Even in the year 2021, due to COVID, problems like 2020 continued. India was facing its worst health crisis during the second wave of the pandemic. People had to struggle to get beds and oxygen cylinders in hospitals. But this year, along with some moments of victory at the Tokyo Olympics, there were also videos that raised our spirits and made us smile.
India’s first covid vaccination
India’s mega-covid vaccination campaign began as an important step in the war against the pandemic. First a frontline sanitation worker Manish Kumar was vaccinated. Kumar became the first person to be vaccinated along with the vaccination at AIIMS, New Delhi on 16 January.
deadly second wave
In the summer of 2021, a huge increase in the cases of corona virus infection disturbed India’s health infrastructure. One of the major challenges was the lack of oxygen, which was required for the treatment of critical COVID-19 patients and ICU beds in hospitals.
Neeraj Chopra’s victory moment in Tokyo Olympics 2020
Neeraj Chopra won the historic gold medal in athletics at the Tokyo Olympic Games on 7 August. He topped the javelin throw final. Chopra became the first Indian to win a medal in athletics at the Olympic Games.
“Rasputin” Challenge
“Rasputin” Challenge: Janaki Omkumar and Naveen Rajak, two medical students from Thrissur Medical College, Kerala, shared a video of Boney M dancing to the hit track “Rasputin”. This video of dance in the corridor of his institute suddenly became a hit. However, through this, he tried to spread happiness among the medical workers working continuously in the disastrous second wave of COVID-19. Students got a lot of support, medical students from all over Kerala joined the challenge and shared their videos dancing to “Rasputin”.
Tourist crowd in Manali
Despite the horrific memories of the second wave, people did not miss the violation of COVID norms. A few days later, the Himachal Pradesh government relaxed the restrictions related to COVID, which attracted a large number of tourists in July. In the viral video, a huge crowd of tourists was seen in this hill town.
People fall from plane in Afghanistan
Thousands of Afghan citizens flocked to Kabul airport to leave the country after the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Three men allegedly hanged themselves on a US Air Force plane while trying to flee the country. According to video clips posted by the local news agency, these people fell as the plane took off. The video became an image of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
“Getting Powered”
Social media was flooded with the “Powry ho rahi hai” meme as soon as a Pakistani Instagram influencer Danneer Mobin posted a video, with a heavy tone saying, “Yeh humari kar hai, yeh hum hai and this humari hai” Pavri (party) is happening.” The borders of the countries could not stop this video from going viral.
Lawyers involved in Zoom Hearing with Cat Filter
In a strange incident of its kind, a Texas lawyer expressed his inability to remove the cat filter on his Zoom account during a video court hearing. Good thing when the judge addressed the status of the cat filter to attorney Rod Ponton, who was battling to remove the filter. The judge could be heard saying in the video, “Mr. Ponton, I think the filter is turned on in your video settings.” While that didn’t stop Ponton from doing his job, the other lawyers were smiling during the hearing. Ponton said, “I’m ready to go. I’m here to stay, I’m not at all.”
Shweta your mic is on
A woman named Shweta forgot to mute herself during a call with more than 100 participants. Due to this, the participants were able to hear her personal conversation, which she was having with a friend while logged on to the Zoom call. The conversation continued for a few minutes, even as the participants kept telling him, “Your mic is on.” The mistake caught the attention of social media users and #Shweta became a top trend online. Many users shared memes related to it.
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