This Week in Explainers: Did Covishield kill a 20-year-old? Trouble for AstraZeneca, Serum Institute
Wonder why we are talking about COVID vaccines again. AstraZeneca’s admission in a UK court that its jab causes a rare side effect has created panic. Now parents of an Indian girl, who died days after receiving the vaccine, are mulling action. We bring you this story and other developments from India in our weekly roundup
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It’s been a week full of controversies. Some news from the past is grabbing headlines again like the Covishield vaccine and the alleged plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The election season continues and campaigns are getting personal with lots of tu-tu-mein-mein.
Amid all this, a sex scandal row has erupted in Karnataka. It involves former prime minister HD Deve Dowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna.
In Uttar Pradesh, days of suspense came to an end on Friday. The Gandhi scion will not fight from Amethi but Rae Bareli instead.
All this and more in our weekly wrap of the most-read explainers.
1. It is official. Rahul Gandhi will contest from Rae Bareli and not Amethi, a seat he lost to BJP’s Smriti Irani in 2019. And Priyanka Gandhi has decided to stay away from the poll race. But why has Rahul made the switch? What is the Congress thinking? We analyse .
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