Russia became the first to release a vaccine for Covid. And if you thought they were mucking around, Putin’s daughter got a shot of it and better still it’s called Sputnik V. That’s right, it has V Putin in it.
So what if the GDP has dropped a record 23.9%? It only means that the growth numbers from here on will appear phenomenal even though we’ve lost at least two years of economic growth. Also, if you’re following the stock market, get ready for a K shaped recovery.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate keeps rising in India and should be a big headache for the government. How bad is it? Well, so bad that Chetan Bhagat is asking the youth to focus on the economy.
The government also has no data on the frontline warriors - the healthcare staff who succumbed to Covid or the migrant workers.But they can tell you how many people banged plates and lit candles.
What does the God of 2020 give a country already reeling under an economic crisis, political crisis & the virus? Why a random scary blast and bhoomi pooja of course