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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

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…

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…

23 Apr

CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde says he is leaving court with the satisfaction of having done his best.

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Outgoing Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde Friday said he was leaving the Supreme Court with “happiness, goodwill and very fond memories” and the satisfaction of having done his best. Justice Bobde, who decided several key cases during his tenure including the historic Ayodhya verdict, was administered oath as the 47th CJI in November 2019 and is retiring today. He headed the Indian judiciary during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic ensuring that the apex court kept functioning albeit via video conferencing. Attorney General K K Venugopal said the tenure of a CJI must be a minimum of three years. “In March 2020…

22 Apr

PM Modi cancels trip to West Bengal tomorrow, says will hold high-level meetings on Covid situation

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cancelled his visit to Bengal on Friday to campaign for the ongoing state election citing meetings to review the Covid situation in the country. Home Minister Amit Shah also cut short his campaign today, cancelling two of his three Bengal meetings to return to Delhi for a Covid meeting. According to the BJP, all its top leaders have called off the rest of their campaign."Tomorrow, will be chairing high-level meetings to review the prevailing COVID-19 situation. Due to that, I would not be going to West Bengal," PM Modi tweeted, effectively ending his campaign in…

22 Apr

India records world’s biggest single-day rise in coronavirus cases

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Swept by a brutal second Covid wave, India saw a record spike in infections with 3.14 lakh new cases, the world's biggest-ever daily surge, taking the caseload to 1.59 crore. In another grim record, 2,104 Covid deaths were recorded since yesterday. Amid the oxygen crisis in the national capital, the Delhi High Court came down strongly on the Centre on Wednesday, saying it seemed that “human lives are not that important.. for the state”. “Beg, borrow or steal. It is a national emergency,” the judges said. The court’s observations come as several private hospitals reached out to the Delhi government…

22 Apr

Former Delhi minister A K Walia dies of Covid-19

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Senior Congress leader and former Delhi minister Dr AK Walia passed away on Thursday due to COVID-19. Walia, 72, breathed his last at the Apollo Hospital in Delhi. Walia was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly four times between 1993 and 2013. He had served as a Cabinet minister (Health, Urban Development, and Land and Building) in the Sheila Dikshit government in Delhi. Walia, who also had a clinic in Laxmi Nagar, contested polls from East Delhi’s Geeta Colony for the first time in 1993. After delimitation, he contested from Laxmi Nagar. He quit the Congress briefly in 2017, after…