Day: April 19, 2021

National lockdown can dent GDP growth by 2%, states should do with local curbs: Report

10:47 pm April 19, 2021

Mumbai: A month’s national lockdown can hurt GDP growth by 2 percentage points, an American brokerage warned on Monday while expecting governments to continue with localised restrictions to arrest the Covid spread.Stating that there has been a 7x jump in the new cases to 2.61 lakh a day from a month ago’s 35,000 cases, analysts […]

RSP supplying oxygen for treatment of COVID-19

10:45 pm April 19, 2021

Rourkela: Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is supplying liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to different hospitals of Odisha and other states for treatment of COVID-19 which has seen a sudden spurt in cases, an official statement by RSP said. The SAIL plant has stepped up its liquid oxygen generation so that it can supply it to hospitals […]

PM Modi wishes Manmohan Singh speedy recovery

10:41 pm April 19, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished good health and a speedy recovery to his predecessor Manmohan Singh, who tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here with a mild fever. Singh, 88, has been admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre, which is a dedicated […]

Fire at restaurant in Bhopal; no casualty

10:36 pm April 19, 2021

Bhopal: A fire broke out in a restaurant here in Madhya Pradesh on Monday evening, but no casualty was reported, an official said. The restaurant, which was closed for customers due to the ‘corona curfew’ in force in the state capital, is located near a bus stop under the Habibganj police station area, the said. […]

UP reports 167 COVID-19 deaths, highest in a day so far

10:32 pm April 19, 2021

Lucknow: The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose by 167, the highest daily rise so far, to reach 9,997 while 28,287 fresh cases pushed the tally of infection in the state to 8,79,831, according to a health bulletin. The number of recoveries has increased with over 10,978 patients discharged in a day, it stated. […]