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Delhi s crematoriums say they are cremating more than 600 bodies daily – double the official figure
From Esha Mitra in New Delhi Yevgeny Pakhomov/TASS via Getty Images
Delhi’s crematoriums have been cremating more than 600 bodies daily for the last week, the mayor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) told CNN Wednesday.
The official death toll for Delhi has been just over 300 per day.
“Yes the reported deaths are about 300, but we are definitely having to cremate more than 600 daily, they are deliberately under-reporting deaths,” Jai Prakash, mayor of NDMC, said.
On Monday, Delhi cremated 631 bodies and had 22 burials, according to data from Delhi’s three municipal corporations.
Nepal orders 20,000 oxygen cylinders as Covid-19 cases surge
From journalist Asha Thapa in Kathmandu
Nepal has recorded 4,897 new daily Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, as the country faces a pandemic surge.
Nepal’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday called on all doctors and health workers on leave to report back to work immediately to help deal with the increase in cases.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, told reporters on Wednesday that demand for oxygen had increased threefold in the last week.
He added that Nepal was sourcing 20,000 oxygen cylinders from abroad to deal with the country’s limited supply.
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Delhi-based Our Voix aims to create awareness on sexual abuse and give children a voice
Youth-led organisation Our Voix is working towards preventing child sexual abuse by sensitising children, teachers, and parents. It has reached out to 50 schools and colleges and 10 NGOs across four cities till now, and aims to step up its efforts this year.
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In India, a child is
sexually abused or raped every few minutes, according to a report by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The report also indicates that an astounding
1,06,958 cases of crime were recorded against children in the country. Of these,
36,022 cases were related to sexual violence.
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The first Oxygen Express train for Delhi carrying around 70 tonnes of the life-saving gas reached the national capital early Tuesday morning. The number of Covid deaths in a day in Delhi touched 380 on Monday the highest till date. Earlier, on Thursday and Saturday, the capital had reported 357 deaths in a day. With the lockdown extended by a week, the crowds of migrant workers returning to their home villages began to swell again at the city’s bus terminals. Government officials claimed they were mostly going back to UP for the panchayat elections, but the lockdown extension had brought more searching for buses on Monday. Stay with TOI for all updates