A few years ago, as Narendra Modi came into power, I worked on an investigative report about India hiding its malaria deaths. The discrepancy was massive: India reported 561 malaria deaths that year. There are various reasons India could be cooking the books on Covid deaths. In the absence of trustworthy Covid information from their own government, Indians are mostly reliant on social media and foreign reporting for the story of what’s actually happening. But with a dark curtain separating the reality of the country’s Covid-19 crisis from the rest of the world, India’s standing and authority are at risk.

Source: The Guardian May 06, 2021 10:17 UTC