Maharashtra government orders fire, oxygen audits for all hospitals
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Maharashtra government on Friday directed the district administrations to conduct oxygen and fire audits at all hospitals in the state. These directives from Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte come in the backdrop of the oxygen leak incident at a...
Sonu Sood tests negative for COVID-19
A smidgen of positivity in these dismal times. Good Samaritan and Bollywood actor Sonu Sood on Friday announced that he has tested negative for COVID-19 after contracting the virus earlier this week. The 'Dabangg' actor, who tested positive for the virus on...
Covid meet done, PM addresses virtual rally in WB
PM Narendra Modi back in election mode. Modi is addressing rallies in Suri, Malda, Berhampore, and Bhawanipur via video conferencing. "Due to the COVID-19 situation in the country, I was busy in important meetings since this morning. I am connecting...
Chief Justice of India SA Bobde retires, says he did his best
Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Friday said he was retiring from the office with happiness and the satisfaction of having done his best. Bobde will be succeeded by Justice NV Ramana, who will be sworn in to the...
India to import oxygen making units from Germany
Amid reports of shortage of oxygen in the hospitals during the second wave of COVID-19 across the country, the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) has decided to import oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany to cater to the shortage. The...
Kejriwal’s office regrets live telecast with PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met with the Chief Ministers of the 11 states worst hit by the deadly second wave of Covid on a day India touched a new record of 3.32 lakh cases and 2,263 deaths in 24...
Chhattisgarh receives Remdesivir tranche
15,000 vials of Remdesivir reached Raipur airport today, says Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo "It has been sent to CGMSC godown for counting and storage. Distribution of the same will follow immediately, later in the day," he...
Govt to provide free food grains to poor in May, June
The government will provide free food grains to the poor under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana in May and June, officials said on Friday. They said 5-kg free food grains per person per month would be given to around...
PM Modi holds meeting with 10 CMs over Covid crisis
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting on Friday with chief ministers of 10 states with the most number of COVID-19 cases. The meeting via video conferencing comes amid a huge surge in coronavirus cases, which have now clocked a daily...
SC to hear Covid-related cases today
CJI SA Bobde led bench to shortly hear the Suo Motu case pertaining to supply of essential drugs, oxygen, vaccination issues and question on lockdown. Court to also decide if it will transfer cases from all High Courts...
Tharoor deletes tweet on Sumitra Mahajan after BJP leaders say she is fine
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had to delete one of his tweets announcing the demise of former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday night after Bharatiya Janata Party leaders pointed out that she was hale and hearty. Tharoor later...
25 die at Delhi hospital due to low oxygen supply
Twenty-five sickest patients have died in last 24 hours at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi due to low oxygen supply, hospital's Director of Medical said. "Oxygen will last another 2 hours. Ventilators and Bipap are not working effectively. Need...
‘Oxygen Express’ leaves Vizag for Maharashtra
The first 'Oxygen Express' carrying liquid medical oxygen departed for Maharashtra from Visakhapatnam on late Thursday night. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal took to Twitter to inform about the Ro-Ro (roll-on-roll-off) train with seven tankers leaving for Maharashtra. "The first Oxygen...
Maha CM orders inquiry into Virar hospital fire
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray orders an inquiry into the fire incident at Vijay Vallabh COVID care hospital in Virar in which 13 COVID-19 patients have died. The fire broke out in the ICU on the second floor of the four-storeyed...
13 Covid patients die in hospital fire in Maha
Thirteen COVID-19 patients died in a hospital fire at Virar in Palghar district of Maharashtra early on Friday, police said. The fire broke out in the ICU of the hospital around 3 am, they said. District Disaster Control...
Shashi Tharoor tweets former speaker Sumitra Mahajan passes away; BJP says she’s ‘hail and hearty’
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said in a tweet that BJP leader and longest serving woman Member of Parliament from Indore constituency, Sumitra Mahajan passed away on April 22. Reports earlier had claimed that she had complained of fever and was...
No restriction on movement of oxygen, orders Centre
The Centre on Thursday directed states to ensure uninterrupted production and supply of medical oxygen and its transport along inter-state borders and said the district magistrate and superintendent of police of the district concerned will be held responsible if there...
Vaccine registration for those above 18 to open from April 28
Registration for vaccination against COVID-19 for all those aged above 18 will begin on the CoWIN platform and Aarogya Setu app from April 28, officials said on Thursday. The inoculation process and documents to be submitted to get the jab remains...
PM holds high-level meet on oxygen supply
PM Narendra Modi holds high-level meeting on oxygen supply and availability across India. Officials briefed him on efforts undertaken in last few weeks to improve oxygen supply. It was noted that in last few days, availability of Liquid Medical Oxygen...
Ex-Delhi minister AK Walia succumbs to COVID-19
Senior Congress leader and former Delhi government minister AK Walia died of COVID-19 in the early hours of Thursday, party leaders said. He was 72. Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar condoled the death of former MLA, saying he breathed his...
1,710 doses of Covid vaccine stolen from hospital
An oxygen tanker was waylaid in Haryana yesterday and today vaccines have been stolen. Another step towards anarchy. As many as 1,710 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were stolen from the PPC centre at Civil Hospital in Haryana's Jind district, officials...
