Rumita Patel
VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked officials in his parliamentary constituency to focus on getting the first lab test reports of Covid-19 samples and contract tracing as part of the strategy: “ test, track and treat ” adopted to combat the first wave. of the pandemic. While reviewing exercises to combat the Covid-19 threat…
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NEW DELHI: India on Sunday reported an increase of more than 2.61 lakh in cases, its highest daily count since the pandemic. The second wave of the coronavirus is proving to be much more serious for the country and cases are increasing at an unprecedented rate. While Maharashtra continues to add the highest number of…
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NEW DELHI: India took just 92 days to hit the 12 crore vaccine mark, the fastest country to do so, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. It is followed by the United States, which took 97 days, and China, which took 108 days. The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country…
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NEW DELHI: The Center approved the installation of 162 pressure swing adsorption (PSA) plants at public health facilities in every state, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, as demand for medical oxygen soars amidst the spiral of coronavirus cases in the country. PSA plants manufacture oxygen and help hospitals become self-sufficient in their medical oxygen…
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NEW DELHI: Congressional leader P Chidambaram lashed out Sunday at the government for making claims “contrary to reality” in the country. Chidambaram tweeted: “While” no vaccines “posters hang on the doorstep of most hospitals, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan states that” there is no shortage of vaccine supply. ” “Believe it the minister, there is…
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NEW DELHI: Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi suspended his campaign for West Bengal assembly elections on Sunday due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country. “In view of the Covid situation, I will suspend all my public rallies in West Bengal,” Rahul said in a tweet. The former president of Congress also advised all political…
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NEW DELHI: India recorded another higher peak of 2.61,500 coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing its total Covid-19 case count to 1.47.88,109. Active cases have passed the 18 lakh mark, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday. India also reported 1,501 new deaths in the past 24 hours. With this, the death…
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CALCUTTA: The Trinamool Congress and the BJP mobilized the Electoral Commission on Saturday, seeking an investigation into the leaked audiotape of an alleged conversation between the Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her party’s Sitalkuchi candidate, Partha Pratim Ray, after the CISF firing in which four people died. While Trinamool requested action for “violation of the…
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GUWAHATI: There is no link between the election campaign rallies and the increase in Covid-19 cases in Assam and studies have shown that not a single case of coronavirus has been reported in the places where the rallies were held. Assam’s health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday, adding that no candidate in the…
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CALCUTTA: Bengal concluded its fifth phase of voting on Saturday with a marked decrease in voter turnout compared to 2016, especially in constituencies outside of Kolkata, and far fewer incidents of violence than in the fourth phase of the elections. Turnout figures as of 5pm in the vicinity of Kolkata (Bidhannagar, Rajarhat-New Town, Dum Dum,…
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