Day: April 21, 2021

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Floyd verdict gives hope, if only fleeting, to Black America

11:07 pm April 21, 2021

Minneapolis: Relief, even if fleeting and momentary, is a feeling that Black Americans have rarely known in America: From slavery to Jim Crow segregation to enduring punishments for living while Black, a breath of fresh air untainted by oppression has long been hard to come by. Nonetheless, the conviction of ex-cop Derek Chauvin for murdering […]

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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 […]

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