Patanjali had had launched their 'Coronil' kit last week, claiming that it will cure coronavirus within a week. It also claimed that they took part in a trial conducted at the privately-run National Institute of Medical Sciences in Jaipur.
The announcement from Mamata Banerjee that West Bengal will extend free ration to poor till June 2021 cannot be viewed in isolation with the state polls that are scheduled to happen in 2021