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13 May

Israel to take care of family of the woman from Kerala who died in an airstrike

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Israel's Deputy Envoy to India Rony Yedidia Clein on Thursday said that Israeli authorities will take care of the family of Soumya Santhosh, "The family will be taken care of by the Israeli authorities in compensation for what happened, although nothing can ever compensate for the loss of a mother and wife." Clein said. According to Santhosh's family members, the rocket fell on the residence of 31-year-old Soumya in the city of Ashkelon while she was talking to her husband Santhosh, who is in Kerala, over video call in the evening. In an interview with ANI, Clein said that Santhosh's…

12 May

Taarak Mehta actor Bhavya Gandhi loses father to Covid-19, mom says: ‘I wasn’t getting any hospital’

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Bhavya Gandhi, who played Tapu aka Tipendra Jethalal Gada on television show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, lost his father Vinod Gandhi to Covid-19. His father had tested coronavirus positive few weeks ago. The actor’s mother, Yashoda Gandhi, has opened up about the struggles the family faced for his treatment due to the ongoing crisis. She said that the family had to go through a difficult time to find him a hospital bed. Speaking to SpotboyE, Yashoda said that a month ago Vinod got mild fever followed by chest pain. A chest scan showed a 5% infection but the doctor…

12 May

New variant a global concern, found in 44 countries

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The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday expressed its displeasure against terming the B.1.617 mutant of the novel coronavirus as an "Indian variant", saying that the WHO had not used the word "Indian" for this strain in its document. On Tuesday, a WHO report said the variant had “increased transmissibility” and had been found in 44 countries, and therefore described it as a "variant of global concern". "Several media reports have covered the news of the World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.1.617 as a variant of global concern. Some of these reports have termed the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus as…

12 May

No Covaxin Supply “under instructions” from the central government

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Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech has refused to supply doses to Delhi "under instructions" from the central government, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged today, accusing the Centre of controlling the supply of Covid shots and of "vaccine mismanagement". The company said it was "disheartening" that some states were complaining about its intentions. Bharat Biotech has said it will not be able to supply vaccines to the capital citing directives of the government and limited availability, Mr Sisodia said at a digital press meet. "The Covaxin manufacturer has, in a letter, said it cannot provide Delhi government vaccines due to unavailability,…

12 May

Hamas Rockets Target Tel Aviv After Israeli Strikes Flatten Gaza Tower

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Hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated overnight, with 35 Palestinians killed in Gaza and three in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges in years. Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza into the early hours of Wednesday, as the Islamist group and other Palestinian militant groups fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and Beersheba. “This is just the beginning" of Israel’s strikes, Minister Benny Gantz warned. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh vowed that “if Israel wants to escalate, we are ready for it." The UN envoy for Middle East Peace, Tor Wennesland, warned that Israel and Hamas…

12 May

Maharashtra may have over 2,000 cases of Mucormycosis: Health Minister Rajesh Tope

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The Maharashtra government has decided to use hospitals attached to medical colleges as treatment centres for Mucormycosis, a serious but rare fungal infection now affecting coronavirus patients, said health minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday. Symptoms of Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, include headache, fever, pain under the eyes, nasal or sinus congestion and partial loss of vision. He said, "There could be over 2,000 Mucormycosis patients in the state as of now and with more and more COVID- 19 cases coming up, their number would increase for sure." The state government has decided to select hospitals attached to medical…

11 May

Three safe homes for Covid patients to come up in Salt Lake and Rajarhat

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Three safe homes for Covid patients are being set up by the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation in Salt Lake, Kaikhali and Bablatala in Rajarhat.The safe home in Salt Lake will be housed in the civic body-run Matri Sadan Hospital in EE Block, which also has a vaccination centre. “The hospital has a piped oxygen supply network. At least 50 beds have been earmarked for Covid-19 patients for the time being,” an official of the corporation’s health department said. The safe house in Kaikhali is being set up in a building adjacent to the Haj House, on VIP Road, where a satellite…

11 May

Sachin Waze, Accused In Ambani Security Scare Case, Sacked By Mumbai Police

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Sachin Waze, the suspended police officer under investigation over his alleged role in planting explosives outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai house, has been permanently sacked. The office of the Mumbai Police Commissioner issued the order for Waze's dismissal from service citing constitutional provisions. "API Sachin Hindurao Waze has been dismissed from police service. Order has been issued today under Provision of 311(2)(B) Constitution of India by Commissioner of Police, Greater Mumbai," police said. The National Investigation Agency that has been investigating the recovery of scores of gelatine sticks (explosives) inside an abandoned car near Mr Ambani's multi-storey house in Mumbai,…

11 May

Salman’s sister Arpita says she tested Covid positive in April, has recovered now

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Bollywood superstar Salman khan's sister Arpita Khan Sharma revealed that she had tested positive for Covid19 in April this year. She took to her Instagram to inform her followers about the same and said that she was asymptomatic. Soon after Salman khan made the news public at the press conference of his upcoming film Radhe: Your Most wanted Bhai, Arpita shared the same on social media. Arpita wrote, "I tested positive for COVID-19 in the beginning of the month of April 2021, however, I was asymptomatic. I followed all the guidelines and protocols and thankfully with the grace of God…

11 May

26 COVID-19 patients die at Goa hospital

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Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today said 26 COVID-19 patients died at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the early hours and sought an investigation by the High Court to find out the exact cause.He said these fatalities occurred between 2 am and 6 am "which is a fact", but remained evasive about the cause. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who visited the Goa Medical College and Hospital, said the gap between the "availability of medical oxygen and its supply to COVID-19 wards in the GMCH might have caused some issues for the patients" even as he…