West Bengal elections 2021: Covid-19 fear grips voters as party biggies lock horns
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“Offering better healthcare is our motto, if Sanyukta Morcha is voted to power,” he said. “He had helped people during Covid lockdown and healthcare crisis,” said Asit Das, a resident of a slum on the fringes of Ballygunge’s Bondel gate area.
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There is a complete shift in the voters’ mind in West Bengal from the excitement about the high-decibel assembly poll to the surging pandemic wave in the state. The candidates in South Kolkata’s Ballygunge constituency one of them is a medical doctor are also following the same line.
Govt must be held morally, politically accountable: Anand Sharma on COVID-19 deaths
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Last Updated: Apr 24, 2021, 03:32 PM IST
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Noting that accountability of government is integral to democracy, Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday said the Narendra Modi dispensation must be held morally and politically accountable for the death of COVID-19 patients due to shortage of oxygen and critical medicines.
Noting that accountability of government is integral to democracy, Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday said the Narendra Modi dispensation must be held morally and politically accountable for the death of COVID-19 patients due to shortage of oxygen and critical medicines. He said the government must answer why it did not put an exigency plan in place before the onset of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Manmohan Singh recuperating well from Covid-19
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Last Updated: Apr 24, 2021, 04:18 PM IST
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The former prime minister was admitted to the premier hospital with mild fever on April 19, after he tested positive for Covid-19. Singh, 88, had taken the two doses of Covid-19 vaccine on March 4 and April 3.
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Former prime minister Manmohan Singh is recuperating well from Covid-19 infection at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), a Congress leader said on Saturday. Singh is stable and is progressing well. He has had no episodes of fever, Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
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Senate Republicans adopted a resolution to press for spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling later this year.
Ted Cruz called it a step in the right direction, though other senior Republicans downplayed it.
A top Democrat branded it as Obama-era economic sabotage.
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India News: NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday condoled the death of critically ill patients at a hospital here amid a serious oxygen crisis and .