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U.S. CEOS FORM GLOBAL TASK FORCE TO HELP INDIA FIGHT COVID-19

28 Apr 2021

Seeing India facing its worst health and humanitarian crisis, the who’s who of the Indian diaspora in the United States has swiftly moved into action to arrest the spread of the “India variant” of the coronavirus, which many fear may move to other parts of the world, eventually bringing the...

Differences among MVA partners over free vaccination

27 Apr 2021

Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat, on Monday, stated that the decision on ‘free vaccine’ against COVID-19 for people of the state should be announced by the chief minister and any attempt by others to take credit for it is deplorable. Thorat’s resentment came a day after Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister...

We will provide Covid-19 vaccines for free: Kejriwal

27 Apr 2021

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the Delhi government has decided to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to everyone above 18 years of age and the approval has been given for the purchase of 1.34 crore doses. “Delhi government has decided to provide free vaccines to everyone above...

PM MODI HAS ‘FRUITFUL CONVERSATION’ WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN OVER PHONE

27 Apr 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday thanked US President Joe Biden during a telephonic conversation, a day after the United States announced that it would send raw materials required for the manufacture of the Covishield vaccine in India, in a bid to support India’s fight against Covid-19 pandemic. “Had a...

BMC TO SET UP 16 OXYGEN PLANTS IN MUMBAI

26 Apr 2021

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to set up 16 oxygen generation plants in 12 Mumbai hospitals to ensure the city becomes partially self-reliant in its oxygen needs. The new plants will add 43 MT to the daily oxygen production in the city. Mumbai currently requires 235 MT of medical...

Tsunami of Covid cases takes India’s daily tally to almost 3.5 lakh

26 Apr 2021

The number of cases across India surged by a record daily rise of 349,691 on Sunday as 2,767 deaths were also reported, according to the Ministry of Health. India now has a total of 16.96 million cases, including 192,311 deaths. As several countries across the globe announced support for India,...

DELHI LOCKDOWN EXTENDED BY A WEEK, ACTIVE CASES NEARLY 1 LAKH

26 Apr 2021

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday extended the lockdown in the national capital by a week. He said that the Covid-19 situation in Delhi is not improving, though the acute crisis in the availability of oxygen is likely to be over in a few days. As he announced the...

GASPING FOR BREATH, INDIA TO AIRLIFT 23 OXYGEN GENERATION PLANTS FROM GERMANY

24 Apr 2021

Amid reports of shortage of oxygen in hospitals during the second wave of Covid-19 across the country, the Defence Ministry has decided to airlift 23 mobile oxygen generation plants from Germany, officials said on Friday. They said that each plant will have a capacity to produce 40 litres of oxygen...

PM Modi chairs Covid meet with CMs, says Railways, IAF to transport oxygen

24 Apr 2021

Amid reports of several states facing a shortage of oxygen in hospitals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Centre is deploying the Railways and Air Force to reduce the transportation time for oxygen tankers. He also added that every state should ensure that no oxygen tanker, irrespective of its...

HOSPITALS OVERBURDENED AS COVID WAVE TURNS INTO TSUNAMI

24 Apr 2021

India recorded its highest single-day spike ever with 332,730 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This was the second day in a row that India crossed the 3-lakh mark. The country’s overnight infection total was higher than numbers recorded anywhere in the world since the pandemic began in...

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