In episode 745 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta tells you about China's census showing the number of babies born in 2020 was the lowest since 1961, and unintended outcomes of the country's flawed one-child policy. He also explains the 4 Covid strains that are currently considered as "variants of interest" worldwide.

Additional research by Arhana Sethi----more----Read new York Times reporting here https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/10/china-census-births-fall.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/business/china-birth-rate-2019.html?searchResultPosition=1----more----Read about the four "variants of interest" here https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55659820----more----Read Jyoti Yadav's article here: https://theprint.in/health/better-to-die-at-home-why-covid-patients-have-lost-faith-in-two-of-patnas-govt-hospitals/655299/----more----Read Sajid Ali's Article here: https://theprint.in/india/when-hell-came-floating-on-ganga-bihar-village-in-shock-after-71-bodies-wash-ashore/657112/----more----Read Moushumi Das Gupta's article here: https://theprint.in/india/no-entry-for-pilgrims-tourists-temples-shut-how-ayodhya-averted-a-kumbh-amid-covid-surge/651295/----more----Read Soniya Agrawal's article here: https://theprint.in/health/why-chennai-satellite-industry-hub-chengalpattu-is-among-tns-worst-hit-covid-districts/656477/ ----more----Read Taran Deol's article here: https://theprint.in/health/meerut-is-ups-worst-hit-covid-district-but-villagers-there-still-fear-testing-hospitals/656509/----more----Read Neelam Pandey and Praveen Jain's article here: https://theprint.in/india/rss-worker-modi-followed-on-twitter-dies-of-covid-pm-didnt-help-despite-plea-family-cries/656948/