Left, Right & Centre

On Left, Right & Centre tonight, the latest on the Uttarakhand disaster. Over 200 people are missing, rescue operations are on. Author Amitav Ghosh talks about how the Uttarakhand government ignored the advice of its own expert committee against rampant building of dams.

A massive part of a glacier in Uttarakhand breaks away. Water levels in two fast flowing tributaries of the Alaknanda river rise dramatically; two hydro-power projects between Joshimath and Chamoli are destroyed. At least 10 are dead, more than 100 missing. Rescue operation is on as rescuers dig out survivors.

The gloves are off between the BJP and the Trinamool in Bengal. On his first election rally in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the Trinamool is nothing but a reincarnation of the Left and that the Left, Trinamool and the Congress are colluding to fight the BJP.

Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui was not released today from a jail in Madhya Pradesh, where he is being held for more than a month over allegations of "insulting Hindu Gods and Goddesses" during a show. The authorities of Indore jail, where he is being held, said they are yet to receive any order from the Supreme Court. He was granted bail by the top court on Friday.

Is India the vaccine pharmacy of the world? On Left Right and Centre, we look at how made-in-India vaccines are making an impact worldwide and saving lives. Also on the show, Nationwide sero survey indicates that 21.5 per cent of India's population may have been exposed to coronavirus. We answer key questions on India's sero survey and what the findings mean.

After Rihanna tweeted about India's farmers' protest, the discourse has gone international, impressing many young protesters. But is the pushback by the Indian government and some Bollywood celebrities justified? Author Aatish Taseer expresses his views.

Sputnik V, the world's first registered vaccine based on a well-studied human adenoviral vector-based platform, has been peer reviewed by the Lancet Medical journal. Will it be India's third vaccine? Deepak Sapra, CEO, API and Pharmaceutical Services from Dr Reddy's Laboratories, joins us on Left, Right and Centre.

After Rihanna tweeted about India's farmers' protest, the discourse has gone international, impressing many young protesters. However, is the pushback by the Indian government and some Bollywood celebrities justified? Should the government respond to global celebrities? More on this on Left, Right and Centre with our distinguished panel -- Author Aatish Taseer, Actor Gul Panag, BJP's Lalitha Kumaramangalam, Congress's Pratap Singh Bajwa and Political Analyst, Rajat Sethi.

As Delhi's Sero survey states that one in two people in the National Capital have had COVID-19, on the show tonight, we speak to Aam Aadmi Party's Saurabh Bharadwaj and Dr SK Sarin, Chairman, Delhi Government's Panel on the pandemic, and decode the survey.

Multiple barricades, barbed wire fences, spikes on the road have been put up by the Delhi Police at the protest sites near Delhi's borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, as farmers continue their sit-in against the three contentious farm laws. On the show tonight, we ask, what signal does Fortress Delhi send?