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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, […]

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 […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

COVID: Night curfew imposed in Noida, Allahabad, Meerut and Ghaziabad

10:30 pm April 8, 2021

Lucknow: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar, Allahabad, Meerut and Ghaziabad imposed a night curfew to tackle the infection spread. Earlier on Wednesday, similar restrictions were imposed in Kanpur and the Lucknow Municipal Corporation area. Till Thursday, coronavirus has killed 9,003 people in the state while the […]

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Maha govt urges Centre for supply of oxygen from nearby states

3:42 pm April 7, 2021

Mumbai: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said the state has requested the Centre for the supply of oxygen for medical use from nearby states. “12 metric tonnes of oxygen is produced and over 7 tonnes of oxygen is consumed daily. We’ve urged that we should be supplied medical oxygen from the nearby states. […]

BJP supports Thackeray govt’s decision to impose weekend lockdown in Maharashtra

2:40 pm April 5, 2021

Nagpur: After the Maharashtra government announced the decision to impose a complete lockdown on weekends, former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that his party supports the decision and appealed to the people to follow the restrictions. “BJP supports government decision to impose lockdown. People should abide by restrictions and follow COVID-19 protocols. To ensure maximum […]