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COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts

11:40 pm April 22, 2021

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world’s most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United States. “Meeting this moment is about more […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

COVID crisis: Kejriwal urge states to come together and unite as Indians

11:30 pm April 22, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that people need to come together and unite as Indians and as human beings, to ensure the survival of the people of India in this hour of Corona crisis. “This is a colossal crisis. If we decide to split ourselves into Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, […]

AAP MLA, gasping for breath, appeals to Centre, Haryana govt to provide oxygen to Delhi

11:08 pm April 22, 2021

New Delhi: In an emotional appeal, AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj on Thursday posted a video where he can be seen wearing an oxygen mask and gasping for breath to urge the Centre and the Haryana government to provide oxygen, stressing that it is not the time to pull each other’s legs but to work together. […]

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 […]

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 […]