Fighting Corona, Farmers protest continues, ethanol, new book, weather

3 May 2021

• Recovery rate, over 80 percent for Corona cases in India

  Over 3 lakh patients have recovered from Corona in last 24 hours in India. The recovery rate is almost 81 percent for all cases, which shows the high quality medical services that India possesses.

• Blending ethanol with petrol to reduce pollution

  Fuel grade ethanol added to petrol, will lessen the pollution the planet is suffering from. Government plans to make fuel grade ethanol to be 20 percent of the petrol content by 2025. Pure petrol needs to be imported and its production and use is responsible for much of the pollution the planet is suffering from.

• Protesting farmers thank the country for defeating BJP in West Bengal

  Protesting farmers spokesperson has said that they, the protestors, are grateful to the voters and farmers of West Bengal for defeating BJP, the party in power in Central Government. He said the voter power is very important in a democracy, as it shows the right path to the elected representatives.

• UK sending ventilators as help against Corona

  UK has sent 200 ventilators to India, and is planning to send a 1,000 more to support the country in fight against Corona. UK has taken this step as the Corona cases increase in India. Oxygen concentrators are also part of the assistance.

• "Animal, Vegetable, Junk" released

  Food lovers and those interested in history and workings of the agriculture and food industry must read "Animal, Vegetable, Junk". This book talks of how agriculture has been almost destroyed by big companies with mass production. It claims that food provided by these companies makes us sick and pollutes our environment.

• Some districts of Telangana and Odisha to face heavy rainfall

  Adilabad to Vikarabad, districts in Telangana will face heavy rainfall with strong winds. Some districts of Odisha including Mayurbhanj and Khordha will receive heavy rainfall with thunderstorms.

• Serving food is the lowest paid job in USA

  Although it is widely believed that while people sleep with full bellies in the western world, the populations of under-developed world starve to death. The reason is poor governance or poor food management, we do not know. However, serving food is the worst paid job in USA. The reason for this is low manual effort required, or no formal education, we don't know. But this could be a research topic.

• Racism reduced the percentage of Black farmers

  Black farmers once upon a time in USA formed 14 percent of farming land owners, however they are now only 2 percent of the agricultural community. It is believed that this was done systematically, by denying them funds, buying products from them cheap, starving them financially and any other means to eject them from the community. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that a 5 billion fund has been created to aid these farmers.

• India reduces its oil imports from OPEC

  India is the third biggest importer of fuel oil, however they have reduced their oil imports this year. It's not just oil, other commodities are being imported in lesser quantities and Corona pandemic is believed to be behind this.

• Eid during lockdown in Indonesia

  Indonesia, where on Eid people hold public gatherings and go to meet their relatives and friends, has advised everyone to abandon such plans and practice social distancing. Indonesia has also banned visa for anyone having been associated with India in last 14 days, due to the discovery of an Indian variant of Corona in Indonesia.

• Shaniazan union prospers with corn

  Shaniazan union, a territory of Bangladesh got flooded 30 year back killing its crops and leaving its land unfit for traditional crops. They however got lucky with corn, which grows very well on these sandy farms. They make most of their income by supplying their corn to poultry feeding companies.