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Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson Armando Balilo recounts how his crew initiated a radio challenge and approached Chinese militia vessels before they dispersed along Sabina Shoal off Palawan in the West Philippine Sea.

Tribune News Service New Delhi, May 4 Piqued over shortage of oxygen in the Capital, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to explain why contempt proceedings shouldn’t be initiated against it for failing to comply with the order to supply 700 MT oxygen daily to hospitals for treating Covid-19 patients. “ You can put your head in sand like an ostrich, we will not.” — Bench Coming down heavily on the Centre over the inadequate oxygen supply to Delhi, a Bench of Justice Vipin S...

Text Size: A+ New Delhi: In a move that gave Army doctors some tense moments in the national capital, the daily oxygen quota of the Base Hospital was cut by the Delhi government Monday. This forced the Army to approach the Ministry of Defence for additional allocation of oxygen and also arrange it on their own. However, according to Army sources, there is currently no need to panic as oxygen levels are being maintained in the hospital and more arrangements are being made. They noted that...

Record new infections; two makeshift hospitals for COVID patients in Punjab Punjab on Saturday registered 7,041 fresh COVID-19 cases, highest in a day, bringing the infection count to 3,77,990, while 138 more fatalities raised the toll to 9,160. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Saturday said it will set up two makeshift hospitals equipped with ICU facilities for coronavirus patients in Mohali and Bathinda. Besides, nine new small hospitals at vari...

5452 Chandigarh, May 1 The Punjab government said on Saturday it will set up two makeshift hospitals equipped with ICU facilities for coronavirus patients in Mohali and Bathinda. Besides, nine new small hospitals at various district hospitals were also coming up in the state. Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan stated this after chairing a meeting here on Saturday, according to a government release. She directed the Medical Education and Research department to make functional both the new hospi...

Assam Police Guns Down Top ULFA (I) Leader Leader Dwipen Saud in Bongaigaon Dwipen Saud had recently replaced former ULFA-I Deputy Commander-in-Chief Drishti Rajkhowa as the Commander of the outfit’s Western Command.   |  29 April 2021 6:05 AM GMT Bongaigaon: Top ULFA-I leader and the Commander for Western Command – Dwipen Saud was killed in an encounter between the police and the ULFA-I militants at Besimari in Bongaigaon district of Assam. DGP Assam Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta post...

3888 Chandigarh, April 27 The Army is moving a field hospital from Himachal Pradesh to Chandigarh after the UT Administration requested the Western Command for setting up a Covid-19 care centre in view of the spike in infection cases. The 100-bed facility will come up at International Students’ Hostel on the Sector 25 campus of Panjab University. The Army will begin moving in the equipment and staff tomorrow and the facility is expected to be fully functional in five days. According to Col Ja...

Furdoon ‘Duck’ Mehta, flew artillery observation missions in support of the 14th Army – obituary After the war, he played a leading part in the development of Indian Army Aviation, especially in the introduction of helicopters ‘Duck’ Mehta as a young captain Furdoon “Duck” Mehta, who died on his 101st birthday, was believed to have been the only Indian officer to fly with a British Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron in the Second World War. In the early morning of March 21 1944, ...

COVID-19: Army Western Command offers help to Punjab to revive defunct oxygen plants ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 17:36 IST Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 26 (ANI): Responding to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singhs plea for help in the war-like Covid situation, the Western Command of the Indian Army on Monday extended all possible help, including medical staff and medically trained combatants, to the state to meet the exigent shortage in hospi...

Armys western command to help Punjab fight Covid ​ By IANS | ​ 4 Views Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News Chandigarh, April 26 : Responding to Chief Minister Amarinder Singhs plea for help in the war-like Covid situation, the Western Command of the Indian Army on Monday extended all possible help, including medical staff and medically trained combatants, to Punjab to meet the exigent shortage in hospital, along with support in revivi...