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800-bedded oxygen-supported bed capacity enhanced in Jammu province
Jammu, May 12 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Government has added nearly 800 more oxygen supported beds, in Jammu province, in a week, to augment the existing bed capacity, as a part of ongoing capacity building of hospitals in wake of rising…
High time to fix MRP for oxygen concentrators: Delhi HC
New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stressed that it is high time that the government fix the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) payable for oxygen concentrators and other equipment used to treat COVID-19 to prevent their…
Indo-Arab League Chairman urges PM Modi to resolve ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict
Hyderabad, May 12 (UNI) Indo-Arab League Chairman Syed Vicaruddin has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and resolve the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
In a letter, addressed to PM Modi, Vicaruddin said that the…
Calcutta High Court seeks report on post-poll violence in West Bengal
Kolkata, May 7 (UNI) A five-member bench of Calcutta High Court on Friday sought a report within 3 days from West Bengal government on the post-election violence in the state that claimed at least 16 lives.
The violence erupted after…
Nanded-Delhi-Amritsar Air services suspended
Nanded, May 12 (UNI) For poor occupancy the Air India's Nanded-Amritsar-Delhi flight service, the only one in the nation, has been suspended till May 31. The service was rendered for three days a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.…
Justice DY Chandrachud tests positive for COVID-19
New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud, who was heading the bench hearing cases on COVID-19 pandemic management, has tested positive for the Coronavirus.
A staffer of the judge had earlier tested positive for…
PM Modi will not attend G7 summit in person: MEA
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not travel to the UK to attend a summit of the G7 grouping in person in view of the prevailing coronavirus situation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.
The G7 summit is…
Indian-American chemist Sumita Mitra finalist for inventor award
CHENNAI: Indian-American chemist Sumita Mitra has been nominated as a finalist in the “Non-EPO countries” category of the European Inventor Award 2021 for applying nanotechnology to the production of dental materials, leading to the …
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin recommended by expert panel for phase II / III trials on 2-18…
NEW DELHI: Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin was on Tuesday recommended by an expert panel for phase II/III clinical trial on those aged between two to 18 years, official sources said.
The trial will take place in 525 subjects at…
ED attaches assets worth over Rs 76 Cr of Chinese loan app vendors
New Delhi, May 11 (UNI) Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said that it has issued a Provisional Attachment Order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), attaching Rs 76.67 Crore, lying in various bank accounts and…
Assam CM Himanta Sarma chairs first Cabinet meet, announces new measures to tackle COVID surge
Guwahati (Assam) , May 12 The newly formed Assam cabinet headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma held its first meeting on Tuesday.
"The new Cabinet held its first meeting on May 11, 2021 and resolved to fulfill the promises made…
COVID-19: Uttarakhand becomes 9th state to receive Oxygen Express from Railways
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) , May 12 Uttarakhand has become the ninth state to receive Oxygen Express from the Indian Railways amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Oxygen Express carrying liquid medical oxygen (LMO) from Tatanagar, Jharkhand…
26 AMU professors die of Covid-19
New Delhi, May 12 At least 44 people, including 26 professors have died at the Aligarh Muslim University after getting infected with the lethal novel coronavirus, within just 20 days, officials said, adding the new variant is suspected to…
HP Cong: Speed up vaccination drive in Himachal
Shimla, May 10 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh Congress president Kuldeep Rathore and Opposition leader Mukesh Agnihotri on Monday wrote to the Chief Minister saying that vaccination in remote areas of the state should be increased.
Due to curfew…
Bharat Biotech supplying Covaxin to 18 states
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech has been directly supplying its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to 18 states since May 1, the company said on Tuesday.
"Unflinching in our efforts, we will continue the steady supply of our vaccine," the…
COVID: Highest 65 deaths reported in J&K in 24 hrs, 4352 tests +ve
Jammu, May 11 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday informed that 4352 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus--1708 from Jammu division and 2644 from Kashmir division-- were reported, taking the total number of positive cases in…
Cloudburst in Devprayag : HM Shah assures all possible help to CM
New Delhi, May 11 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat and assured him of all possible central help to the state in wake of cloudburst, occurred today at 1700 hrs.
A…
Meeting Governor for Maratha reservation, a ridiculous and misguiding act of the govt
Kolhapur, May 11 (UNI) "It is a ridiculous act and misguiding the peoples as a delegation led by CM Uddhav Thackeray meet state governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari for Maratha reservation to give a memorandum", criticized Bhartia Janata party…
Karnataka CM visits Covid War Room, finds 835 ‘patients’ squatting on beds beyond 20…
Bengaluru, May 11 : After several people complained about a bed shortage in hospitals, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday directed hospital authorities to take steps to vacate all those patients who are staying in…
Government in SC rules out door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination, favours only registered centres
NEW DELHI: The Centre has ruled out in the Supreme Court door-to-door vaccination of people and said the inoculation will be done at identified COVID Vaccination Centres (CVC), both government and private, registered on COWIN for "good,…
