Southern states have comparatively better health infrastructure are also under lockdown amid second wave of pandemic.
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Southern states have comparatively better health infrastructure are also under lockdown amid second wave of pandemic.
Vedanta was forced to shut a southern India plant in 2018, thanks to campaigning by teacher-turned activist Fatima Babu.