Top court orders Indian government to present oxygen plan - World
A man walks carrying a refilled cylinder as family members of Covid-19 patients wait in queue to refill their oxygen cylinders at Mayapuri area in New Delhi, India on Monday. — AP India’s government, facing calls for a strict coronavirus lockdown to slow the devastating surge in infections, was ordered by the top court on Wednesday to submit a plan on meeting New Delhi hospitals’ oxygen requirements within a day. The Supreme Court decided against immediately punishing officials for failing to end a two-week-old erratic supply of oxygen to overstretched hospitals. “Ultimately putting o...