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Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, has tested positive for COVID-19.

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Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, has tested positive for COVID-19.

Despite testing positive for COVID-19, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she still plans to visit the United States later this month for a trade trip and to deliver the commencement speech at Harvard University.

Ms. Ardern said she was disappointed to miss several important political announcements over the coming week, including the release of the government’s annual budget and a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in an Instagram post on Saturday.

“I’m gutted to miss being there in person,” she wrote, “but will be keeping in touch with the team and sharing some reckons from here.”

Ms. Ardern, who has been fully vaccinated, has been quarantined at her Wellington home since her fiancé Clarke Gayford tested positive for the virus on Sunday. People in New Zealand must isolate for seven days if someone in their household tests positive for HIV.

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Ms. Ardern said she had a weak positive rapid antigen test on Friday night and a strong positive test the next morning.

She also revealed that on Wednesday, the couple’s three-year-old daughter, Neve, tested positive for the virus.

Ms. Ardern wrote, “Despite my best efforts, I’ve unfortunately joined the rest of my family and have tested positive for COVID 19.”

“To anyone else isolating or dealing with COVID, I hope you take good care of yourselves!” she said.

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Ms. Ardern did not mention her symptoms in her post, though her office said in a statement that she began experiencing them on Friday.

Ms. Ardern joins a long list of world leaders who have caught the virus. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was one of the first and most serious cases, being hospitalised for a week in April 2020 before vaccines were available.

When the pandemic first broke out, New Zealand closed its borders and imposed strict lockdowns, allowing it to completely eradicate several outbreaks of the virus while keeping life as normal as possible. However, as outbreaks became more difficult to contain and the majority of the population was vaccinated, the country’s COVID-zero policy was eventually abandoned.

The Omicron variant has rapidly spread throughout New Zealand, resulting in the country’s first major outbreak this year.

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Food blogger attacked by Swara Bhasker for boasting about being a vegetarian on Twitter: “Smug self-righteousness”

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Food blogger attacked by Swara Bhasker for boasting about being a vegetarian on Twitter: “Smug self-righteousness”

In response to food blogger Nalini Unagar’s “proud to be a vegetarian” tweet, actor Swara Bhasker attacked Unagar. On Sunday, Nalini posted a photo of her lunch at X. It included a paneer dish and fried rice.

What was said by the food blogger?
Nalini shared the picture and added, “I’m happy to be a vegetarian. There are no more tears, cruelty, or guilt on my platter.”

This is Swara’s response.
In response, Swara penned, “To be honest… I find vegetarians’ arrogant self-righteousness to be incomprehensible. Denying the calf its mother’s milk, forcing cows to become pregnant, ripping them from their calves, and taking their milk are the main components of your diet.”

Furthermore, she said, “You eat root vegetables? That eliminates the entire plant! Just because it’s Bakr Eid, don’t stress about virtue signalling (folded hands emojis). June 16–17 is when Bakr Eid, or Eid al-Adha, is observed.

Swara just had her Eid celebration.
A few months after celebrating Eid al-Fitr, Swara posted a tweet. She celebrated the occasion with her daughter Raabiyaa and spouse Fahad Ahmad. On her Instagram Stories, Swara posted snippets of her Eid festivities. Swara and Raabiyaa were shown in one of the stories pointing at the Eid ka Chaand. Another photo shows Swara, her daughter, and Fahad posing as a family. Fahad is Muslim, but Swara is Hindu.

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When Swara discussed the cultures of her and Fahad
Swara performed a chhathi puja for Raabiyaa the previous year. She revealed tidbits from the festivities and reported discovering shared cultural experiences with Fahad’s family. “The child is a mish mash of the mish mash we are,” Swara had wrote. She therefore has 62.5% UP, 12.5% Bihar, and 25% Andhra. Furthermore, I support representation and am always up for a celebration! Furthermore, since our wedding, we’ve learned that Muslims and Hindus in North India have common cultural customs, which strengthens my conviction that, despite our variety, love and joy will always find a language.”

“Chhathhi, or the sixth day of a child’s birth, is celebrated throughout UP Bihar. Mom and kid dress in the colour of turmeric or haldi, and aunts or bua put kaajal on the child and parents to protect them from ‘nazar,’ or the evil eye! I’m performing a well-known “sohar”—celebration songs for new babies. Although sohars are often used to celebrate newborn boys, I customised it for a newborn girl—oh! And although sisters and aunts sing the sohars, mothers don’t, so I thought, “Why not?” Dholak aa gaya hai! Thank you to @manisha2967 for the Chhathhi lesson and the beautiful singing I was able to do, and to Bhanu ji @partapsinghb11 for the dholak that helped make my singing pleasant.

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