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Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

‘Please help’: Delhi hospitals appeal for assistance amid severe oxygen crisis

8:40 pm April 24, 2021

New Delhi: Narin Sehgal, the director of a hospital in Delhi, really don’t know how to help his patients in a situation like this. Amid an unprecedented crisis over oxygen supply as the second coronavirus wave ravages the country, some “helpless” hospitals in Delhi are advising relatives to shift their patients to another facility, while […]

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 […]

Only 54 ICU beds available for COVID patients in Delhi hospitals: Data

10:27 pm April 19, 2021

New Delhi: The number of ICU beds available for coronavirus patients in Delhi hospitals on Monday dropped to 54, according to government data. Of the 4,377 ICU beds for COVID-19 patients in government and private hospitals across the city, 4,323 were occupied around 8 pm on Monday, according to data from the city government”s Delhi […]

Mandatory 14-day quarantine for Delhi residents returning from Haridwar Kumbh

9:15 pm April 18, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi residents who have visited the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar or are planning to do so will have to undergo compulsory 14-day home quarantine on their return and upload their details on an official website, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority said in an order. The ongoing Kumbh Mela has been at the centre […]

Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’

Biden budget seeks more for schools, health care and housing

11:47 pm April 9, 2021

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden released a $1.5 trillion wish list for the federal budget on Friday, asking for an 8.4% increase in agency operating budgets with substantial gains for Democratic priorities like education, health care, housing and environmental protection. The request by the White House budget office spells out Biden’s top priorities as Congress weighs […]