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24 Apr

Covid-19: Night curfew to be clamped in Andhra Pradesh from Saturday

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Andhra Pradesh will be put under night curfew to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the state from Saturday. The restrictions will be in place from 10pm to 5am, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said. Only essential and emergency services, like medical and health, milk supply, will be allowed," deputy chief minister (Health) AKK Srinivas (Nani) told reporters after a high-level Covid review meeting, chaired by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The CM further declared that the state government will administer Corona vaccine free of cost to all people aged 18 years and above in each of…

24 Apr

4 cryogenic tanks for transporting oxygen being airlifted from Singapore

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Amid the grim COVID-19 situation in the country, four cryogenic tanks, to be used for the transportation of oxygen, are being airlifted from Singapore today.A Home Ministry official said the four empty tanks are being brought to India by a heavy lift transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force. A C-17 aircraft of the Indian Air Force took off from the Hindon airbase in the outskirts of Delhi for Singapore's Changi airport early on Saturday morning, the official told news agency Press Trust of India. From Panagarh the tanks will be routed by road to several steel plants in adjoining…

24 Apr

Kejriwal requests for supply of oxygen as all resources prove to be inadequate due to the severity of Covid-19 in Delhi.

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As the national capital continues to reel under a severe oxygen crisis, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged his counterparts in other states to provide oxygen to Delhi, saying all available resources are proving to be inadequate owing to the severity of Covid-19. Kejriwal’s request for supply of oxygen came following the death of 20 patients in Jaipur Golden Hospital here as Delhi’s desperate hunt for the life-saving gas continued amid rising COVID-19 cases. India reported over 3.46 lakh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday, making it the highest single-day spike in the country so far. This is also…

24 Apr

BSF opened fire and brought down Pakistani drones

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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel early on Saturday opened fire on two Pakistani drones after they entered Indian airspace from across the International Border (IB) here, officials said. Both the drones returned to the Pakistani side after the BSF fired around 15 rounds in an attempt to bring them down in the Arnia area of R S Pura sector between 4.30 am and 4.45 am, the officials said. Pakistan is using drones to drop weapons and drugs with the latest attempt coming at a time when there is peace on the borders in Jammu and Kashmir after India and Pakistan…

24 Apr

Bhartia Infra Projects development works in North-East with Tata Motors

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The Indian construction sector is on course to grow by 11.6% in CY2021. The growth has been driven by the resumption of construction activities across the country. The north-eastern region in India in particular has gained an increased emphasis from the government, with a renewed focus on infrastructural development in the region in tandem with the Act East policy. In November 2020, the government increased its allocation for road development in the region by 95%, pressing on the need to recommence pending infrastructural projects. This has encouraged the construction industry in the region to quickly shift gears and decisively recover…

24 Apr

Amazon’s commitment towards ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

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In the opening session of its flagship event Smbhav, Amazon India announced a $250-mn Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund to invest in startups and entrepreneurs focusing on technology innovations in SMB digitization, Agriculture and Healthcare. The Venture Fund will invest in technology led startups that are passionate about unlocking possibilities of a digital India. The Venture Fund will specifically focus on encouraging the best ideas to digitize SMBs (Small & Medium Businesses), drive technology led innovation in agriculture to improve farmer productivity and enable them to bring the best of India’s farms to consumers, and enable universal and quality healthcare access…

24 Apr

Divine Emotion- An Instrumental tribute to the Shankar legacy

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As an independent artist, Jubin composes music for different projects. He develops visual concepts in international level too. His experience comes from his involvement with Uday Shankar dance style from Udayan (now known as Udayan Kalakendra). This led to his expertise in blending visual concepts through his art form named JubinArt, thereby leading to the composition of this track – Divine Emotion. Now, Amara Muzik has taken the effort to release this worldwide. This composition is very special to Jubin. Here he has collaborated with eminent personalities including Dr. Subir Ray in flute, Arnab Bhattacharya in Sarod, Soumalya Chakraborty in…

23 Apr

Indian 2′: Shankar to reshoot late actor Vivek’s scenes

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The problems surrounding the production of Indian 2 seems to be far from over. Director Shankar and Lyca Productions are already locked in a legal battle, and the untimely death of comedy icon Vivek has further added to the woes of the filmmakers. According to reports, Shankar has decided to reshoot the scenes of Vivek with a new actor. Last week, Vivek passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest. It was his long time dream to share the screen space with Kamal Haasan, which came to fruition with Indian 2. Unfortunately, the actor passed away before completing his work in…

23 Apr

‘Not a national news’: Maharashtra Health Minister on death of 13 COVID patients in Virar hospital fire

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Hours after the death of 14 coronavirus patients in a fire at a hospital in Maharashtra, state health minister Rajesh Tope was asked by reporters if this matter would be raised at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with chief ministers today. "It's not a national news," Mr Tope replied, saying the supply of oxygen, anti-viral drug Remdesivir would be discussed at the COVID-19 review meeting instead as Maharashtra battles a rapid surge in cases. With a total caseload of over 40 lakh infections, it is the worst-hit state."In today's meeting with the Prime Minister, we will talk about oxygen, Remdesivir,…

23 Apr

Railways, IAF being deployed to reduce transportation time for oxygen tankers: PM at high-level meeting on COVID

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Amid several states flagging scarcity of medical oxygen in the COVID-19 fight, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Railways and Air Force are being deployed to reduce the transportation time for oxygen tankers and all state government need to work together to meet requirements of life-saving gas and medicines. Chairing a high-level meeting on the COVID-19 situation with chief ministers of 11 states and Union Territories which have reported the maximum number of cases recently, Modi called for working together to fight the pandemic with collective power. He said the biggest basis of India's success during the first wave…