I also observed this - the slow rise from end-Feb to end-Mar and then the sudden very very steep rise in covid positive cases from end-Mar.
In India, people started opening up during Sep/Oct 2020. I too relaxed the strict restrictions/rules that I was, till then, sticking to. Went to restaurants with friends and teammates (with masks wherever possible) and many people were doing inter-state travels, political events started happening, many festivals/gatherings started happening etc. Life was returning to normal. My important observation is that from then (Sep/Oct 2020) onwards, lots and lots of people were not following covid protocols properly. Social distancing was not followed. Many people did not even put on masks. Am not sure why, but even with all these behaviours which should result in increasing covid positive numbers, the covid positive numbers were continuously going down. I think it hit bottom during second half of Feb 2021.
And then the numbers started to rise - slowly from end-Feb to end-Mar and then suddenly very very steeply rise from end-Mar 2021. And by mid-Apr 2021, things got very alarming. Most of my circle of friends knew that generally the second wave will hit harder than the first. But we also that because vaccination has been going on for 2 or 2.5 months by then, it can help. The strictest (to follow the restrictions) among my friends also started to loosen up a bit. The previous reports that the second wave will hit us during Jan/Feb did not come true. So, we were hoping that there won't be a second wave. Even the US thought that they can start banning the export of raw materials needed for the production of vaccines in India.
So, I do not know if anyone predicted (with numbers to backup their estimates) that the case load will be this bad during Apr 2021. The second wave caught lots of us by surprise. But I believe, like the US and UK survived their second waves and are doing pretty well now, India too will hopefully emerge better and stronger.
Now that the processors are different, there will be cases where we will need to run multiple VMs to use Linux or to use Windows etc. Then having more RAM will be very helpful.
India has always been bad at communicating effectively, clearly and loudly. Just read that Pakistan is claiming that India will attack AJK etc. I do not know the internal plans of Indian Army etc but I strongly believe India is not going to do it. But Pakistan make up so much stuff, put up fake videos, get embarassed but still they do not stop talking negatively about India and everybody else. The crying baby gets a lot of attention though even if it is crying for silly or fake reasons. So, for the Indian government, it has to make more noise than the crying baby, but also presenting supporting facts.
Now, the moment the controls in Kashmir are suddenly lifted, forget Pakistan, the opposition politicians and everyone whose wallet/influence is going to get lighter themselves will talk so much against the current government and create/add fuel to the negative sentiment in the Kashmiris. So, it is better to have controls to prevent violence. Better to not lose precious lives than otherwise.
Having said that, as some one above pointed out above, it is also mandatory for the government to ensure the availability of necessities. It is easy to criticize, not that we should not. But any big action like this will have something not going according to plan. Not every thing to extreme detail can be planned perfectly. So, I do want and hope that the government gets to know the ground realities, ensure availability of the necessities and also, with proof, talk about it wherever it can.
Really interested to know what other compile-to-native-code languages that they evaluated and why they chose D over other alternatives. Anyone knows if such comparison is available?
I think that Google has a Search app on Windows Phone. If the platform does not have the numbers, then why make the Search app? When Search app is released, why not release Youtube and other apps?
As you mentioned, it's the same for most of the companies. They sell products at atrocious premiums. Lets see what the Asus India guys do, now that this suggestion/complaint is on record.
In India, people started opening up during Sep/Oct 2020. I too relaxed the strict restrictions/rules that I was, till then, sticking to. Went to restaurants with friends and teammates (with masks wherever possible) and many people were doing inter-state travels, political events started happening, many festivals/gatherings started happening etc. Life was returning to normal. My important observation is that from then (Sep/Oct 2020) onwards, lots and lots of people were not following covid protocols properly. Social distancing was not followed. Many people did not even put on masks. Am not sure why, but even with all these behaviours which should result in increasing covid positive numbers, the covid positive numbers were continuously going down. I think it hit bottom during second half of Feb 2021.
And then the numbers started to rise - slowly from end-Feb to end-Mar and then suddenly very very steeply rise from end-Mar 2021. And by mid-Apr 2021, things got very alarming. Most of my circle of friends knew that generally the second wave will hit harder than the first. But we also that because vaccination has been going on for 2 or 2.5 months by then, it can help. The strictest (to follow the restrictions) among my friends also started to loosen up a bit. The previous reports that the second wave will hit us during Jan/Feb did not come true. So, we were hoping that there won't be a second wave. Even the US thought that they can start banning the export of raw materials needed for the production of vaccines in India.
So, I do not know if anyone predicted (with numbers to backup their estimates) that the case load will be this bad during Apr 2021. The second wave caught lots of us by surprise. But I believe, like the US and UK survived their second waves and are doing pretty well now, India too will hopefully emerge better and stronger.