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Kerala govt will provide vaccine free of cost

11:29 pm April 21, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the Left government would provide the vaccine against COVID-19 free of cost for everyone in the State. This statement comes on a day the Serum Institute of India announced a price of Rs 400 per dosefor its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ for State governments and Rs 600 […]

Oxygen supply ends in Delhi’s Rathi Hospital: Report

11:19 pm April 21, 2021

New Delhi: Oxygen supply at Rathi Hospital, Najafgarh, Delhi ended on Wednesday, said a hospital official. Oxygen support has ended at Rathi Hospital. I am here at Mundka plant but they are not giving oxygen cylinders. We are helpless,” Kaustubh Tiwari, head marketing, Rathi Hospital told a news agency. Several hospitals in the national capital […]

Zojila pass connecting Kashmir valley and Ladakh

11:12 pm April 21, 2021

New Delhi: The BRO on Wednesday opened the Zojila pass that provides vital road link between the Kashmir valley and Ladakh, officials said. The pass normally closes by mid-November every year, with the onset of winters when the temperatures dip to subzero degrees and opens only by end April the next year, the BRO officials […]

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

Delhi HC: If Tatas can divert oxygen they are generating for their steel plants to medical use, why can’t others?

10:46 pm April 21, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to ”forthwith” provide oxygen by whatever means to the hospitals in the national capital which are treating serious COVID-19 patients and are facing scarcity of oxygen. ”Why is the Centre not waking up to the gravity of the situation? We are shocked and dismayed […]

Mathura to add 500 oxygen beds amid surge in COVID cases

11:56 pm April 20, 2021

Mathura (UP): The Mathura district administration has decided to increase 500 oxygen beds within a week in view of the recent surge in novel coronavirus cases, officials said on Tuesday. “So far over 500 oxygen beds and almost equal number of general beds are available in Mathura,” District Magistrate Navneet Singh Chahal said. He asserted […]