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01/05/2021 GMT

India expands vaccine programme

BBC World Service - Weekend, India expands vaccine programme

More than 400,000 coronavirus infections in 24 hours were recorded on Saturday

India has become the first country in the world to record more than 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day.

As the government struggles to cope with thousands of death every day, people have been forced to build makeshift funeral pyres. We'll hear from Manish Pal Singh - he and his family run an organisation called Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal, which provides basic emergency services and organisations cremations.

Also in the programme: new research has shown that the Brazilian part of the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more greenhouse gases than it absorbs; and Artificial Intelligence is with us for better, for worse - but can it be regulated at a global level?

(Picture: Two women try to relieve the suffering of a relative as he receives oxygen in Ghaziabad.        REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

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