Yogita LimayeVerified account

@yogital

India correspondent, BBC News; reporter covering India and South Asia with stints in the US, Middle East & S Korea; views are mine; everything stops for chai

Mumbai, but often on the road
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Joined July 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 21

    This was hard to report on, and will be hard to watch. A small glimpse of what is doing to .

    "Covid-19 has hit this country with a ferocity not seen before...but not unexpected either". WARNING - this is a very distressing but necessary report from , Fred Scott and Sanjay Ganguly on the human catastrophe unfolding in . Please watch
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    May 31

    India's once burgeoning middle class has shrunk by a third during the pandemic, setting back half a decade of economic gains. Here's our report Edited by - Produced by - thanks for your views

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  3. May 31

    China-India clashes: No change a year after Ladakh stand-off - ⁦⁩ reports from last village near Line of Actual Control betn and , among just a handful of journalists, and first from intl media to get there.

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  4. May 31

    ’s finance minister is talking about opposition parties here, and not Indians in general. But it’s quite an unsubtle deflection from answering a question about criticism that the govt did not order enough vaccines.

    “They said, I will not take it, that is Modi’s vaccine, that’s BJP vaccine”. Today, you are saying, “Oh, where is the vaccine?” Be consistent. You want it or you don’t want it? Make up your mind.” Interview in ⁦⁩
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  5. May 31

    : Vietnam starts mass testing as new variant emerges

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    May 31

    'A crime against humanity' - our report on the Covid scammers and profiteers exploiting desperate families, trying to save their loved ones. Many thanks to the team and producers

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  7. May 29

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    A thread on pandemic denial: particularly those denying the scale of India's COVID-19 tragedy. Focussed on death counts, fatality rates, and the role of academics which has often *not* been good. Let me explain... (1/n)
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  8. Retweeted
    May 28

    A longer film on what we witnessed as the second wave of unfolded in -from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal - on this Sat & Sun  1410,1510,1910,2110G, 1940,2040,1240,0240 India. With Fred Scott

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    May 28

    With more than 300,000 dead from - according to official figures - India's PM Modi is facing growing criticism. We report from rural Bihar state where many deaths go uncounted. Thanks to the team

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  10. May 29

    ‘ has cut across like a scythe, bringing anguish to the living and indignity for the dying’ report from Bihar with

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    With more than 300,000 dead from - according to official figures - India's PM Modi is facing growing criticism. We report from rural Bihar state where many deaths go uncounted. Thanks to the team
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    May 29

    A from my colleagues looking back at a torrid month for .

    A longer film on what we witnessed as the second wave of unfolded in -from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal - on this Sat & Sun  1410,1510,1910,2110G, 1940,2040,1240,0240 India. With Fred Scott
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    May 28

    🚨🚨Come work with my team. We are looking for a Software Engineer to work with BBC South Asia Visual Journalism. Hit me up if you have any question:

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    May 28

    Watch Saturday & Sunday on and stream on

    A longer film on what we witnessed as the second wave of unfolded in -from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal - on this Sat & Sun  1410,1510,1910,2110G, 1940,2040,1240,0240 India. With Fred Scott
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  14. May 28

    A longer film on what we witnessed as the second wave of unfolded in -from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal - on this Sat & Sun  1410,1510,1910,2110G, 1940,2040,1240,0240 India. With Fred Scott

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  15. May 27

    ‘seems like the young woman's morality was on trial, and not whether there had been a rape’ lawyer Payal Chawla told ⁦⁩ about the judgment in a high profile rape case in

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  16. Retweeted
    May 24

    We are recruiting for an India Correspondent to join the BBC's business team in Mumbai. This is a terrific opportunity to service the channel's vast TV, online and radio output Please apply through the link below.

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  17. Retweeted
    May 22

    "Please don't take Corona so lightly," a message bravely recorded by Dimple Arora as she fought for breath. She was 7 months pregnant, and died last month in . Her husband warns world not to let guard down. Team

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  18. May 19

    Invisible in the pandemic fires, a slow burn of hunger and distress in - by ⁦⁩

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    May 18

    As a pregnant woman &journalist - THIS IS PERSONAL The women who I write abt in my latest piece in deserved better as they battled with Covid. WE DESERVE BETTER - We deserve & healthcare Edited by

    When got COVID while she was pregnant, she tried to go to a hospital, but it wouldn't take her. She investigates why many pregnant women w/ COVID aren't able to get life-saving care in India during its deadly second wave. Her crushing report:
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    May 18

    When got COVID while she was pregnant, she tried to go to a hospital, but it wouldn't take her. She investigates why many pregnant women w/ COVID aren't able to get life-saving care in India during its deadly second wave. Her crushing report:

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    May 18

    "All these people were someone's son, daughter, brother, father and mother" Hundreds of corpses have been found floating in the Ganges river or buried in the sand of its banks. Many fear they are Covid-19 victims. reports

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