghdad. i'll be looking at the status of the off applications of optics and tracing back their routes to

and that's the reason why the greater good what's needed as early as possible but these lines in punjab entre vaccinations seek to vote seize are crammed together in a shrine religious gatherings have been partly blamed for india's corona virus outbreak even prime minister nuri andhra modi joined the crowds some indians blame his leadership for the crisis like this woman who lost her father used to the big figures loaded you should be of the nation for so many b. but she didn't feel and couldn't give me that the things i did i. don't think i didn't say don't judge please god let everything. across india anger burns like so many funeral pyres is heartbreaking scenes of course let's go to our correspondent a new act choudhry in delhi for more. we've been hearing reports that a group of scientists advising the indian government warned of a new and more dangerous virus variant but was ignored what do you know about that . yes. it was all till late december last year when he well we to the fullest the of the wires as you said they have come out and said they wanted to go ahead and ascension

toward west bengal into bangladesh let me show you some of the scenes now from amritsar this is in punjab state so you get those heavy downpours of rain and just got to get rid of that water because it pools so quickly with these intense down bursts of rain so on thursday really seen some severe pockets in west bengal but i think it will steer clear from bangladesh as we head toward the caucuses we had a lot of instability but things are finally starting to dry out and we're seeing reappearance of the sun for example in baku on thursday. 2 quick. cuts at ways from the al-jazeera london brokaw center to special guests in conversation when societies divided when women are to title the only thing that benefits from god this project itself unprompted uninterrupted says her 1st words good girls are those who are who don't work for him that it is sad sack me as well he's saying cackle like to think that there's nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's lushness and part 2 of studio b. unscripted. well again this is al jazeera the main news this hour facebook's oversight board is upheld the b

umer nangiana reports from one of the worst hit areas, punjab province.ight hours a day, five days a week. social distancing is virtually impossible. and the result? hospitals are stretched to capacity. like this one in the north—east. mi capacity. like this one in the north-east— north-east. all the patients are on trips _ north-east. all the patients are on trips and _ north-east. all the patients are on trips and are - north-east. all the patients are on trips and are critical. the head of the hospital shows after the icu. it is run out of ventilators and oxygen supplies are going fast. ventilators and oxygen supplies are going fast-— are going fast. very unfortunate, - are going fast. very unfortunate, we - are going fast. veryj unfortunate, we are are going fast. very - unfortunate, we are seeing a third wave and at the moment we have 510 people and of those, there are one in three deaths, there are one in three deaths, the reason being the patients, they are much critical. find they are much critical. and when rural— they are much critical. and when

toward west bengal into bangladesh let me show you some of the scenes now from amritsar this is in punjab state so you get those heavy downpours of rain and just got to get rid of that water because it pools so quickly with these intense down bursts of rain so on thursday we've seen some severe pockets in west bengal but i think it will steer clear from bangladesh as we head toward the caucuses we had a lot of instability but things are finally starting to dry out and we're seen reappearance of the sun for example in baku on thursday. qatar airways. from the north of africa they crossed the mediterranean and made huge their whole. building their future in a 2nd line. in the line to france's 2021 contentious so-called separatism as we look back at the history of muslim immigration to the country into 3 parts. muslims are from this episode to move on i'll just see if. you want your disease or reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president joe biden's back to proposal that would temporarily lift intellectual property rights for covert 1000 vaccines it would allow more manufacturers to

coronavirus vaccines is forcing some indian states to try to secure more doses overseas while the state of punjab has said it's joining the un backed kovacs came under made its government says it hopes more than 2000000000 jobs will be available from august there's also been accused of abdicating its responsibility for making states compete against each other for vaccines on friday the country recorded 4000 deaths and more than 340000 infections. near joins us live now from new delhi and probably tell us more about these latest numbers. new weeks into the pandemic the numbers continue to be incredibly high and the situation is still very dire more than 4000 deaths for the 3rd day in a row and even the fresh caseload is still incredibly high in more than 343000 fresh cases recorded that these are government figures but experts have been saying the actual toll is probably much higher up on ground what we're seeing is that the system is simply unable to keep pace despite international aid and the lockdowns overnight 15 people in go are in a hospital died because of oxygen shortage and this is the 2n

coronavirus vaccines is forcing some indian states to try to secure more doses overseas while the state of punjab has said it's joining the u.n. back to. you and your motives government says it has more than $2000000000.00 additional jobs will be available for august but it's also been accused of abdicated its responsibility by making states compete against each other for vaccines on friday the country recorded 4000 deaths and more than 340000 infections let's speak to poverty with our who joins us now from new delhi and probably it will come out of vaccines in just a 2nd but 1st the number of infections and deaths still rising very high. yes i mean it's been weeks into the 2nd wave and the numbers continue to be incredibly high and the situation incredibly dire you know the induct ross the 4000 mark in death tolls per day in a row and more than 343000 fresh cases at this point despite lockdowns and even with the international aid coming in we're seeing shortage of important and essential medical supplies just overnight 15 people in a hospital in go are died because of oxygen supply issues and th

and the northern state of punjab says, practicing making mcdonough has declined its request for jobs. let's be told, cross one until is with run up, the joint is from new delhi. so liz, the death toll has not reached this grim milestone. absolutely next only the 3rd country out of the united states and brazil to record more than $300000.00 cases. and as you say, independent health experts say that the real number of death as much higher for so many reasons, including the fact that the official death told only takes into account people who are dying and hospitals. and most indians don't die in hospitals. they die at home and only around 22 percent of death from the country. a medically certified the daily death toll has remained high despite the number of cases coming down considerably. and that is to be expected because it takes around a few weeks and deal with recording its highest number of cases a few weeks ago. and it takes that period of time for death to follow cases. but yes, cases are coming down around the country and the was defective states of mot, austria and delhi. they a

than 40000 new infections on sunday where one in 3 people testing for the virus have it the state of punjab has said that it is reaching and oxygen emergency is asking the central government to increase the allocation of oxygen send more oxygen because the needs are going up so much we have more restrictions coming into place and places again like not they have suspended all public transport they're only allowing private vehicles to get essential supplies or for emergencies here in deady case is also the lowest they've been since april say april the 12th but testing. has also been low so we won't read too much into that yet that is why the delhi government has also imposed tighter restrictions closing down of the metro and these states are trying to do what maharashtra did all of those really strict restrictions to try and bring down the number of cases also a bit of controversy going on about vaccinations why. yet the controversy over vaccinations doesn't seem to end in india the supreme court is continuing to hear about the government's vaccine policy including why it's allowing vaccine m

toward west bengal into bangladesh let me show you some of the scenes now from amritsar this is in punjab state so you get those heavy downpours of rain and just got to get rid of that water because it pools so quickly with these intense down bursts of rain so on thursday really seen some severe pockets in west bank all but i think it will steer clear from bangladesh as we head toward the caucuses we had a lot of instability but things are finally starting to dry out and we're seeing reappearance of the sun for example in baku on thursday. killing the debate. and amplified you will fully still only. narrative the media will miss the true story no topic is off the table why in the world would we humanize an individual domestic terrorist this was an illegal occupation of a country what they're doing is they're removing knowledge is the story this is where a global audience becomes a global community on al-jazeera. who do you watch al-jazeera who might have our top stories this facebook's oversight board is upheld the ban on donald trump's account for his role in inciting his supporters to a

so also trying to work with many ngos, hospitals, charitable hospitals and clinics in the state of punjab on in the last couple of days and there will asking for oxygen and and there will asking for oxygen and a few other things like ventilators so we are very fortunate that the ventilators will be coming from abroad and the concentrators will be going to rural areas and we are also working with a local state government to say, look, how can we help you to help the people because, at the end of the day, we need to work together. so yes, you are right, ruralareas work together. so yes, you are right, rural areas have no health infrastructure and whether there is health infrastructure it is being overwhelmed. we are receiving reports of the time. other reports coming injust before i came on the interview now, messages coming in asking for oxygen for 200 people, asking for oxygen for 200 people, asking oxygen for their fathers, their mums. it is a very desperate situation. i'm sure these machines are going to save lives. you situation. i'm sure these machines are going to save lives.— are go

that and that's the reason why the right to get vaccinated as early as possible but these lines in punjab aren't vaccinations seek to vote seize or cramming together in a shrine religious gatherings have been partly blamed for india's corona virus outbreak even prime minister nuri andhra modi joins the crowds some indians blame his leadership for the crisis like this woman who lost her father you know that there is a big failure in mogadishu of the nation of so many feet that she did you don't see lenders who didn't give you that if you don't die. and my father didn't get it the young guy you know you've got to let everything. across india anger burns like so many funeral pyres. earlier we asked our correspondent major john spall about the vaccination campaign to back units and to a new phase the well it's people between 18 and 45 what they are trying to mangle what jap today but this would be stretching it back because many steve what is going to actually get people jobs said that this is all put talking back to musicians many others to some of the hardest hit areas like duty in maharash

coronavirus vaccines is forcing some indian states to try to secure more doses from overseas on the side of punjab has said it is joining the un backed kovacs scheme excuse me near and remote is government says it hopes more than $2000000000.00 additional jobs will be available from august however it has also been accused of abdicating its responsibility by making the states compete against each other for banks and those are your headlines on al-jazeera coming up next the price of progress. we live in a world where industry doesn't want any regulation they just want to put their products on the market. we need a regulation so we don't do. crazy things because maybe sometimes we would do crazy things i don't know but i'll accept that we have regulation we want regulation i was in this. and if we don't behave then the aspinall to that's fine. obviously the the industry makes money of course it does if the industry did not make money how many people would be out of work. or sort of the last concern the public interest in the public safety is definitely not taking precedent corporate interests corpora

and then all the state of punjab says vaccine make a mcdonough has declined its request for more jobs. with major shortages, several states are trying to get more supplies. giovanni has opened its 1st mass vaccination centers ahead of the tokyo olympics in 2 months time. it's racing to inoculate thousands of elderly people as it battles. a 4th wave of infections. some government buildings until you have been converted to accommodate the demand. in argentina, many intensive care units are almost full country bottles, a new wave of cobra, 1900 cases. the countries back under locked on the economy is struggling. and that's why my reports from one status we've been here before the start of the pandemic. it was grim then, but it seems much worse now. then there was hope the virus could be contained later, the vaccines would provide salvation. that so far hasn't been the case. so we can see, and i'm very aware, i mean, fully aware these restrictions create difficulties. faced with this reality, there's no choice but to choose the preservation of life. i'm not going to accept this amount of

and the northern state of punjab says vaccine make them more data has declined its request for more jobs. with major shortages, several states are trying to get more supplies to the world is at war against covered 19. that's the declaration. in the head of the u. n, it was addressing health ministers from all over the world who are taking part in a virtual world health assembly. the session is expected to focus on post pandemic reforms. when mary louise nicole is, is a member of the w. h o covered 1900 group, and she's also a professor of epidemiology, health care infection and infectious diseases control at the university of new south wales. and she is joining us now. thank you very much indeed for being with us to those of us who have been watching this from the outside. the problems actually seem obvious. the disparity between you, between richard and poor countries, access to the vaccine, through the kovak system. the politics getting involved the money in getting involved. how do you begin to fix those issues when they're on such a significant scale? and they are on a very significa

vaccines is forcing some indian states to try to secure more doses from overseas while the state of punjabhas said it is joining the united nations backed kovacs scheme the regiment is government says it hopes more than $2000000000.00 additional jobs will be available but that's only august it's also been accused of abdicating its responsibility by making states compete against each other for the vaccines on friday india recorded 4000 deaths and more than 340000 infections more with joining us from new delhi poverty those numbers still stubbornly high does anyone lay out any sorts of plans of actually trying to reverse them. you know weeks into the 2nd wave the numbers and the impact of the numbers instead of very high the situation is still very dire we've been reporting on states that have announced strictly lockdown international aid has been coming in but you know for the sudden in a row more than 4000 deaths more than 343000 cases on one single day and you know shortage of medical supplies continues to be a huge problem just overnight 15 people in a hospital in goa died because of oxy

you go for that and that's the reason why great to get vaccinated as possible but these lines in punjab vaccinations seek to vote or cramming together in a shrine religious gatherings have been partly blamed for india's corona virus outbreak even prime minister nuri andhra modi joined the crowds some indians blame his leadership for the crisis like this woman who. her father you have been a big figure in the world did you see the compensation for somebody who cheated you on cylinder 4 did you believe that that is going to i. think i've got i didn't get it so you know you guys have really got to let everybody. across india anger burns like so many funeral pyres. it's heartbreaking scenes of course let's go to our correspondent here choudhry in delhi for more. we've been hearing reports that a group of scientists advising the indian government warned of a new and more dangerous virus variant but was ignored what do you know about that . oracle site in places that it was all a little late december last year old and new well we to the fullest the of the wires as you said they have come out

this is held in several cities and villages, both in and around delhi and punjab and other states ashouses on wednesday. and they burned effigies and raised slogans against the government of india. but the police had urged people not to hold gatherings in view of the covid—i9 situation in the ongoing lockdown. at about 12 political parties, including congress had extended their support to the farmers protest. farmers had given a call for nationwide clarity to mark six months of their protest. tens of thousands of farmers have been camping on the borders of delhi. demanding repealing of the tree farm laws by the government of india last year. the government has been maintaining that these laws are beneficial for the farmers were as the farmers that this will ruin their livelihoods. various meetings have been held between the government and the former leaders with both the parties sticking to the respective stands. in the next half of the programme, we will differfrom the in the next half of the programme, we will differ from the bbc health editor and we will also be in westminster as