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Union Minister Prahlad Patel’s Shocker To Man Seeking Oxygen: 2 Slaps
Union Minister Prahlad Patel was caught on camera threatening to slap a man pleading with him for oxygen. New Delhi: Union Minister Prahlad Patel was caught on camera today threatening to slap a man pleading with him for oxygen for his Covid positive relative. “We are so desperate…We did...
No Oxygen In Six Private Hospitals, Delhi Releases List
The Centre allotted Delhi an increased quota of 500 metric tonnes of oxygen yesterday. New Delhi: Oxygen stocks have dried up in six private hospitals of Delhi, the Arvind Kejriwal government said this evening, within minutes of a Delhi High Court order asking the Centre to ensure that the...
Family Unwilling, Delhi Policeman Takes COVID-19 Victim’s Body To Crematorium
Delhi Police ASI Sushil helped a family by taking the body of a Covid victim for last rites New Delhi: Stories of people helping out others against all odds continue to come from the national capital and elsewhere across the country amid the deadly second wave of COVID-19. An...
PM Modi Holds High-Level Meeting On Oxygen Supply And Availability
The PM also stressed that the states should come down heavily on hoarding. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired a high-level meeting to review the acute shortage of oxygen supply faced by hospitals amid an increasing number of coronavirus cases as a deadly second wave of Covid-19...
No Restriction On Movement Of Oxygen, Orders Centre Amid Row With States
New Delhi: Amid a stiffening standoff between various states over the supply of medical oxygen, the Centre today said there will be no restriction on the movement of the commodity and that supply can’t be limited to any particular state. Promoted Listen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com...
Australia To China After Scrapping Belt And Road Deal
“This scheme is very focused on Australia’s national interest,” Australia’s Foreign Minister had said. Beijing, China: China on Thursday said Australia’s sudden scrapping of a Belt and Road Initiative deal risked “serious harm” to relations and warned of retaliatory actions, but Canberra insisted it would not be bullied. The...
Supreme Court Asks Centre For Oxygen, Vaccination Plan, Says National Emergency
States have been bickering with the centre or other states over oxygen and other supplies New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked to see a “national plan” on oxygen supply, essential drugs and method of vaccination and issued notice to the Centre on a day India recorded the world’s biggest...
Those Above 18 Can Register For Vaccine From Saturday
Registrations for the latest round of inoculations will open in the next 48 hours on the CoWin platform. New Delhi: All above 18, now eligible for vaccination from May 1, can register for their shot from Saturday (April 24) on the CoWin platform. Registrations for the latest round of...
Rahul Gandhi, Quarantined, Targets Prime Minister Narendra Modi- Need Solution, Not Hollow Speech
Rahul Gandhi has been a vehement critic of the government’s handling of Covid.(File) New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the government’s handling of India’s biggest health challenge in recent years continued this morning as the country recorded the world’s biggest daily spike in Covid infections. Mr Gandhi,...
Shock, Grief After Sitaram Yechury’s Son Dies Of Covid
Ashish Yechury died at Gurgaon’s Medanta Hosptial. New Delhi: Senior Left leader Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish Yechury died of COVID-19 in Delhi this morning. Condolences poured in for the CPI(M) leader and his family after he announced the death of his older son, who would have turned 35 in...
With 3.14 Lakh New Covid Cases, India Records World’s Biggest-Ever Spike
India reported 2,104 deaths in the last 24 hours. New Delhi: Swept by the second Covid wave, infections rose by a record 3.14 lakh in India, the highest-ever single day rise reported by any nation, taking the caseload to 1.59 crore. The country also saw another new grim record with...
CPIM Leader Sitaram Yechury’s Son, 34, Dies Of COVID-19
Ashish Yechury was eldest son of CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. (File photo) New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his elder son Ashish died of COVID-19 in the morning. Ashish Yechury, who would have turned 35 on June 9, was recovering well at Gurgaon’s Medanta...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Makes Oxygen On Mars For First Time
Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment MOXIE produced 5 grams of oxygen NASA’s Perseverance rover keeps making history. The six-wheeled robot has converted some carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into oxygen, the first time this has happened on another planet, the space agency said Wednesday. “This is a...
Phase 6 Polls In West Bengal Today Amid Rising Covid Cases: 10 Points
43 assembly seats across four districts are up for polls in this phase. (Representational) Kolkata: The sixth phase of assembly elections in Bengal will be held today in the shadow of spiralling Covid. In a first, Bengal has crossed the 10,000-mark, logging 10,748 fresh cases. 43 assembly seats across...
This Emergency Shows Lives Don’t Matter For Government, Says Court
The judges were hearing an appeal by Max hospitals, which had flagged oxygen crisis in 2 of its hospitals Highlights “You can’t have people die…”: Court to centre Court asks Centre to seek petroleum, steel industry help for crisis Industries will be ready to help, it is a...
Get Anti-Covid Fabiflu For Free
Somnath Bharti called Gautam Gambhir’s announcement “criminal” (File) New Delhi: BJP MP Gautam Gambhir’s announcement of free distribution of antiviral drug ‘Fabiflu’ in his parliamentary constituency East Delhi amid an acute shortage of Covid medicines has drawn sharp criticism from the Congress and the ruling AAP. Leaders of the...
Maharashtra’s New Covid Curbs: See What Has Changed
Maharashtra announced series of new curbs on Wednesday. (FILE) Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has imposed tough new measures to break the COVID-19 transmission chain and curb the rising cases. The new restrictions under the state government’s “Break- the-Chain” program will come into effect from Thursday 8 pm and will...
Deadly Blast At Pakistan Hotel Hosting Chinese Ambassador, 4 Killed: Official
No group immediately claimed the attack. Quetta, Pakistan: At least four people were killed and a dozen others wounded when a bomb exploded at a top hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in southwestern Pakistan, officials said late Wednesday. The blast took place in the car park of the Serena...
