Cut The Clutter: Biden moves to lift patents on Covid vaccines, and what BJP’s loss in UP Panchayat polls means

In episode 741 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta tells you about the next steps after the Biden-Harris administration supports lifting of the patent protections on Covid vaccines, as well as some interesting results coming out of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat elections. Additional research by Arhana Sethi----more----Read Julien Potet's thread here: https://twitter.com/julienpotet/status/1390224043442311168----more----Read Moushumi Dasgupta's story here: https://theprint.in/india/governance/in-yogis-up-expressways-are-scripting-silent-transformation-in-state-known-for-poor-road-infra/638384/?amp----more----Read Jyoti Yadav's story here: https://theprint.in/india/she-was-8-months-pregnant-was-forced-into-up-poll-duty-that-killed-135-teachers/648092/----more----Read The Indian Express explainer here: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/what-up-panchayat-election-results-mean-for-bjp-and-opposition-7303566/----more----Read the Science Magazine paper here: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6506/912