Retired armed forces doctors to help local administrations fight Covid
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Retired armed forces doctors to help local administrations fight Covid.(photo:Twitter) Image Source: IANS News
Retired armed forces doctors to help local administrations fight Covid.(photo:Twitter) Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 1 : Around 600 retired armed forces doctors are being mobilised to help local administrations across the country, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was informed during a Covid-19 review meeting on Saturday.
He reviewed the efforts of the Defence Ministry and the armed forces to support the local administrations in the fight against Covid-19.
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The News Scroll 29 April 2021
Last Updated at 3:27 pm | Source: PTI
Nepal Army to invite Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on official visit Outlook April 29, 2021 15:27 IST Nepal Army to invite Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on official visit outlookindia.com 1970-01-01T05:30:00+0530
By Shirish B Pradhan
Kathmandu, Apr 29 (PTI) The Nepal Army will soon invite India s Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on an official visit to the country, according to sources here.
The Nepal government has approved the visit, Nepal Army headquarters sources said.
Nepal s Cabinet has given a nod to Nepal Army s proposal to invite Rawat for an official visit, said Nepal Army s head of public relations department.
Fresh spike in coronavirus cases and deaths
India reported on Thursday a record rise in coronavirus cases and deaths over the last 24 hours, with its overall caseload rising above 18 million.
With 379,257 new cases and 3,645 new deaths, India s total number of cases and deaths are now at 18.38 million and 204,832, respectively, according to health ministry data.
Updates from April 28
Grappling with an unprecedented spike in COVID-19 cases, Karnataka is facing another challenge - of tracking and tracing between 2,000 to 3,000 COVID-19 positive patients who have “gone missing”, state Revenue Minister, R. Ashoka revealed on Wednesday.
After his meeting with various department heads here, Ashoka, who is also Vice-Chairman of the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority, told reporters that he has already directed the state police to track and trace these missing patients.
The Nepal government has approved the visit, Nepal Army headquarters sources said.
Nepal s Cabinet has given a nod to Nepal Army s proposal to invite Rawat for an official visit, said Nepal Army s head of public relations department.
Brig Gen Santosh Ballav Poudyal, the spokesperson of the Nepal Army, told PTI the two countries would work out a mutually agreed date for the visit.
The invitation will be dispatched to him through the diplomatic and military channels.
This will be part of a regular visit of high-level officers of the two armies to each other s country, he added.
Rawat had visited Nepal twice when he was the chief of the Indian Army. Indian Army chief General M M Naravane had visited Nepal in November last year.