Highlights of India Today Hindi 9th June 2021, issue: Cover Story: Covid 2.0 Dahashat Ka Daur Covid’s deadly second wave has sparked off a ‘fearodemic’. People are afraid of dying, of losing their loved ones, of being alone, of losing their jobs—anxieties that add a new dimension of mental-health issues to the ongoing crisis. Upfront: Social Media Ki Jung Aabhasi Ladai Me Fanse Modi government and social media giant Twitter are at loggerheads again.

The latest confrontation took place 24 hours before Twitter and other social media platforms— most prominently Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal— missed the deadline to comply with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. May 25 was the deadline to comply these rules. Upfront: Black Fungus Nayi Mahamari Se Ladne Ki Chunauti Mucormycosis is one of the deadly fungi that affect humans.

And post Covid this black fungus spread so fast. India has so far recorded around 9,000 cases of mucormycosis in Covid recovered patients. Upfront: Uttar Pradesh Nadi Me Utrate Shaon Ne Dikhai Hakikat Floating dead bodies in holy river Ganga is creating fear among public. Questions arising that these bodies are of those persons who died of Covid? State government was completely exposed by this shocking incident. Upfront: Jammu and Kashmir Naukri Jane Ka Khauf Jammu Kashmir administration begins terminating the government employees who are enemy of the state.

These persons terminated for their allege involvement in anti state activities. However debate over intent of government begins in the state. Upfront: Kerala Pinrai Ke Naye Sipahsalar Left Democratic Front (LDF) defied a 40-year-old trend to win a consecutive second term in Kerala, and that too with a massive mandate, almost everyone—including many in the opposition—agreed that it was a wave in favour of ‘Captain’ Pinarayi Vijayan. The chief minister had taken a massive gamble by keeping out many of the popular old warhorses, fielding instead a young and loyal brigade.