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Nobody expected a tsunami: Khattar on rising COVID-19 cases

11:01 pm April 28, 2021

Chandigarh: Calling the huge surge in COVID-19 cases an “unexpected tsunami”, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said the state government is putting all its might to tackle the crisis. “One expects that floods can come during rainy season, but no one expects a tsunami,” he said on the rising cases of the […]

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

North MCD requests Delhi HC for more time to clear salary, pension dues

10:33 pm April 27, 2021

New Delhi: The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NrDMC) Tuesday requested the Delhi High Court to grant it more time to pay salary and pension arrears, saying it has been delayed due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. The corporation said it has paid salaries of corona warriors, including doctors, paramedics, nursing staff and sanitation workers, […]

Oxygen shortage: Delhi Hospitals say situation better, reopen admissions

9:52 pm April 27, 2021

New Delhi: After days of scrambling for oxygen, hospitals in Delhi on Tuesday said they are in a comparatively better situation in terms of supply and have reopened admissions. Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the national capital, medical facilities across the city and its suburbs put out desperate pleas for help on […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Delhi to import 21 ready-to-use oxygen plants from France: CM Kejriwal

9:43 pm April 27, 2021

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the Delhi government has decided to import 21 ready-to-use oxygen plants from France and 18 oxygen tankers from Bangkok, to ensure a steady supply of oxygen in hospitals across the national capital. He also said that within the next one month, the Delhi government will […]

COVID: India grieves 200,000 dead with many more probably uncounted

SOS messages, panic as virus breaks India’s health system

10:08 pm April 26, 2021

New Delhi: Dr. Gautam Singh dreads the daily advent of the ventilator beeps, signaling that oxygen levels are critically low, and hearing his critically ill patients start gasping for air in the New Delhi emergency ward where he works. Like other doctors across the country, which on Monday set another record for new coronavirus infections […]