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19 States Mapped With Remdesivir Manufacturers For Faster Supply
Coronavirus: COVID-19 cases have been rising in India New Delhi: The centre has mapped manufacturers of the anti-viral drug remdesivir with 19 states that have high Covid case burden. This will ensure smooth and fast delivery of the medicine, the centre said in a statement. “Keeping in mind the...
Greta Thunberg Seeks Global Response To India Oxygen Shortage, Says Situation Heartbreaking
New Delhi: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has called the humanitarian crisis brought on by the shortage of medical oxygen in India “heartbreaking”. In a tweet, she said the global community must help the country tackle the rapid second wave of the coronavirus infections. “Heartbreaking to follow the recent...
Mumbai Reports 5,888 Covid Cases In 24 Hours, 3 Week Low In Daily Cases
Mumbai has over 80,000 active Covid cases (File) Mumbai: Mumbai reported 5,888 new Covid cases on Saturday evening – a three-week low and a significant drop from the 7,221 it reported on Friday, the 7,410 on Thursday and the 7,684 on Wednesday. This is the lowest daily addition to...
IPL 2021 Live Match Score, RR vs KKR: Rajasthan Royals Win Toss, Elect To Bowl vs Kolkata Knight Riders
RR vs KKR Live Score: Sanju Samson, David Miller, Jos Buttler during the ongoing IPL 2021 season.© BCCI/IPL Aiming to post a strong target, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a wicket down vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 18 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season,...
Arvind Kejriwal Writes To All Chief Ministers Asking For Spare Oxygen
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sent an SOS to all chief ministers amid a crippling shortage of medical oxygen triggered by the massive coronavirus surge. He said he was writing to his counterparts seeking help to resolve the crisis by diverting spare oxygen to the national capital. “I...
Liquor Shops Closed, 7 Die In Maharashtra After Drinking Hand Sanitiser
Yavatmal: All those who died were labourers (Representational) Yavatmal (Maharashtra): Seven people have died in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal, 700 kilometres from Mumbai, after drinking alcohol-based hand sanitiser as they could not purchase liquor because of the weekend lockdown. The incident took place in Vani village of the district. All those...
Serum Institute On “Inaccurate” Comparison Amid Row Over Vaccine Prices
Mumbai/New Delhi: The Serum Institute on Saturday responded to criticism over its open-market pricing of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine – to be sold at Rs 600 per dose to private hospitals, Rs 400 to states and Rs 150 to the centre from May 1, when vaccination opens to everyone...
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Election Observers Helping BJP, Want To Finish Off Trinamool: Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee said that she can’t be silenced even if she is show-caused. (File photo) Bolpur, West Bengal: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that the three special observers of the Election Commission were ordering police officers to detain TMC workers during the polling hours, asserting that she would...
8 Killed In Avalanche After Glacier Burst In Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, 384 Rescued
The glacier burst and the subsequent avalanche caused massive destruction in the area New Delhi: Eight bodies have been recovered and 384 people rescued by the Army today after a glacier broke triggering an avalanche close to the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand on Friday, officials said. Of those rescued,...
ITC To Import 24 Oxygen Tanks As India Battles Deadly Covid Crisis
ITC will also import oxygen concentrators and diverting production from its paper company New Delhi: Two dozen oxygen transport tanks will be airlifted to India to increase transport capacity from production sites to hospitals battling critical shortages amid a frightening wave of coronavirus infections, consumer goods giant ITC Limited...
Delhi High Court Says We Will Hang Anyone Obstructing Oxygen Supply
Coronavirus: The worrying shortage of medical oxygen has been flagged by several hospitals. New Delhi: If anyone obstructs oxygen supply, we will not spare them, the Delhi High Court said today as it heard a hospital’s petition over shortage of oxygen for seriously-ill Covid patients. The Delhi government told...
On Criticism Over Vaccine Prices, Centre’s Tweet
Covishield will cost Rs 400 a dose for states, Rs 600 for private hospitals, Serum Institute said (File) New Delhi: Facing criticism over a new vaccine policy that could have people paying far more for a Covid shot, the government today put out a clarification. It said that vaccines...
Justice NV Ramana Sworn In As New Chief Justice Of India
Justice NV Ramana took oath at a small ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. New Delhi: Justice NV Ramana took oath as the 48th Chief Justice Of India this morning. President Ram Nath Kovind administered him the oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi in a small ceremony due to Covid restrictions....
3.46 Lakh Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India, 2,624 Deaths In New Record High
India saw the deadliest day of pandemic with 2,624 deaths. New Delhi: India’s Covid caseload surged to 1.66 crore total infections with 3.46 lakh new cases in the world’s highest-ever daily surge reported by a country. In another grim record, India also saw the deadliest day of the pandemic...
CBI Files Corruption Case Against Ex Maharashtra Minister, Searches Home
Anil Deshmukh has been accused of corruption by ex-Mumbai top cop Parambir Singh. Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh’s home was searched by the CBI this morning as the central probe agency filed a corruption case against him. The CBI’s preliminary enquiry into the corruption allegations against Mr Deshmukh...
Delhi Hospital Moolchand Oxygen SOS; Top Official Breaks Down, Says “Overwhelmed”
Delhi has been facing shortage of medical oxygen. New Delhi: Moolchand hospital chain in Delhi sent out an SOS this morning over oxygen shortage as it appealed for urgent help from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Arvind Kejriwal and Lt Governor Anil Baijal. More than 130...
First Oxygen Express Train Reaches Maharashtra Nagpur As Hospitals Await Critical Supply
The first ‘Oxygen Express’ train pulled in a train station in Maharashtra’s Nagpur Mumbai: The first “Oxygen Express” train that left Visakhapatnam on Thursday arrived in Maharashtra’s Nagpur Friday evening with seven tankers carrying the life-saving medical gas amid the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three of...
Record 16,662 New Cases In Bengaluru As Hospitals Display No Beds Sign
Several Bengaluru hospitals displayed a ‘No ICU Beds’ sign for the COVID-19 patients. Bengaluru: Bengaluru, the city with the highest number of active cases in the country, reported an all-time record of 16,662 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours on Friday even as Karnataka witnessed another day of...
