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One of his message in Hindi read,”In this time of corona, my appeal to Congress colleagues is to leave all political work and engage only in helping the public in distress”.

Updated: April 27, 2021 12:37 IST Once available, Sputnik V will be the third vaccine to be used in India against coronavirus Share Article AAA Once available, Sputnik V will be the third vaccine to be used in India against coronavirus Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, which has received approval from the Indian drug regulator for restricted emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, on April 27 said it expects the first lot of stock from Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) by May-end. In Septem...

Updated: April 27, 2021 16:21 IST On April 22 the Bench took note of the COVID-19 situation and said it expected the Centre to come out with a “national plan” to deal with distribution of essential services and supplies Share Article AAA Relatives of COVID-19 patients wait to refill cylinders with medical oxygen at at Naraina plant during the second wave of coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi on April 25, 2021.   | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar On April 22 the Bench took note of the CO...

Updated: April 27, 2021 12:22 IST The task force committed to get 20,000 oxygen concentrators to India in the next few weeks, Deloitte CEO Punit Renjen said Share Article AAA Ambulances with COVID-19 patients wait outside a COVID-19 care centre in Chhatarpur, on April 26, 2021.   | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The task force committed to get 20,000 oxygen concentrators to India in the next few weeks, Deloitte CEO Punit Renjen said In a show of solidarity, the CEOs of about 40 top Americ...

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.   | Photo Credit: Akhilesh Kumar Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar was responding to a question surrounding government’s accountability on data of COVID-19-related deaths Against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 crises and deaths from the disease, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on April 27 said that there is no point debating over the number of COVID-19 deaths and instead the focus should be on helping the people suffering from the d...

Updated: April 26, 2021 13:42 IST “Now that 95% of all over 50s have had their first jab, and more than two-thirds of those aged 45-49, we are opening up vaccinations to 44-year-olds,” said U.K. Health Secretary Share Article AAA A demonstrator walks past Buckingham Palace during an anti-lockdown Unite for Freedom protest, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain on April 24, 2021.   | Photo Credit: Reuters “Now that 95% of all over 50s have had their fi...

Updated: April 26, 2021 18:50 IST India is struggling with a second wave of the coronavirus infection and hospitals in several States are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds Share Article AAA The Indian tricolour lit up on landmarks in Dubai in solidarity with India as it responds to a second COVID-19 wave, April 26, 2021   | Photo Credit: PTI India is struggling with a second wave of the coronavirus infection and hospitals in several States are reeling under a shortage of medi...

Lessons from the pandemic’s first wave Updated: Updated: April 27, 2021 01:48 IST A paper by Health Dept. staff outlines the city’s response to the virus in 2020 Share Article AAA A paper by Health Dept. staff outlines the city’s response to the virus in 2020 It was a combination of interventions that slowed the transmission and resulted in the decline of cases, despite the lifting of movement restrictions, during the first wave of the pandemic in Chennai, a pre-print article published in...

The Bench said that just like the Central government has worked out an oxygen distribution plan for the whole country, the Delhi government can have such a plan for the national capital

During this period, Mr. Gowda said, the EC can evolve new rules for conduct of safe elections, and simultaneously, the vaccination programme has to be accelerated