Updated 7 hours ago C-17 and IL-76 aircraft airlifted empty cryogenic oxygen containers from Air Force Station Hindan to Panagarh on Friday. | PTI
The Indian Air Force on Friday airlifted nine empty oxygen tankers from Telangana to Odisha amid a severe crisis precipitated by the second wave of the pandemic,
The Hindu reported. Around 150 metric tonnes of oxygen will be brought in to Telangana using these tankers.
Officials told the newspaper that it will take more than three days for a two-way journey from Hyderabad to Angul in Odisha, where the plant is located. The decision to airlift tankers was taken to save time. The tankers will return by road by April 27 after covering a journey of 1,058 kms.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will skip the
Mamata Banerjee has cited her election campaign in poll-bound West Bengal as the reason for her unavailability. Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay will attend the Covid-19 review meeting.
The West Bengal CM had skipped the last meeting called by the Centre on March 17 as well.
The prime minister s second interaction with chief ministers within a month comes as Covid-19 cases in the country breached the 1-lakh mark thrice in four days. Covid-19 cases in India hit a record daily high on Thursday, with 1,26,789 new infections being reported.
PM Narendra Modi to meet CMs on Thursday to discuss COVID resurgence
As India s daily COVID tally secured highest position in the world, surpassing Brazil and the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding a meeting
| 6 April 2021 12:45 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: As India s daily COVID tally secured highest position in the world, surpassing Brazil and the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding a meeting with the Chief Ministers of states and Union Territories on Thursday, sources said on Monday.
The meeting is scheduled to be organised at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday as India has been reporting an average of 78,489 COVID-19 cases a report based on 7-day moving average to visualise the number of new cases of the pandemic.