Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: Farmers protesting at various Delhi borders on Wednesday dismissed as “false propaganda” allegations that they were not allowing medical oxygen carriers to enter Delhi, thus putting the lives of several Covid-19 patients at risk. . BJP MP Parvesh Verma had alleged late Tuesday that the transport of medical oxygen to Delhi was hampered…
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NEW DELHI: Covishield, from the Oxford / AstraZeneca stable, comprises more than 90 percent of the 12.76 crore Covid-19 vaccines administered nationwide so far, according to government data Wednesday. Of this, 15 states and territories of the Union have only given Covishield, being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India based in Pune. The other…
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As the current wave of Covid-19 sweeps across India, performance artists are looking at possibly another year out of work, with no stage events. In the Madhya Pradesh city of Dewas, bhakti singer Kaluram Bamaniya has taken out several loans to make ends meet and to support the musicians in his company. “Before Covid, we…
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WASHINGTON: As India experiences a new wave of Covid-19 pandemic, a public health expert from India has called for a “build, buy and apply” strategy to be adopted for mass vaccination to handle the crisis alongside enforcement. appropriate behaviors and ongoing communication from physicians, political leaders, and the administration. “We are witnessing a dire resurgence…
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NEW DELHI: It took India just 95 days to administer 13 crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the fastest country to do so, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. It took the United States 101 days to administer 13 crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, while China took 109 days to cross the same…
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NEW DELHI: Matters shown on the sundries final cause lists and regular hearing matters for April 22 are postponed and will not be brought to the hearing in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, reported the Wednesday the Supreme Court. According to the official notice, the matters that appear in the final lists of Matters…
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BENGALURÚ: Indicating the severity of the shortage, the city’s private hospitals say irregular medical oxygen providers they are forced to purchase are charging at least three times the price set by the government, while industry representatives They reiterated that the organized sector is selling by the book. However, they both agree that demand has increased…
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NEW DELHI: While many political parties have voluntarily curtailed their election campaign in West Bengal in light of the rise in Covid, the Election Commission has once again asked its election observers and officials to not only strictly enforce its updated rules on safe campaigning for Covid, but also to cancel public meetings / rallies…
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WASHINGTON: The United States is following the course of the Covid-19 outbreak in India “very closely,” the state department said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have advised Americans to avoid all travel to India. “We are closely following the course of the COVID outbreak in India,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told…
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JERUSALEM: Israel has recorded eight cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in India and believes that the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine is at least partially effective against it, an Israeli health official said Tuesday. Seven initial cases of the Indian variant were detected in Israel last week among people who arrived from abroad and…
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